Convenience Store Decisions articles from December 2007

Convenience Store Decisions archives from December 2007

"K" marks the spot: California Retail Management owes much of its industry success to Circle K and CSD's Chain of the Year Alimentation Couche-Tard.(Convenience Retail Management)
December 1, 2007... THE CONVENIENCE STORE INDUSTRY makes for a very competitive climate. With the vast number of convenience chains in business--not to mention the impinging presence of hypermarts--making a store's presence known in a busy market can be very...

Circle of partnership: a well-established franchise program gives circle K owners the tools they need to stay ahead of the game.(Golden State Petroleum)
December 1, 2007... DAVID DELRAHIM HAS ROOTS all over the globe, coming to America before college and settling in Philadelphia. He then moved out West to finish his education at the University of Southern California. Always fascinated with old service stations, he...

Couche-Tard honored as Chain of the Year: in an era of depressed fuel margins and unprecedented competition, the retailer continues posting impressive numbers ... in 12 different countries.(Chain of the Year)(Cover story)(Company overview)
December 1, 2007... To hear riChard fortin tell it, there was a time when Alimentation Couche-Tard had a hard time raising capital to finance acquisitions. How the times have changed. Today, Couche-Tard, operates more than 5,600 convenience stores in the...

Balmar Petroleum rebranding to 7-Eleven.
December 1, 2007... RICHARD ONESLAGER, PRESIDENT OF Firsthand Management LLC, the retail operating arm of Balmar Petroleum, a petroleum fuels distributing company headquartered in Centennial, Colo., has finalized a deal with 7-Eleven Inc. making him a 7-Eleven...

Susser raising $200m for T&C deal.(Town and Country Food Stores Inc.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS-BASED SUSSER hOldings, operator of 330 convenience stores in Texas and Oklahoma under the Stripes banner, is in the process of acquiring San Angelo, Texas-based Town & Country Food Stores, operator of 140 c-stores in...

Kum & Go launches new coffee line.
December 1, 2007... KUM & GO IS ASKING customers to "Taste the Difference" with Java Ridge--the company's new premium coffee line, which was introduced at its more than 450 c-stores in 13 states. The launch of Java Ridge Premium Coffee is the culmination of an...

Double Kwik to sell 57 local stores.
December 1, 2007... WISE, VA.-BASED DOUBLE KWIK Markets has entered into plans to sell its 57 convenience locations to Mechanicsville, Va.-based GPM Investments. GPM plans to convert the entire Double Kwik chain to its Fas Mart brand across Southwest Virginia and...

The giving season.(Geo H. Green Oil, Inc.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Green H. Oil Co.'s five company operated stores kicked off its main fundraiser of the year--The Empty Stocking Fund--by collecting $3,000 in just 10 days. According to Green Oil's Director of Marketing Jim Callahan, the company hopes to exceed...

A true up and comer: Terry Johnson: Uppy's/Southside Oil.(Rising Stars)
December 1, 2007... Like a lot of people in the industry, Terry Johnson, director of marketing for Chester, Va.-based Uppy's/Southside Oil, got his start by working the cash register at a local c-store while earning his business degree. Soon after graduation,...

NACS emphasizes "the power of one": Association President and CEO Hank Armour stresses "one voice, one show.".(Back Room)(National Association of Convenience Stores)(chief executive officer)
December 1, 2007... NACS PreSident And CeO Hank Armour stressed a simple message at the 2007 Opening General Session. "We may not look the same or operate the same, but we are one. And our theme for this year's NACS Show perfectly reflects this mission and where...

Bic's Pat Cordle leads new NACS supplier board: Kraft Foods' Brad Heetland was named the board's chair-elect.(Back Room)
December 1, 2007... NEW NACS SUPPLIER BOARD CHAIRMAN Pat Cordle, vice president of sales and marketing for Bic Corp., leads the new slate of officers who will serve on the 2007-08 NACS SupplierBoard that was announced during the Supplier Board meeting at the NACS...

Final thoughts.(Editor's Memo)(Editorial)
December 1, 2007... "How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these." That quote from...