Greg Tornberg,Vice President of Fresh Foods By Kim Sharrah,Editorial Assistant Greg Tornberg has returned to his roots at Hampton, Iowabased Kum & Go as the new vice president of fresh foods. Tornberg was recently promoted after returning to the company in 2004 from The Pantry Inc., when Kum & Go made a compelling offer to…
how smart is your safe
Retailers are using safe technology to secure profits and keep an eye on employees. One minute, maybe two. That’s all it takes for an armed robber to come into a convenience store, jam a gun in a clerk’s face, clean out the register and flee like the wind into the night. It takes even less…
An Enlighting Solution
By Scott Jordan, Contributing Editor Lighting control is a must for convenience store owners and managers, but it can also be a source of frustration due to required maintenance of mechanical and electronic time clocks that have been used for decades to automatically turn lights on and off as necessary. But storeowners and managers are…
the price of loyalty
If there was one message to come out of Convenience Store Decisions‘ loyalty Webcast it’s that there is a loyalty solution for everyone, regardless of chain size and the financial investment. CSD‘s “Building and Integrating a LoyaltyProgram,” part of its Online RoundtableSeries, brought together multiple retailers,suppliers and industry experts to discussthe loyalty options currently available…
packaged beverage dilemma
A CSD Staff Report The consumption of bottled water is steadily increasing and it benefits convenience retailers to meet that demand. Not a bad problem to have as bottled water often retails between $1.19 and $1.39, and has a high gross margin. But because packaged beverage consumption is on the rise, the issue of moving…
on frozen pond
CSD and Wilsons Fuel Co. teamed up to participate in the World Pond Hockey Championships in Canada. Right: CSD Editor John Lofstock pushes the puck up the ice against the Boston Danglers. If you freeze it, they will come, and that was certainly the case for the CSD/Wilsons Fuel Ice Dawgs. Convenience Store Decisions‘ Editor…
making the most at the car wash
Discounting and sacrificing fuel margins may not be the most effective way to build incremental sales. After more than 30 years inthe retail car wash business,Paul Vercollone qualifies as anexpert on the subject of selling car washes to the motoring public. Andwith his many years of experience,Vercollone has a message to those operators sacrificing fuel…
daypart dining
While lunch is a proven daypart for convenience stores, truly capturing customers means creating morning and dinner offers. Three retailers share their secrets to capturing dining dollars without cannibalizing existing lunch sales. FRIENDSHIP FOODS hasmade itself a food destination thanks to strong branded programs. Sixteen of the company’s 25 stores offer some form offoodservice, be…
elevating the customer experience
Innovation, commitment to service is the hallmark of the Parker business strategy. The Parker Cos. is a dynamicoperation with interests inreal estate, building retail centers and offices, the storagebusiness (Urban Attic), Spin Citylaundry, Parker’s Market UrbanGourmet and, of course, Parker’sConvenience Stores. The Savannah, Ga.-based company, which is also a BP andChevron jobber, is owned and…
the debate over minimum wage
IN JANUARY, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESvoted on something that had been set in stone for over adecade. They voted in overwhelming numbers toapprove an increase in the federal minimum wage—adecision that could not only affect millions of c-storeemployees, but also their employers as well. Cause for a RaiseThe past decade has been the longest stretch…