Recent studies from the Harvard School of Public Health find that 54% of American adults consume coffee on a daily basis, and three cups per person is the average. Fresh Healthy Vending Cafe wants to satisfy America’s coffee cravings by releasing a new machine that allows consumers to get fresh-brewed coffee with the push of…
Fruit Punch in a Box
CRYSTAL LIGHT promotes its new bag-in-box liquid concentrate lineup with CRYSTAL LIGHT Fruit Punch. Convenience store operators can encourage customers who love drinking water to trying CRYSTAL LIGHT’s new offering. The bag-in-box dispensers are easy to set up and save operators from the messes that are caused by self-mixed pouches. Operators can just hook up…
Sweet Rewards Line
General Mills Convenience adds variety to its line of Betty Crocker Sweet Rewards bars with the new bites and cookie bars. Betty Crocker Sweet Rewards Bites are mini cake bites that can be sold with a suggested retail price of $1.59. The Sweet Rewards Cookie Bars are soft cookies that can be sold for about…
Thorntons Joins the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Matt Thornton says he is proud to be a partner with the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a fifth year. Thorntons announced that for the fifth consecutive year, it would partner with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. On May 1, all Thorntons store locations began to sell “wish stars” for $1. All of the…
Ayers Oil Teams with Steak ‘n Shake in Canton, Mo.
Ayers Oil partners with Steak ‘n Shake at its new travel plaza. By: Megan Wilkinson. Ayers Oil is set to open its 16th travel plaza by the end of June. The company has also partnered with Steak ‘n Shake, which will be attached to the new convenience store. Ayers Oil President Steve Ayers said his…
Summer Ale
Newcastle Brown Ale has released its limited edition Summer Ale. The beer is a light, golden ale with a citrus scent. It is brewed with Optic malts and Styrian Golding and Challenger hops, and is 4.4% alcohol with 26 international bittering units. Summer Ale will be available from May through July 2012 in 6-packs and…
Gulf Oil Shows Support for Breast Cancer Research at Ballparks
We are pleased to be making a financial commitment through our national foundation to a cause that continues to impact the lives of so many families,” says Gulf spokesperson. Gulf Oil LP is adding a pink ribbon to its orange disk logo at six major league baseball parks across the U.S., to show its support…
Website Helps Customers Find Best Beer Prices
At SaveOnBrew.com, customers enter their zip codes to find low prices and sales on beer in their area. The Beer Institute reports that the most popular places to buy beer outside bars, restaurants and stadiums include: convenience stores (32%), liquor / beer stores (20%) and supermarkets (8%). SaveOnBrew.com, a search engine made for beer products,…
Casey’s Delivers
By: Megan Wilkinson, CSD Staff. Casey’s General Stores Inc. now offers its new pizza delivery service on a daily basis to customers at several store locations in Iowa. For hungry c-store customers in Iowa buying c-store pizza just got even more convenient. Casey’s General Stores Inc. is delivering pizza direct to customers from its Grimes,…