On behalf of its over 35,000 employees, Love’s Travel Stops collected a combined donation of $100,000 for 10 nonprofits across the country through its annual Share the Love event. Additionally, corporate employees are now volunteering at organizations in Oklahoma City, where its corporate offices are located. “We’re excited to be back in person this year,…
‘Dandy Canes’ Campaign Breaks Fundraising Record
Dandy’s 2021 Dandy Canes community fundraising campaign raised a record-breaking $90,303 across the chain’s 67 locations. The 2021 campaign was the 17th annual Dandy Canes fundraiser, which raises funds for more than 100 local organizations during the holiday season. From Nov. 25-Dec. 25, 2021, Dandy customers were invited to make donations of $1 or more…
Kum & Go Supports Neighborhood With Store Reimagining, Nonprofit Donation
Kum & Go announced plans to reimagine its store location at 2211 University Ave. in Des Moines, Iowa. “It is truly an honor to connect with and serve the Drake community,” said Niki Mason, Kum & Go senior vice president of store development. “While we remain invested in this area and want it to flourish,…
Casey’s Initiates Round-Up Campaign to Fight Food Insecurity
Casey’s asked its guests and team members to join it and Monster Energy this February in continuing the fight against food insecurity through rounding up at the register. As part of the retailer’s long-standing partnership with Feeding America, Casey’s has set a goal of donating 17 million meals to children and families facing hunger across…
Record-Setting $4.5 Million Bet Placed at C-Store on Bengals for Super Bowl
Jim McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack,” made what’s believed to be the largest mobile sports wager in U.S. history at a convenience store in Louisiana, according to CNBC. The furniture store mogul bet $4.53 million on the Cincinnati Bengals to win Super Bowl LVI. To make the bet legally, McIngvale had to drive 100…
Pilot Co. Kicks Off Annual American Heart Month Campaign
This February, Pilot Co. kicked off its annual American Heart Month Campaign by offering new ways for guests to give in support of heart health at more than 670 participating travel centers across North America. This is the sixth year Pilot Co. has teamed up with the American Heart Association for its Life is Why…
Cubby’s Fundraiser Program Engages Communities
Since its inception in 2018, Cubby’s Convenience Stores has donated over $80,000 to local schools and youth programming. The chain’s fundraiser program, Raise Some Dough, was launched to engage the communities served by Cubby’s. Funds donated are completely discretional and have been used to purchase classroom resources, playground equipment, athletic equipment or to support educational…
Gate Foundation, K9s for Warriors Team to End Veteran Suicide
The nation’s largest provider of trained service dogs to military veterans, K9s For Warriors, announced a new campaign in partnership with The Gate Foundation to support its mission to end veteran suicide. Until June, Gate coin boxes will be located at cash registers in more than 70 Gate convenience store locations in Florida, Georgia, North…
7-Eleven Opens 77,711th Store
7-Eleven recently hit a major milestone — 77,711 7-Eleven stores open and ready to serve customers worldwide — and 7-Eleven is committed to using its global scale to make a difference. “Since the inception of convenience retailing with the first 7-Eleven store in Dallas, Texas, a lot has changed in how, when and where we…
Marathon Petroleum’s MPLX Builds Homes for Habitat for Humanity
Employees from MPLX’s Gathering & Processing office in Denver worked to better their community as part of the company’s Give Back, Give Together campaign. MPLX is a diversified, large-cap master limited partnership formed by Marathon Petroleum Corp. that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets and provides fuels distribution services. Multiple volunteering efforts…