Convenience Stores Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

McDonald’s Breaks Out | Refresh
supermarketnews.com | 6 hours 2 minutes ago
I’m no fan of McDonald’s, but the company has made a few recent improvements to its sourcing policies that I have to applaud. For starters, yesterday the fast food giant announced it will require all of its pork suppliers to phase out gestation crates for breeding sows.

The NGA Show Video Coverage Coming Soon | Total Access Event Coverage content from Supermarket News
demo.supermarketnews.com | Feb 10, 2012
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Circle K Renews XYIENCE Xenergy’s National Brand Status | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 8, 2012
Circle K Renews XYIENCE Xenergy’s National Brand Status. Circle K has renewed its national brand agreement with XYIENCE, continuing to give its energy drink brand Xenergy access to all 4,200 locations of the convenience store chain in the United States. - PR11792828

Saban Partners with 7-Eleven in Hong Kong - License
www.licensemag.com | Jan 4, 2012
Saban Brands has partnered with 7-Eleven convenience stores a special promotion for the Paul Frank brand throughout Hong Kong.

Break-in at Lake Placid convenience store - AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com | News, Sports, Jobs,
www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com | Nov 17, 2011
LAKE PLACID — A break-in occurred at the Wilson Farms convenience store on Saranac Avenue, but few details have emerged so far.

StorefrontBacktalk » Blog Archive » EMV Is Simply Not Worth The Effort. Not Even A Little
storefrontbacktalk.com | Nov 16, 2011
Ever since Visa reversed itself and embraced EMV this summer, GuestView Columnist Trinette Huber—who by day is information privacy and security manager for the 2,700-store Sinclair Oil company—has been wondering why. She has concluded it's not for the security. For the last five years,

Second annual ASTRA Neighborhood Toy Store Day a success - 2011-11-15 17:05:50 | Kids Today
www.kidstodayonline.com | Nov 15, 2011
The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) announced that media coverage about the advantages of specialty toys reached a reading audience of over 300 million consumers in the ramp-up to Saturday's Neighborhood Toy Store Day.

Beijing Jingkelong Revenue Up 16% In Q3 2011 - ChinaRetailNews.com
www.chinaretailnews.com | Nov 7, 2011
Beijing-based supermarket retailer Jingkelong has published its financial report for the third quarter of 2011, stating that it gained revenue of CNY2.3 billion during the reporting period, a year-on-year increase of 16.28%. The company's net profit was CNY64 million, a year-on-year increase of

Support Local Toy Stores During Neighborhood Toy Store Day | Gift Shop Magazine
www.giftshopmag.com | Nov 1, 2011
Matawan, NJ - As a child, nothing compared to the enchanted feeling of shopping for toys at your local toy store. Gazing with wonder at the aisles of exciting choices…holding your new toy for the very first time…anticipation building inside you as you finally took your new gifts home.

Association of Convenience Stores calls for freeze on minimum wage | The Retail Bulletin, Retail
www.theretailbulletin.com | Sep 20, 2011
The body representing the convenience store sector has called for the Low Pay Commission to place a freeze on the minimum wage in a bid to help struggling convenience store owners.