A new Laredo Taco Co. accompanies the new Stripes store in Houston. Stripes Convenience Stores is adding 30 new jobs to the Houston community with the opening of its newest convenience location. The grand opening for the store, located at 7677 Gessner Road, was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. The grand…
CCRRC Helps Retailers Break Down Barriers With Latest Video Installment
The CCRRC has released a video to help retailers connect with their employees and to maximize business. The Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council (CCRRC), in association with the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) has released the fifth video installment of its “Power Up Employee Engagement” video series. The latest installment, entitled “It’s a Partnership,” discusses…
Panhandle, Texas CEFCO Re-opens with Sonic
The newly-upgraded Panhandle, Texas CEFCO store offers an enhanced shopping experience to customers. Following a redesign, the CEFCO Convenience Store located in Panhandle, Texas, at Highway 60 and FM 207 has officially re-opened. This latest opening represents the 23rd, 5,500-square-foot prototype location that CEFCO has opened over the past several years, and is the second…
Vendor Managed Inventory Cuts Delivery Costs By 50% (Or More)
By Bill Scott, President, StoreReport LLC The low fuel costs of late have been a godsend for many suppliers, but it’s only a temporary respite, which will end as soon as fuel prices start rising again. While the experts keep touting the tremendous savings to be received from the supply chain, they mostly ignore the…
CITGO Petroleum Supports STEM Education
CITGO Petroleum is helping to fuel education through a competition where teachers can win exclusive training sessions and quality supplies to help enhance their teaching practices. CITGO Petroleum Corp. is continuing to display its dedication to youth education through its fourth annual Fueling Education Program, which focuses on the importance of engaging young students in…
Maverik Streamlines Pricing Strategy with PriceAdvantage
Maverik intends to reap the extensive benefits of adopting PriceAdvantage software. Maverik Inc. has officially chosen to utilize PriceAdvantage software to streamline its fuel price management across its 274 convenience store locations, throughout 10 western states. Maverik selected PriceAdvantage based on the software’s ability to allow Maverik fuel pricing analysts to conduct price research in…
QuickChek Named One of New York’s Best Places to Work
QuickChek is committed to providing its employees with a great place to work, and consumers with a great place to shop. For the fourth consecutive year, QuickChek Corp. has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in New York State. The Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based fresh convenience market chain was recognized by The…
CCRRC Releases Fourth Employee Engagement Video Installment
The latest video from CCRRC demonstrates the importance of recognizing employee accomplishments. The fourth video installment of the “Power Up Employee Engagement” video series from the Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council (CCRRC) has been released. The fourth installment of the CCRRC North America NACS video, which is entitled “Even Small Accomplishments Deserve Recognition,” expresses the importance…
Behavioral Products, a New Science In Retailing
By Bill Scott, President, StoreReport LLC Recently, my friend Mel Haynes Sr. and I have been having conversations regarding how products can affect behavior in retail. I will call these ‘Behavioral Products.’ I have often said that all products are interlinked with every other product in one way or another. Sometimes the link is glaringly…
M-PACT Teaches Best Hiring Practices
There’s more to developing a solid workforce than just hiring to fill a vacancy. By David Bennett, Senior Editor Hiring the right people for a c-store operation can be challenging. One expert at the M-PACT Show in Indianapolis, which concluded March 24, explained how to build a better mousetrap to capture capable candidates. Over time,…