COVID-19

Dash In parent company The Wills Group announced an additional $300,000 in unrestricted grants to support nonprofit organizations working to help individuals and families in need across the Mid-Atlantic region. The announcement brings the total philanthropic donations made by the Wills Group to address rising food insecurity issues caused by COVID-19 to $500,000 since March…

SecureWatch24 now offers a new line of innovative cleaning and personal sanitization products designed specifically to fight the spread of infection. The microSURE family of products includes a disinfectant, wound care antiseptic and hand sanitizer powerful enough to eliminate infectious germs and viruses. Non-toxic, odorless, alcohol-free and pet-safe, microSURE creates a crystalline structure that adheres […]

The Markets of Tiger Fuel Company have teamed up with local nonprofit, Albemarle Housing Improvement Program (AHIP), to serve up a new sandwich, The AHIP Special. The new menu item features sliced deli chicken, avocado, bacon, cucumber, lettuce, tomato, sprouts, cheddar cheese, ranch dressing on a toasted sourdough bread. $1 of each sandwich purchased will be…

York, Pa.-based Rutter’s has teamed up with some of its top vendors for the upcoming Feeding the Frontline initiative on July 24 to show appreciation for frontline workers. Because they’re on duty 24/7, on 7/24, trontline workers will receive a free meal at Rutter’s as a thank you for their hard work and dedication. The…

Top-quartile convenience store chains have recruiting and retention habits that give them a leg up on the competition. However, attracting and retaining top-notch talent does not happen overnight. It’s the result of hard work, an excellent training plan and years of experience, and the payoff is incalculable, as we have seen during this COVID-19 crisis.…

As the country continues to get back to normal, the National Advisory Group (NAG) and the Young Executives Organization (YEO) are moving forward with the 2020 Conference, but it will have a different look and feel. The virtual format of the conference will include educational sessions, our popular Information Exchanges and best-in-class convenience store tours,…

Continuing its efforts to support its local communities, a team of volunteers from QuickChek packed 19,350 meals to aid the Community FoodBank of New Jersey’s Emergency Box Program. Fourteen volunteers from the fresh convenience market chain’s corporate headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J., and from local QuickChek stores spent two hours packing 774 emergency meal kits.…

While seven in 10 Americans say they expect to make changes to Fourth of July plans this year, according to Frito-Lay, if Memorial Day is any indication (salty snacks were up 9% year over year, and early June data shows salty snacks up by 5%), salty snacks sales are expected to be on par with years…

With nearly all of Pennsylvania’s counties working to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic, York, Pa.-based Rutter’s has reopened its Video Gaming Rooms to customers. During this reopening, Rutter’s has taken precautions to keep its customers safe, including plexiglass between machines, hand sanitizer in the rooms and stickers designating where to wait for a machine to open.…

Dash In, a Wills Group company with more than 50 locations across the Mid-Atlantic region, delivered more than 2,500 personal messages and snacks to healthcare and first responder organizations across Delaware, Maryland and Virginia through its Snack-O-Gram program. Dash In’s mission is to lift up the journeys of its neighbors through good food and warm…