MAPCO Express Inc., an independent convenience store chain with more than 400 neighborhood retail locations throughout the southeastern U.S., has announced its upcoming $1.10 Gas Giveaway promotion. On Oct. 10, 2010, for 110 minutes, MAPCO Express plans to sell gasoline for only $1.10 per gallon at five selected secret MAPCO locations throughout its service area. …
Outsite Partners with Catalina
Norfolk, Va.-based Outsite Networks, a loyalty solutions provider for the c-store industry, and Catalina Marketing, a provider of precision marketing and shopper-focused media, have partnered to develop a c-store network that brings manufacturer-sponsored coupons to c-store consumers. The partnership leverages Catalina Marketing’s understanding of how purchase behavior can be used to design and execute successful…
Roadrunner Markets Ups Social Media Strategy
Roadrunner Markets of Johnson City, Tenn., has hired Creative Energy to create and manage the social media strategy for the chain’s 92 convenience store locations in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. “Social media is an effective way to reach out to your customers and have a relationship with them,” said Creative Energy’s social…
Walgreens Launches Social Responsibility Web site
Walgreens has introduced a new Web site for socially-conscious consumers, investors and employees to find information about its commitment to community, diversity, supplier diversity, disability inclusion and the environment. Walgreens.com/responsibility allows users to find new articles, personal stories, videos and interactive features about the company’s benefits to the communities it serves. The new site showcases…
Family Express Partners With GasBuddy
Family Express, is devlving into the social and mobile marketing arena through a relationship with GasBuddy Retail Solutions’ OpenStore platform. This innovative program complements the recently launched F.E. PERKS Loyalty program by linking it with GasBuddy databases. Customers who join the free F.E. PERKS program enjoy numerous benefits: in addition to receiving immediate cents off…
Building Relationships at the National Advisory Group
Throughout my 15 years of covering the convenience store industry, I’ve had the opportunity to meet some amazing people, develop lifelong friendships and watch in awe as otherwise ordinary people learned to work together to produce extraordinary results. Throughout that time I’ve also seen countless people come and go. For some, the industry was a…
NACStech In Full Swing
Voting begins today, Thursday, for the most exciting technology found at NACStech by attendees. Retailers at the show need to download the NACStech mobile app in order to vote. Results will be announced at Friday’s Expo Trends 2010 workshop. NACStech, held May 5-7, officially kicked off yesterday at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in…
iPhone App Locates Pilot Travel Centers
Professional drivers and motorists can now locate the nearest Pilot Travel Center anywhere in North America with a new free iPhone application introduced this month. “We appreciate the fact that many loyal Pilot customers only look for Pilot Travel Centers when they are on the road, and this online tool makes it very easy to…
Cody The Dog’s Gas Station Shuts Down
A chocolate Labrador named Cody, owned by BP c-store owner Karim Mansour, became well-known by fans across the country in recent months, even gaining his own Web site and facebook page. The pooch who was often seen wearing a BP shirt and name tag and popping up behind the drive through window, had been an…