Kum & Go and Iowa wine growers have joined forces to offer a directory and coupon booklet that could generate up to $50 in savings at Kum & Go stores, the Des Moines Register reported. Visitors to the Iowa Wine Garden at the 2010 Iowa State Fair can buy the Iowa Wine Companion for $15.…
Tedeschi Remodels
Maintaining its aggressive efforts to update all of its locations, Tedeschi Food Shops has completed two new store remodels in Massachusetts. The Tedeschi Food Shops at 98 Houston Avenue in Milton, Mass., and 168 Garden Street in Needham, Mass., were recently renovated, bringing the total of stores remodeled in 2010 to 12. These newly remodeled…
Retail Gasoline Prices to Slide from Three-Month High
By Brian L. Milne, Refined Fuels Editor, Telvent DTN The U.S. average for all formulations of regular grade gasoline surged nearly a nickel to $2.783 gallon as of Aug. 9, according to the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Department of Energy. The price jump in retail was somewhat delayed from higher wholesale…
Hershey Wins 2nd Retailer Initiative Award
Jesus Delgado-Jenkins, (right), 7-Eleven, Inc.’s senior vice president of merchandising and logistics, presents its Retailer Initiative Award to Dave Onorato, The Hershey Company’s vice president of global convenience stores. This is the second time Hershey has won the award. 7-Eleven, Inc. has announced The Hershey Company as the recipient of the company’s 2009 Retailer Initiative…
BP To Pay $50.6 Million In Settlement
BP Products North America Inc. is set to pay a full penalty of $50.6 million stemming from the 2005 explosion at its Texas City, Texas, refinery that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced. The agreement resolves failure-to-abate citations issued after a…
Atlas Oil Among 101 Best & Brightest Companies
As Atlas Oil Co., a provider of round-the-clock petroleum products and services, has yet another reason to celebrate this year. Not only is the company celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, but it has been listed on the “Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” list just announced by the Michigan Business…
Rutter’s App Meets Android Phones
Rutter’s Farm Stores has added an Android app to complement its previously introduced iPhone and Blackberry apps. With the apps, customers can get directions to their nearest Rutter’s stores, check current gas prices, and redeem paperless mobile coupons sent directly to their smart phones. Customers also can register their Rutter’s Rewards loyalty cards, which when…
Casey’s Board Appeals For Reelection
Ankeny, Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores Inc. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a definitive proxy statement and a letter sent to Casey’s shareholders from Casey’s President and CEO Robert Myers. The letter, dated Aug. 12, informed shareholders that Casey’s has nominated all of its directors for reelection and urged shareholders to vote for…
VERC Enterprises Achieves Workplace Goal
VERC Enterprises, an independent chain of gasoline stations and convenience stores throughout the region, has reached its goal of having a workforce made up of 15% disabled/challenged individuals within their stores, dBusinessNews reported. Leo Vercollone, CEO of VERC Enterprises, said his company has long believed in the value of reaching out to individuals who have…
Canada Proposes Flavored Cigarillo Ban
In Canada, The Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act, which contains a proposed ban on flavored tobacco products, cleared the Senate committee on social affairs Wednesday, and is expected to fly through the Senate as a whole later this fall, the Vancouver Sun reported. The Act would ban “kiddie packs” of little…