“Many of our restaurant franchisees and customers are Tucker Hibbert fans, and will be excited to learn that Tucker is a Hot Stuff Pizza lover,” says Orion CEO. Orion Food Systems, the international foodservice provider, which franchises over 1000 Hot Stuff Pizza locations world-wide, announced its official sponsorship of World Snocross Champion and 10-time ESPN…
Supervalu Commits $1 Million To Sponsor Youth Sports Teams
Sponsorship helps provide opportunities for more than 20,000 kids to participate in soccer and baseball. Supervalu Inc. has committed $1 million to sponsor 1,542 youth sports teams in markets where its ACME, ALBERTSONS, Cub Foods, FARM FRESH, JEWEL-OSCO and SHAWS/STAR Market stores operate. The sponsorships underscore the company’s commitment to its local neighborhoods. The sponsorships,…
VERC Employee To Throw Red Sox Pitch
Nestlé Waters selects John Burgess to toss ceremonial first pitch based on his 19 years of excellent c-store service. John Burgess, a 19-year employee with VERC Enterprises, a convenience store and Mobil/Gulf gasoline operator with 24 locations throughout eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, has been selected to throw out the first pitch at the Sept.…
Hunt Brothers Pizza Celebrates NASCAR Victory
Kevin Harvick wins race with No. 2 Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet. Hunt Brothers Pizza celebrated in victory lane Aug. 24 when the made-to-order convenience store pizza chain’s NASCAR driver, Kevin Harvick, won the Camping World Truck Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., driving the Hunt Brothers Pizza No. 2…
Maverik, GSP Sponsor Kick Start Show
Maverik Inc. and GSP Marketing Technologies have co-sponsored the latest edition of the Kick Start reality TV show that takes risk-adverse individuals on extreme adventures to “kick start” their lives. GSP Marketing Technologies won the rights to be in the show as part of a Maverik sponsored auction that benefits the Special Olympics of Utah.…
7-Eleven Debuts New ’Coffee Cup With A Cause’
On Friday, July 16, 7-Eleven Inc. is launching its third “Coffee Cup With A Cause” campaign, this time offering a cup designed by WWE Superstar John Cena. Cena fans can make their way into any of the participating 7-Eleven stores across the U.S. to purchase the signature cup being sold July 16-Aug. 30, or while…
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. …
Wilson Farms Helps Fight Leukemia And Lymphoma
Wilson Farms Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Corporate Recruitment Event will kick off on Thursday, March 18 with a check presentation. Paul and Karen Nanula, chairpersons of the western and central New York Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk, will present a check from Wilson Farms for funds collected through several…
Joe DePinto Stars On The CBS Show
On Sunday, Feb. 21, 7-Eleven’s President and CEO Joe DePinto appeared on the CBS show Undercover Boss, going incognito at his company, disguised as new recruit “Danny.” DePinto got a taste of life at the store level, making coffee, cleaning restrooms, riding in a delivery truck, working the graveyard shift and learning the ropes at…
BP Sponsors U.S. Olympic Teams
BP has joined the U.S. Olympic Committee’s family of sponsors as the official USOC energy partner. It will be a sponsor of the 2010 and 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, as well as the 2011 U.S. Pan American Team. “We look forward to partnering with America’s Olympic and Paralympic teams to engage with the…