Tobacco legislation is picking up speed in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) added the House-approved version of FDA tobacco legislation to the Senate calendar Monday, a sign the Senate may not wait for a tobacco bill emerging from the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, before debating the bill from the House.…
Circle K Partners with MasterCard
Circle K customers can now purchase their everyday items more quickly and conveniently using MasterCard PayPass at select stores across the U.S. “For more than 50 years, Circle K has remained one of North America’s most popular places to shop because we continually look for innovative ways to improve the customer experience in our…
GetGo Adopts Fuel-Saving Program
Giant Eagle Inc. reached a deal to purchase 25 of ARID’s PERMEATOR gasoline vapor containment systems for its GetGo convenience stores and gas stations in the Pittsburgh and Cleveland metropolitan areas. Giant Eagle joins a growing list of petroleum retailers who have chosen the PERMEATOR to reduce emissions and conserve fuel. PERMEATOR will help…
Cigarette Tax Pending in Mississippi
Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol today to debate a cigarette tax that many hope will prevent a surge in car-tag costs in the state. The House and Senate have been stalled on a decision about the tax, with the Senate proposing a 64-cent cigarette tax–the average of the surrounding states–and the House suggesting…
ExxonMobil Supports Higher Education
The 2008 Educational Matching Gift Program, lead by ExxonMobil Foundation, presented more than $36 million in donations to 900 colleges and universities nationwide with help from the company’s employees, retirees, surviving spouses and directors, who made more than 8,500 contributions totaling more than $11 million. ExxonMobil matched their contributions with more than $25 million…
Teams Test Energy Options at Shell Eco-Marathon
More than 500 students tested the boundaries of fuel efficiency this past weekend at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Houston. Students designed, build and then raced their vehicles around a track, in an attempt to travel the farthest on the least amount of fuel. The team from Laval University achieved 2,757.1 miles…
Break for Tobacco Customers
Recognizing that consumers are struggling to purchase tobacco products following this month’s hefty increase in the federal excise taxes, South Boston, Va.-based American Smokeless Tobacco LLC announced its 2009 economic stimulus package. American Smokeless, the only independent manufacturer of pasturized snus in five flavors in the U.S., will reduce the price on Discreet snus…
Gasoline Prices Push Higher in Northeast
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor for DTN Nationally, retail gasoline prices at major metropolitan markets will edge higher this week on mostly modest increases in wholesale markets. In the lower Northeast however, prices at the pump are expected to see sharper increases following greater pass through costs due to an outage…
Break for Tobacco Customers
Recognizing that consumers are struggling to purchase tobacco products following last month’s hefty increase in the federal excise taxes, South Bostan, Va.-based American Smokeless Tobacco LLC announced its 2009 economic stimulus package. American Smokless, the only independent manufacturer of pasturized snus in five flavors in the U.S., will reduce the price on Discreet snus…
NOCO Opens Newest Unit
NOCO Express Shops reported that is has purchased and completely refurbished a former Sunoco station in North Tonawanda, N.Y. The newest Express Shop, which replaces a NOCO store in the same city, offers all of the high quality products and amenities that customers of the area’s premier convenience store chain have become accustomed. Renovations…