Now in tests in Seattle, a new program could allow customers to retrieve their Amazon packages at their local c-store. Amazon and 7-Eleven are reportedly testing a new delivery locker that would allow customers to pick up their Amazon packages at local 7-Eleven convenience stores, according to GeekWire. Currently the locker system is said to…
Terrible’s Hosts UFC Fighter
Terrible Herbst-Gas-Convenience Store, at 6716 S. Las Vegas Blvd in Las Vegas, is set to host Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Dan Hardy, who will be signing autographs for fans on Saturday, July 3 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Hardy plans to be in Las Vegas to support fellow XYIENCE team fighter Wanderlei Silva…
Kroger Makes Strides In Sustainability
The company’s 2010 Sustainability Report, recently published online, shows the company has reduced overall energy consumption by more than 27%, and includes updates in four core areas: —Reducing its carbon footprint, especially by decreasing energy usage; —Eliminating and recycling waste including reducing plastic bag use; —Lowering the impact of…
Gulf Oil Sponsors Baltimore Orioles
Gulf Oil has entered a new sponsorship agreement with Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles in time for the Orioles’ home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays, the company announced Friday, April 9. The cornerstone element of the relationship will be new field level signage in right field, which will proudly display Gulf’s iconic orange disc. …
Subway Introduces Breakfast Sandwiches
Subway is launching a national breakfast menu of egg and cheese sandwiches next month, Nation’s Restaurant News reported. The new breakfast sandwiches already debuted on March 1 in Canada and will be sold at more than 25,000 of Subway’s North America locations beginning April 5. The sandwich chain’s new offering comes after one of its rivals,…
7-Eleven Continues Reinventing Convenience
7-Eleven Inc., the world’s largest operator, franchisor and licensor of convenience stores, was named Chain of the Year in 2005. The stores got their iconic name in the 1940s because they were open from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m., which was considered extended hours in those days. By the ‘60s, lifestyles were changing, and consumers…
Pizza Popularity Drives Food Sales
Some version of pizza has been around ever since a working man in Ancient Greece discovered that a flat round bread (plankuntos) embellished with assorted toppings made a hearty, thrifty and convenient dining experience. Little did that anonymous cook suspect that his humble meal would one day launch a major industry. According to Blumenfeld and…
Taking Convenience to a New Level
The milkman is making his rounds in Mountain Top, Penn. Good2Go is enhancing its convenience offering by providing residents the option of having fresh, all-natural and organic products delivered directly to their front doors. When partners Awais Ahmad, V.J. George and Thomas Job opened the store in September 2008, they had no idea how popular…