by Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN Even with the rapidly approaching July 4th holiday, with holiday travel seen near the 2007 record this year, retail gasoline prices are continuing to decline as economic expansion cools and US unemployment remains high. Price watchers should expect the Energy Information Administration to report its twelfth…
Rutter’s Rewards One Customer’s Loyalty With Fuel
Rutter’s announced its first winner for its Register, Scan and Win contest for summer 2012. Rutter’s Farm Stores plans to give away eight years of free gas to its loyal customers this summer, and its first winner was announced this week. Gregory Ball of Dover, Pa. won Rutter’s Fuel Up Free Sweepstakes, earnng a year’s…
BP Features Interactive ‘Team USA Experience’ At A D.C. Location
BP wants to get customers excited about the upcoming 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games with in-store promotions. As the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games approach, BP Products North America Inc. gives Washington, D.C. consumers the opportunity to step into the shoes of Team USA hopefuls at an upcoming BP Team USA Experience event. BP’s…
Valero To Acquire 29 Crackerbox Stores
“These stores are great assets and will complement our existing Corner Store network,” says CEO of Valero Retail. Valero Retail Holdings, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp., is purchasing 29 stores in the Little Rock and Hot Springs, Ark. areas from The Crackerbox Stores and converting them to Valero Corner Stores in the coming months.…
Shell, Jewel-Osco Launch Fuel Rewards Program
“Jewel-Osco is pleased to be able to offer local consumers the opportunity to save money on fuel,” says Jewel-Osco’s director of marketing. Shell and Jewel-Osco are teaming up to help local shoppers get increased value on their everyday grocery purchases by launching the My Jewel-Osco Fuel Rewards program in participating area Jewel-Osco stores. Local consumers…
Susser Pursues Master Limited Partnership IPO Of Wholesale Fuel Business
“We believe this transaction will allow us to de-lever the convenience store portion of our business, reduce our cost of capital and further diversify our access to capital to fund our growth strategy,” says Susser CEO. Susser Holdings Corp.’s Board of Directors has approved the filing of a registration statement to effect an initial public…
Obama Administration Grants Final Approval For Sale Of E15
“The public has a right to choose between imported oil and home-grown energy and today’s action by the EPA advances that goal,” says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The Obama administration has given final approval for the sale of E15 ethanol blends under the waiver conditions set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Southwest Farm Press reported. …
Cenex, Cabela’s Launch $10,000 Summer Gas Giveaway
One lucky winner each day to receive a $100 Cenex Gift Card. The Cenex and Cabela’s brands have teamed up to launch a $10,000 Summer Gas Giveaway. Every Cabela’s CLUB Visa cardholder that shops at Cenex convenience stores from June 1 through Sept. 8, 2012, will be automatically entered to win free fuel. “We’re giving…
Valero Grows In Southeast
The Pantry Inc. converting 168 stores. Valero’s 2012 advertising theme is “Keeping America Moving,” and thanks to a new branding agreement with The Pantry Inc., based in Cary, N.C., Valero will be keeping more and more Americans moving throughout the Southeast. Under the new agreement, 143 properties will convert to a newly created Valero and…
Romney Raves About Wawa
Mitt Romney talks hoagies and touchscreens in Pennsylvania. Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney, while on the campaign trail, visited a Wawa convenience store and polled the crowd at the Cornwall Iron Furnace, in Cornwall, Pa., about where they buy their sandwiches. The question touched on a local state divide: Wawa or Sheetz, Yahoo News reported.…