New Jersey fresh convenience market chain QuickChek is celebrating its 55th anniversary by rewarding its most loyal customers with free coffee every Friday through April. QuickChek Rewards members can get a free hot or iced coffee — any size, any variety — during its Free Coffee Fridays by scanning the QuickChek Rewards mobile app or…
Study Will Probe Effects of CBD in Occasional Cannabis Users
Health Canada approved the amendment of a phase I study conducted in collaboration by leading cannabinoid-derived drug discovery and development company Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. and Dr. Jutras-Aswad and the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre. The study will assess the safety profile of low and moderate doses of inhaled CBD and determine the cognitive,…
Pilot Co. Guests, Staff Give From the Heart
Pilot Co. and its guests and team members from across the country rallied together to raise $1.7 million for the American Heart Association’s “Life Is Why” campaign. The campaign this February had the largest donation amount in the company’s six-year history of supporting the American Heart Association and brought the grand total raised to more…
Casey’s Announces Grants for Schools Across Midwest
Ankeny, Iowa-based convenience chain Casey’s announced names of the 89 local schools benefiting from the Cash for Classrooms grant program in 2022. Now in its second year, the Cash for Classrooms program supports projects, physical improvements and resource requests at accredited K-12 public and non-profit, private schools in Casey’s communities across the Midwest. “At Casey’s, our goal is for…
Spinx Offers Loyal Customers Hefty Fuel Discount
Greenville S.C.-based fuel and convenience retailer The Spinx Co. announced that it will be offering a discount of 25 cents per gallon to customers purchasing fuel using its Xtras Pay loyalty feature. The discount will run through May 2, 2022. Gas prices have risen significantly in recent weeks around the world. Although the rising gas…
Ad Campaign Will Highlight Harm of Credit Card Swipe Fees
With fees set to rise in April, the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) announced an advertising campaign to educate Congress and other policymakers on high “swipe” fees that credit card networks and big banks charge merchants to process transactions and the impact the fees have on consumers, small businesses and the U.S. economy. “Swipe fees charged in…
Funding Bill Also Lets FDA Regulate Synthetic Nicotine
On Friday, March 11, President Biden signed into law the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022.” The bill funds the U.S. government through September of 2022 and also includes a section that grants the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products which contain nicotine that is not made or derived from tobacco (e.g., synthetic nicotine). As…
Stewart’s Shops Highlights Green Initiatives
St. Patrick’s Day is this coming Thursday, March 17, and to get in the holiday spirit Stewart’s Shops is highlighting some of the company’s green initiatives. Based in New York state, Stewart’s Shops does its part to be more sustainable. The company’s plant has over 2,400 individual solar panels on the roof which supply 75%…
New TA Express Coming to Arizona
Westlake, Ohio-based TravelCenters of America will soon bring its travel center amenities to northwest Arizona near the Nevada and Utah border. The company executed a TA Express Franchise Agreement for an existing travel center that will be remodeled in Littlefield, Ariz. Planned amenities include: Gasoline with 20 fueling positions Truck diesel with ten fueling positions…
Strategic Retail Partners Acquires Quebec Distributor
Strategic Retail Partners (SRP), a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners and category manager and solutions provider to more than 70,000 retail outlets in the U.S. and Canada, announced it has acquired Quebec, Canada-based Distributions Franco. The acquisition closed Feb. 28 and will provide an opportunity for SRP’s further growth in North America. SRP sees…