Nashville-based Tri Star Energy announced the opening of a Twice Daily convenience store and White Bison Coffee in Athens, Ala. The concept combines convenience and quality with Twice Daily’s convenience store and White Bison Coffee’s artisan coffee beverages and fresh, handcrafted café menu. This is the second location in the Northern Alabama market following the…
Cumberland Farms to Thank Customers With Coffee
With Thanksgiving coming up this week, convenience retailer Cumberland Farms wants to show some gratitude by buying its customers a cup of coffee. Thanksgiving Day, the chain will treat customers to a free hot or iced coffee in any size to celebrate the holiday. On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, customers can grab a free…
7-Eleven Opens New Evolution Store in Dallas
7-Eleven announced the opening of the newest 7-Eleven Evolution Store, the second in Dallas and the fifth in the country. Building on the success of its first Evolution Store located at Sylvan | Thirty in Dallas, the northeast Dallas, Lake Highlands location will have many of the same features that will draw customers from across…
Single-Use Compostable Coffee Bag
Mr. Espresso, an Oakland-based, family-owned and operated business that has been roasting and distributing traditional Italian oak wood roasted coffee to San Francisco Bay Area retailers, cafes and restaurants for more than 40 years, has added a new innovation, Steeped Coffee, to its product line. Steeped is a single-use, single-serve, compostable coffee bag filled with […]
OnCue Releases Latest Craft Beer in Brewery Collaboration Series
In the second installment of its brewery collaboration series, Stillwater, Okla.-based OnCue partnered with Iron Monk Brewing Co. to introduce Hometown Hero, a limited-edition craft beer. “This new collaboration holds a special place in all of our hearts as we face insurmountably hard times across our country,” said Kim Cuellar, OnCue category manager of beer…
Love’s Unveils Free Drink Club
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is giving four-wheel customers free drinks year-round through the new Love’s Free Drink Club. Using the Love’s Connect app, customers will get every 10th drink for free. “We’re excited to launch Love’s Free Drink Club to recognize our growing number of loyal four-wheel customers,” said Francie Koop, manager of…
Limited-Edition Seasonal Beer
Stella Artois’ first-ever, limited-edition seasonal beer — Midnight Lager — is back just in time for the holidays. With notes of Belgian dark chocolate and freshly brewed espresso, a 5.4% ABV, and a bold black and gold look — the brew inspired by the midnight sky itself hit shelves nationwide for its second season on […]
Sparkling, Caffeinated Water Redesign
Sparkling Ice sparkling waters has redesigned its Sparkling Ice +Caffeine, in all six flavors, featuring a clean, bright and ombre-like design. Developed by Talking Rain’s in-house graphic design team, the plus sign feature within the logo depicts the supercharged element of the product, supported by the ice cube dropping into energetic distortion and noise with vibrant […]
Bang Energy Ends Exclusive Distribution Partnership With PepsiCo
Bang Energy announced that it has terminated its exclusive distribution partnership with PepsiCo. Bang Energy said it gave PepsiCo notice of termination as its exclusive distributor on Oct. 23, citing multiple issues and concerns regarding PepsiCo’s performance since the parties’ distribution partnership began in April of this year. “Bang Energy has had, and continues to…
Tracking Beverage Trends
From hard seltzer and craft beer to kombucha and ready-to-drink (RTD) cold-brew coffee, the c-store packaged beverage category has seen some stellar sales lifts in 2020. The RTD cappuccino and iced coffee segment was up 3.5% at convenience stores for the 52 weeks ending Oct. 4, 2020, according to Market Advantage TSV; IRI Liquid Data.…