No two convenience store shoppers are exactly alike, but General Mills Convenience & Foodservice has identified four distinct consumer segments, each with their own attitudes, behaviors and needs. The segments include: Breakfast Barons, Vice Squanders, Pit Stoppers and Meals & More. “These macro consumer segments help convenience retailers get into the mindset of the different types of consumers coming through […]
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North American Meat Institute Objects To Report Claiming Processed Meats Cause Cancer
A new report by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Cancer Research (IACR) is causing quite a bit of controversy for labeling processed meats such as hot dogs, bacon and ham as carcinogenic, as well as claiming that red meat is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” The IACR said the risk of developing colorectal cancer […]
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A&P Puts Intellectual Property Up For Sale, And More…
Supermarket News In Brief… A&P has announced it has put its intellectual property up for bidding, including brand names for its stores and private label brands, slogans and customer data. The bid deadline is Nov. 19… Shelley Broader, the former Hannaford, Delhaize USA and Walmart executive, will join Chico’s FAS, a women’s fashion retailer, as […]
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7-Eleven Exploring Core-Mark As A Wholesale Partner, And More…
Convenience Store News In Brief… 7-Eleven is working on an agreement with Core-Mark through which it will add the wholesaler as a new supply partner, particularly in parts of the West. Core-Mark is coming off a new five-year agreement with Murphy USA that made Core-Mark that company’s primary wholesale distributor, delivering more than 75 percent […]
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Walgreens Signs Pact To Buy Rite Aid, And More…
New Channels News In Brief… Two of the nation’s largest drugstore chains have agreed to combine operations. Walgreens Boots Alliance announced Oct. 27 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Rite Aid in a deal valued at $17.2 billion. Walgreens has more than 13,100 stores in 11 […]
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Italian Trade Commission Partners With Golub Corp.
Golub Corp. (Price Chopper) executives recently joined with officials from the Italian Trade Commission to announce a new multi-year partnership agreement to increase the variety of authentic Italian products across all Price Chopper stores in six states. The partnership—one of only three in the country, and the only of its kind on the East Coast—is focused […]
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Forman Of Cumberland Farms Named President Of Newly Configured NECSEMA
Gwen Forman of Cumberland Farms is the new president of the newly merged New England Convenience Store Association and Independent Oil Marketers Association. The group’s new name is New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association, or NECSEMA. The group held its first event Oct. 22 at the Dedham Hilton in Dedham, Massachusetts, and elected new […]
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Friendly’s Debuts First Drive-Thru In Westfield, Massachusetts
Friendly’s Ice Cream, the operator of Friendly’s restaurants and a manufacturer of ice cream products, has opened its first drive-thru in western Massachusetts, located at the Friendly’s restaurant at 21 Southampton Road in Westfield, right off exit 3 from the Mass Pike. This is a test concept and, if successful, could create new growth for the […]