Cumberland Farms, a leading convenience and gasoline retailer, has launched its free SmartPay Check-Link payment program that lets customers pay for gas and in-store purchases using their mobile phones or with a swipe of a card. After completing a free online enrollment process, SmartPay Check-Link users will automatically save 10 cents on every gallon of […]
Category: C-Store News
Posted in, C-Store News, West
Former New Seasons Exec Makes Plans For First Green Zebra C-Stores
Former New Seasons Market CEO Lisa Sedlar has announced her plans to open the first outlets of a chain of healthy convenience stores under the name Green Zebra Grocery. Sustainable Business Oregon reports that the first two locations will be in Portland’s Woodstock and Kenton neighborhoods. The Woodstock store will be located at the corner […]
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7-Eleven Offers Brazilian Roast Coffee For $1 On Wednesdays In January
To encourage coffee-loving customers to try its latest, darkest roast coffee, 7-Eleven is holding Dollar Coffee Wednesdays in January, when every size cup of coffee will cost $1. The new Brazilian Dark Roast is the convenience retailer’s richest, most full-bodied coffee to date, according to a news release. Made from 100 percent Arabica beans, the […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southwest
7-Eleven Acquires 143 New Locations In South Texas From C.L. Thomas
7-Eleven Inc. continues its expansion in the Lone Star state with today’s announcement that the company has acquired 143 Speedy Stop and Tigermarket retail locations from C.L. Thomas Inc. of Victoria, Texas. The acquisition, which closed Dec. 31, increases 7-Eleven stores’ footprint in San Antonio, where recently the country’s largest convenience retailer purchased 25 stores […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southeast
New 7-Elevens Signal Growth In Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami has become home to three new corner store-type 7-Elevens, a sign of growth in the area, the South Florida Business Journal reports. The new stores are smaller than a typical 7-Eleven, do not include a parking lot and focus on grab-and-go options for the increasing number of residents and workers in the downtown […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Northeast
Sheetz Again Named A Best Place To Work In Pennsylvania
Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz Inc. has been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for the 11th year in a row. Ranked No. 16 this year, the convenience restaurant chain is the only retailer to be included among 100 top companies and is one of only three businesses ever to make the […]
Posted in, C-Store News, National
Foodservice Sales Quickly Becoming C-Stores’ Most Profitable Category
Foodservice is a key area of opportunity for convenience stores. As revenues from gasoline and tobacco products fall, foodservice sales are increasingly becoming convenience stores’ most profitable category. C-store foodservice is an $11 billion industry and the second largest retail host foodservice category behind supermarkets. The c-store segment comprises about 29 percent of retail foodservice […]
Posted in, C-Store News, Southeast
N.C.-based blu eCigs To Help Rid Wrightsville Beach Of Littered Butts
blu eCigs has teamed up with Keep New Hanover County Beautiful and InnovaGreen Systems for the second annual Great American Butt Clean event taking place on the coastline in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., on Saturday, Nov. 3. “Flicking a butt is kicking our environment’s butt because, every year, discarded cigarette butts litter our parks, sidewalks, public […]