EG Group, one of the fastest growing convenience store retailers in the U.S., is expanding in Alabama with a new store in Gulf Shores. The company has operated in Alabama since 2006 and currently has 10 stores in the Yellowhammer State. This new-to-industry site features the company’s latest design, equipment, and menu, all of which…
Kum & Go Brings the Store to the Phone
Kum & Go, the Des Moines, Iowa-based convenience retailer, is launching mobile order on the Kum & Go app for use at all 400-plus store locations. The technology and payment platform makes it even easier for customers to get the fresh food and quality items that Kum & Go is famous for. “Kum & Go…
Swisher Sweets Launches Summer Contest
Swisher Sweets announced the launch of an exciting contest, Life is Sweet, along with limited edition Swisher Sweets Red packaging, which will be sure to excite top fans. Beginning June 21, 2021, and continuing throughout the summer until August 27, 2021, adult consumers can enter the Life is Sweet contest by uploading a photo or…
Chris Karssiens Named President of Hoshizaki America
Hoshizaki America, Inc. announces the formal appointment of Chris Karssiens as president after serving as interim president since March 25 and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing prior to that. With over 40 years’ experience in the foodservice equipment industry and proven expertise in leading companies, driving successful sales strategies and team building, it…
Parker’s Rewards App Usage Increases by 40% During COVID-19
Parker’s, CStore Decisions’ 2020 Chain of the Year, has experienced a 40% increase in contactless mobile payment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, customers in Georgia and South Carolina are using the company’s innovative Parker’s Rewards app at the pump in record numbers, averaging nearly 800 secure contactless transactions daily. Since the launch of Parker’s proprietary…
Thorntons Celebrates 50 Years
Thorntons Inc. marks 50 years of operations and the convenience store chain is celebrating all summer long. From now through Labor Day, the company will honor this special milestone and reward Guest loyalty with two exciting Refreshing Rewards promotions. 50th Anniversary Free Fuel For a Year: The chain will offer 200 registered Refreshing Rewards Guests with…
GetGo and Seagram’s Support the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
GetGo Café + Market, which operates more than 266 locations throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio, northern West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana, announced that Pittsburgh-area artist Ashanté Josey is the winner of its Spiked Slushies Cup Design Artwork Contest, with her winning design being featured on cups later this summer. As part of its commitment to the…
How Can C-Stores Grow Their Loyalty Programs?
Across all retail segments, including convenience stores, loyalty programs are big business, and it’s no wonder. They’re proven to boost growth, they are not expensive for the retailer to implement, and they enhance your relationship with your customers. U.S. consumers have 3.8 billion memberships in consumer loyalty programs, according to Hubspot’s 2020 Loyalty Marketing Trends…
CITGO Signs Contract Extension Synchrony
CITGO Petroleum Corp., the Houston-based refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels and lubricants, said it has inked a multi-year extension of its strategic partnership with Synchrony to offer CITGO customers with enhanced purchasing options and more benefits. As part of the extension, Synchrony will continue to manage and service the CITGO Rewards Credit Card…
Beck Suppliers Celebrates 70th Anniversary
“Honest products and friendly service at a fair price.” If that sounds to you like the values of a business from a long-ago era, you’d be right. But it’s also the operating principle of one of the most successful family-owned businesses in Ohio — a Fremont-based company founded in 1950 that recently celebrated its 70th…