MeazureUp and prominent Canadian restaurant group Recipe Unlimited, which consists of over 1,200 locations across Canada, recently partnered to add organization-wide brand consistency for Recipe with the AuditApp application in Recipe’s stores. Recipe understands the importance of making data-driven decisions to improve the customer experience for its thousands of locations across 20 brands. Recipe Unlimited…
Weigel’s Offers Four-Day Workweek
In today’s tight labor market, finding new strategies to boost hiring and retention is key. At Weigel’s, based in Powell, Tenn., we’re changing our store employees’ work schedules to help combat the labor environment we’ve witnessed over these past three years. We’re giving full-time, hourly employees the option of choosing a four-day workweek — instead…
Stewart’s Shops Opens Seven Shops in Seven Weeks
Stewart’s Shops has announced the opening of seven shops in seven weeks. These seven shops include four rebuilds and three new shops and have been/will be constructed in only nine to 12 weeks. These shops have been rebuilt: Malta, N.Y. — Oct. 5 Market St. in Amsterdam, N.Y. — Oct. 12 Great Bend in Carthage,…
Navigating M&A in Today’s Business Environment
Seldom does a week go by without someone asking me why the convenience and gas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) environment is still so dynamic when everything else is in utter chaos. We seem to be floating along in an insulated bubble of reality. Whether its divestitures of c-stores or dealer or commercial fuels and lubes…
Thorntons, ampm and ARCO Update Marketing Programs
Thorntons, ampm and ARCO selected GSP to provide points of purchase (POP) to their more than 1,350 locations. GSP will provide store-specific kits directly to Thorntons, ampm and ARCO stores from a multi-plant network, designed to support large national marketing programs. “GSP has provided the Thorntons team with robust account management and execution for nearly a decade,”…
Hatco Purchases American Range
Hatco Co. recently announced the purchase of American Range. American Range is a manufacturer of commercial and residential cooking appliances with locations in Pacoima, Calif., and Las Vegas. “American Range has been a strong and trusted brand in the foodservice industry for many years, much like Hatco Corp.,” said Lorne Deacon, president of Hatco Corp.…
An App Alone Is Not a Digital Strategy
Over the past few years, a number of c-store operators introduced mobile apps with the goal of fulfilling an imperative to “go digital.” Digital, however, is much more than an app; a comprehensive strategy includes data, customer relationship management (CRM), social media, optimization and more. In this column, we’ll focus on five key parts of…
Thorntons Opens Kentucky Location
Thorntons announced the opening of its newest Louisville, Ky., location, making the chain’s total store count in Louisville, Ky., and Southern Indiana 45. The store opens Friday, Oct. 7 at 6:00 a.m. and is located at 7101 Greenridge Farm Drive. This new 4,400-square-foot facility is set on 2.7 acres and features a number of amenities…
EG Group Converts Tom Thumb Sites to Cumberland Farms
EG Group has officially completed the first few of its many to come Tom Thumb to Cumberland Farms conversions in the Gulf Coast. Cumberland Farms has opened three stores with 50-plus more projected to open by the end of the year. The first converted location to open was at 7074 State Highway 59 in Gulf…
Love’s Opens Iowa Site
Love’s Travel Stops announced that it opened a new location in Le Mars, Iowa. The store, located off Highway 75, adds 68 truck parking spaces and 70 jobs to Plymouth County. “We’re excited to add our 10th clean and safe location in Iowa,” said Greg Love, co-CEO of Love’s. Our team members will help get…