Love’s Travel Stops is offering its Oklahoma-based store and corporate employees the opportunity to voluntarily receive the COVID-19 vaccination for free at its Oklahoma City corporate offices. This follows an announcement the company made in January that more than 29,000 team members in 41 states will receive a $75 incentive to voluntarily receive the vaccination.…

Guests at Maverik stores across 11 states were especially kind during the month of February, rounding up their transactions to the nearest dollar. A total of 527,345 customer cash donations generated $180,767 that will be contributed to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. The funds will help support people affected by the COVID-19…

In 2020, the health and beauty aid (HBA) category struggled overall, but sales of hand sanitizers and masks helped compensate for category losses. In a year when people worked and attended school at home, and when social gatherings were discouraged, in-store sales of certain HBAs slacked off substantially, especially cosmetics. There simply weren’t as many…

Self-Serve Safe is the only single station, zero-touch, cutlery dispenser available in the market. Not only is Self-Serve Safe eco-friendly — it reduces film and packaging waste by more than 50% compared to individually wrapped cutlery — but it prevents cross-contamination and promotes contactless self-service. The high-volume, electronic, and modular dispenser saves labor costs, reduces […]

TravelCenters of America Inc. (TA) announced financial results for the three months and year ended Dec. 31, 2020. Among the news, the company said it will sell its Quaker Steak & Lube (QSL) business, which includes 41 of its standalone restaurants, for approximately $5 million. As of Dec. 31, 2020, TA classified the QSL business…

Alkeny, Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores has partnered with the Feeding America network to help provide more meals to communities in need across the heartland. The Casey’s #HereforGood Hunger campaign helped provide more than 15 million meals to children and families who may not know where they will find their next meal. “The generosity of our…

MAPCO, with nearly 340 stores throughout the Southeastern region of the U.S., announced that it will provide paid time off for its team members to get COVID-19 vaccines. This program impacts the lives of MAPCO’s 3,200-plus dedicated workforce across Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi and ties back to MAPCO’s mission to help…

New standards such as curbside or in-store pickup require information to be clearly understood by your customers prior to entering. Indoor and Outdoor Signs inform and request customers to adhere to procedures. Implementing a cleaning protocol to sanitize stores daily has become paramount to success, too. MasonWays Locked Sanitizing Storage Cabinet is a centralized place […]

Sheetz will invest $28.5 million in employee wage increases, effective Feb. 12 for the majority of the Altoona, Pa.-based chain’s 18,000 employees. Sheetz has also updated its parental leave policy to provide 12 weeks of paid time off for new mothers and two weeks of paid time off for partners, according to Penn Live. ”Our…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its “Short-Term Energy Outlook” on Feb. 9, citing heightened levels of uncertainty as responses to COVID-19 continue to evolve. Reduced economic activity related to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes in energy demand and supply over the past year and will continue to affect these patterns in the future.…