Circle K launched an exclusive collection of DC Comics HeroStix, featuring a famous lineup of 24 DC Comic heroes, villians and symbols. The HeroStix Collectibles are only available at participating Circle K stores in 20 select states across the country, making these coveted items extra special. “At Circle K, we love surprising and delighting our…
Prepaid Shows Promise
Prepaid card sales are on the rise, and digital or ‘virtual’ prepaid cards continue to trend. The U.S. prepaid card market grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6% from 2017-2022, according to Researchandmarket.com’s report “United States Prepaid Card and Digital Wallet Business and Investment Opportunities Databook – Market Size and Forecast, Consumer…
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…
The Sinclair Cos. Acquired by HollyFrontier and HEP, HF Sinclair Established
HF Sinclair Corp. was recently established as the new parent holding company of HollyFrontier Corp. and Holly Energy Partners (HEP), which completed their respective acquisitions of Sinclair Oil Corp. and Sinclair Transportation Co. from The Sinclair Cos. Commenced at market open on March 15, 2022, HF Sinclair replaced HollyFrontier as the public company trading on…
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…
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%…
Automate Pricebook Management With a Virtual Employee
The advent of pricebook automation is here, and this will be as historically transformational as the transition from pump attendants to self-serve gas was for our industry. The first helped foster the universal emergence of convenience to the retail petroleum landscape, while the other will effectively automate many of the labor-intensive functions currently required to…
Loop Neighborhood Partners with Way
Loop Neighborhood partnered with auto app Way.com at multiple Loop convenience store locations throughout California. Way is powering the high-quality, drive-through car washes at various Loop Neighborhood locations as of January 2022. Way.com launched in 2016 with its parking reservation platform and has since added multiple verticals, including car washes, auto insurance, auto refinance, gas…
Invenco and FuelMedia TV Partner on Digital Media Solutions for C-Stores
Invenco formed a strategic agreement with FuelMedia TV, which officially announced the launch of its place-based, digital-out-of-home (DOOH) media network. Under this agreement, FuelMedia TV provides DOOH media services for Invenco’s outdoor payment terminals installed in fuel and convenience customer locations in North America. The partnership capitalizes on Invenco G6 and G7 Pay-at-Pump terminals that…