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Shell Oil Co. is exclusively sponsoring ESPN’s Football Town Showdown (FTS), a social-driven competition giving fans the opportunity to vote on the ultimate College Football town. ESPN’s Football Town Showdown engages fans, ignites friendly rivalries and brings football towns together. Through Oct. 9, fans can participate in the bracket-style social vote across Twitter, Instagram and…

Casey’s General Stores agreed to acquire 40 Pilot convenience stores from Pilot Co. in an all-cash transaction for $220 million. The 40 Pilot stores will extend Casey’s presence in Tennessee and Kentucky, with well-established locations primarily in the Knoxville, Tenn. market. “These stores have a track record of strong performance, and are high-quality assets that…

Thousands of new SKUs and services are launched each year. Which ones will be successful and gain traction? CStore Decisions let our retailer panel of judges decide. In this video-based product contest, winners were determined by a point system that included innovation, packaging, likeliness to carry or implement in stores and more. New products/services are […]

Despite bad weather and the delta variant spread, consumer online and physical restaurant visits in August continued to recover from last year’s steep declines, according to market analyst The NPD Group. U.S. restaurant traffic increased by +5% over the -10% decline in August 2020 and declined by -5% compared to the pre-pandemic level in August…

With the addition of national last-mile delivery service Skipcart to its platform, Vroom Delivery is enabling c-stores to automatically route orders between multiple third party delivery services on an order-by-order basis based on cost, speed and serviceability. Vroom is already partnered with Doordash Drive and robot delivery service Tortoise. With the addition of Skipcart, Vroom’s…

This summer brought customers back to the cold and dispensed beverage section at c-stores, after the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the category in many areas of the country during 2020 and early 2021, from self-service bans to supply disruptions. Many retailers used the disruption as an opportunity to re-evaluate their cold and frozen dispensed beverage section.…

Love’s Travel Stops is offering customers any-sized coffee or hot beverage for the reduced price of $1 on Sept. 29 to celebrate National Coffee Day. When purchases are made through the Love’s Connect app, all proceeds go to Love’s annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign. My Love Rewards members can use a free drink refill…

The cannabis edibles market is expected to surpass $10 billion in annual sales by 2025, according to market research firm Brightfield Group. This is one of the fastest-growing product types, according to Brightfield Group data, consistently capturing the third-largest share-of-shelf of all cannabis product types. The maturing edibles category is starting to see some standardization,…

Mirabito Convenience Stores today announced that it will kick off its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month coffee campaign on Oct. 1. Throughout the month of October, if you’re drinking Mirabito coffee, the lid will be PINK to signify that a portion of each coffee sale goes directly toward breast cancer research and support. “By putting…

Despite the recent setback for its flavored Bidi Sticks, which were caught up in the wave of Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) marketing denials issued by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) against all non-tobacco and non-menthol flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), Bidi Vapor remains committed to compliance with FDA standards, stringent youth-access prevention…