Convenience Store Decisions articles from January 2007

Convenience Store Decisions archives from January 2007

The dumber they are, the harder they fall: a look at some unusual c-store robberies that prove crime doesn't pay.(BackRoom)
January 1, 2007... Retail hold-ups and robberies serve as a tent pole on the police blotter of just about every local newspaper. And while most of these crimes tend to follow a simple formula--thief holds up store at gun/knifepoint; thief takes money and runs;...

On-the-job training: Heritage Dairy Stores and Kingsway Learning Center partner to provide a unique learning opportunity for students with disabilities.(BackRoom)
January 1, 2007... Thorofare, N.J.-based Heritage Dairy Stores has started a new employee-training program. Instead of training current c-store employees, however, it's training the c-store employees of the future as part of a new partnership with Kingsway...

Category directory.(CSD'S 2007 BUYER'S GUIDE)(Directory)
January 1, 2007... Beverages/Cold Vault BEER/WINE Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis, MO BECK'S North America Inc. White Plains, NY Boston Beer Co. Boston, MA Coors Brewing Co. Golden, CO Corona/Procermex/Gambrinus/ ...

Company directory.(CSD'S 2007 BUYER'S GUIDE)(Directory)
January 1, 2007... A A.J. Antunes Co., Roundup Food Equipment 180 Kehoe Blvd. Carol Stream, IL 60188 Phone: (800) 253-2991 Fax: (630) 784-1650 www.ajantunes.com The Accel/Exchange Network 15395 SE 30th Pl., Ste. 100 ...

Ricker Oil Co.(Decision Makers)(National Association of Convenience Stores appoints Jay Ricker )(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... * Jay Ricker, president of Anderson, Ind.-based Ricker Oil Co., has been elected vice chairman of the National Association of Convenience Stores' (NACS) Convention Committee. In this newly created position, Ricker will lead the activities of...

Duckwall-ALCO Stores.(Decision Makers)(Phillip Hixon appointed)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... * Phillip Hixon has joined Duckwall-ALCO Stores as vice president of store development. Hixon will be responsible for new store openings, fixture planning and acquisition, as well as merchandise plaograms. Hixon comes to the company with nearly...

The Wilbur Curtis Co.(Decision Makers)
January 1, 2007... * The Wilbur Curtis Co. has appointed Steve Bradley to the position of corporate vice president of sales. In his new position, Bradley will focus on growing the company's brand by working with each territory to increase business with existing...

Westec InterActive.(Decision Makers)(Rollie Trayte appointed)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... * Westec InterActive announced that security industry veteran Rollie Trayte has joined the company as vice president of strategic development. Trayte will be responsible for developing customized security and operations improvement programs for...

Mark VII Equipment Inc.(Decision Makers)
January 1, 2007... * Mark VII Equipment Inc. has hired Murray Kennedy as its president and chief executive officer. Kennedy joins the company from Richardson Electronics Ltd., where he held the position of executive vice president. His engineering and management...

General Tobacco.(Decision Makers)(Ronald Denman appointed)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... * General Tobacco has appointed Ronald Denman as executive vice president. He will be responsible for all of its affiliate companies and manage operational facets of the company including marketing, sales, real estate, distribution, employment,...

TOMAX Corp.(Decision Makers)(Bernard Brennan appointed)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... * TOMAX Corp. appointed Bernard Brennan as chairman of the board. As an investor in TOMAX for two years, Brennan served as an executive board member and advisor working closely with the CEO on the development of Retail.net. Brennan has served...

Lettieri's Inc.(Decision Makers)
January 1, 2007... * Lettieri's Inc. has hired Jeff Seccombe as the central region sales manager, where he will be responsible for managing Lettieri's business activities for Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Nebraska. With over 20 years...

Wright Express Corp.(Decision Makers)
January 1, 2007... * Wright Express Corp. announced that Jamie Morin has been promoted to senior vice president of client service operations. Morin will provide leadership to extend the company's growth record and provide customers with service and portfolio...

Just Born Inc.(Decision Makers)(Kathy Bassininski and Matthew Pye appointed)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... * Just Born Inc. announced two additions to its company: Kathy Bassininski has joined as the new brand director for Peeps, Mike and Ike, Hot Tamales and Peanut Chews candies, while Matthew Pye was named new divisional manager for the Southeast....

Executive Leadership Solutions.(Decision Makers)
January 1, 2007... * Joe Kilraine joins Executive Leadership Solutions as a senior executive recruiter with over 30 years of experience in manufacturing and engineering within the petroleum and related energy industries. Kilraine most recently served as CEO of a...

Never stop learning.(Convenience Store Decisions services )(www.csdecisions.com)(Editorial)
January 1, 2007... If there is one thing I have learned to become good at in my personal life and my career it's learning from my mistakes. In one of my recent hockey games, trailing late in the third period 3-1, I was able to score off a face-off--a pretty...

ECRM to focus on core categories: buying opportunities abound in tobacco, candy and HBC.(Front End)
January 1, 2007... Retailers looking for great deals and updates on the newest products hitting shelves are going to want to attend ECRM's convenience market planning session from Jan. 21-24 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The show, focused exclusively on tobacco,...

Couche-Tard eyeing up ConocoPhilips.
January 1, 2007... In a recent issue of the Financial Post, Alimentation Couche-Tard confirmed a rumor that it is interested in buying hundreds of retail outlets that ConocoPhillips will divest in the Midwest and California. While the company is aiming to take a...

The Pantry continues growing.
January 1, 2007... The Pantry Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire 24 Sun Stop convenience stores in Florida, Georgia and Alabama from Southwest Georgia Oil Co. Inc. The stores generated revenues of approximately $110 million in 2005. This strategic...

7-Eleven to purchase stores from McKee Oil.
January 1, 2007... 7-Eleven Inc. reached a deal to acquire 10 convenience stores in the greater Salt Lake City market from McKee Oil Co., to bring the number of stores that the Dallas-based company operates in northern Utah to 112. Terms of the agreement were not...

A boom for Tesco.
January 1, 2007... British chain Tesco is considering space in California, Las Vegas and Phoenix to open 300 smaller versions of its rapidly growing markets. Tim Mason, Tesco USA CEO, told the Los Angles Times that it is currently in negotiations for all 300...

National Association of Convenience Stores' (NACS) Convention Committee.(Retailer Spotlight)
January 1, 2007... Jay Ricker, president of Anderson, Ind.-based Ricker Oil Co., has been elected vice chairman of the National Association of Convenience Stores' (NACS) Convention Committee. In this newly created position, Ricker will lead the activities of the...

Safeway expands its fuel offering.
January 1, 2007... Safeway fuel operations in the D.C. market got a little bigger as the grocer unveiled a supermarket site conversion that includes fuel operations. The fuel pumps, slotted into an area that included excess parking, are a value-added service the...

McLane given clean bill of health.
January 1, 2007... McLane Foodservice Inc., distributor to the Taco Bell restaurants reportedly linked to the recent E. coli outbreak in several Northeastern states, said that a site investigation by the New Jersey Department of Health and Environmental Services...

A man with plans.(Rising Stars)
January 1, 2007... Mark Norek may have studied to be a teacher, but instead of distributing knowledge in the classroom, he's learned some valuable lessons in the convenience channel. Norek spent a great deal of his career with 7-Eleven, working as a...