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…
Parker’s Honored in Savannah
Parker’s, CStore Decisions’ 2020 Convenience Store Chain of the Year, continues to garner awards for retailing, recently being voted the “Best Convenience Market/Gas Station” for 2021 by readers of Connect Savannah, a leading news, arts and entertainment publication in Savannah, Ga. “We’re deeply honored to be voted Savannah’s top convenience store company and are incredibly…
Kum & Go Announces Utah Expansion
Convenience retail chain Kum & Go has announced it will be entering the Utah market with a series of Salt Lake City area stores set to open in 2022. The Des Moines-based company currently has a widespread presence across the Midwest and western parts of the country, with over 400 stores in 11 states. “We…
NAG Profile in Leadership with Jonathan Shaer: New England Legislation Threatens C-Stores, Tobacco Sales
Whether it’s tobacco, minimum wages or sugary drinks, states throughout New England are under attack from lawmakers looking to restrict sales or outright ban products crucial to convenience stores. Jonathan Shaer is at the center of these battles. Shaer serves as the executive director of the New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association (NECSEMA)…
Mirabito to Offer Free Coffee to Veterans and Military Personnel
In recognition of Memorial Day, Mirabito Convenience Stores is offering free any size coffee to all Veterans and Active Duty military personnel at participating locations throughout Central New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania from Saturday, May 29 through Monday, May 31. “As we all celebrate Memorial Day this long weekend, it is important to remember the…
Tobacco Under Fire in Maine
On May 12, the Maine Health and Human Services Committee voted out of committee a bill that would BAN the sale of all flavored tobacco products in the state – like menthol cigarettes, wintergreen dip and flavored cigars. This action would devastate essential, local retailers like you who responsibly sell tobacco products to adults. TAKE…
Retail Theft on the Rise
Jack L. Hayes International released the results of its 33rd Annual Retail Theft Survey, which reports on over 184,000 shoplifters and dishonest employee apprehensions in 2020 by just 22 large retailers, who recovered over $81 million from these thieves. “While temporary store closures due to the Covid-19 Pandemic resulted in fewer thieves being caught stealing…
Jacksons Partners With Instacart for Same-Day Delivery
Jacksons and ExtraMile by Jacksons convenience stores will now offer same-day delivery via Instacart to customers across their network of more than 260 locations. The new delivery service piloted in Jacksons’ home region of the Treasure Valley, Idaho in March and April of this year as a way to exceed customer expectations and respond to…