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Convenience retail players like 7-Eleven, Circle K, Arko and GetGo are refreshing their coffee offerings with new machines, flavors and specialty options. buff.ly/44ts0Aj
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Rutter’s has named Philip Santini as its new senior director of advertising and food service. Santini brings around a decade of experience in the food and hospitality industries — with a focus on developing QSRs — to the newly created role. buff.ly/3OUxHl8
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As Mountain Express Oil Company ceases operations amid Chapter 7 bankruptcy, 19 of its locations with Pilot fuel branding have temporarily closed, a Pilot spokesperson confirmed. The 19 locations are scattered across nine states. buff.ly/3YWDXx9
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From Agriculture Dive: Chevron and waste solutions company Brightmark on Wednesday announced the first delivery of renewable natural gas from a Florida dairy farm, part of the companies’ efforts to turn methane from cow manure into clean energy. buff.ly/3OSfJji
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While pumpkin and apple dishes are still runaway favorites at c-stores, retailers like Rutter’s and Stewart’s Shops are also testing offerings like pierogis and butternut squash soup. buff.ly/3OOc2ei
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QuickChek has released a line of new subs as it becomes the official sandwich partner of the New York Giants football team. The “Giants-inspired subs” will be available throughout the NFL season. buff.ly/3PdeOLA
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RaceTrac has been approved to build a convenience store in Delaware, Ohio — its first location in the state. This will be a “new RaceTrac prototype that looks very different” from the retailer’s stores in other markets, a spokesperson said. buff.ly/3YTdUqF
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From Grocery Dive: Dollar General held the grand opening of its first distribution facility designed around the company’s traditional and DG Fresh supply chain models. buff.ly/44rYxXA
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Chevron is refreshing the design of its Texaco-branded fuel stations with a “more modern look." The redesign aims to “improve the customer experience” by updating many of Texaco’s main brand elements found in the forecourt. buff.ly/3PfDfrW
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The convenience retailer partnered with Anzu to advertise in dozens of mobile and PC games — and reach 3 million people. buff.ly/3QUmYcQ
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Mountain Express Oil has officially “rejected and terminated” all of its c-store leases and fuel supply agreements, and will pay its employees' unpaid wages amid its tumultuous bankruptcy case, according to an Aug. 24 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. buff.ly/3Pe1nv0
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A retrofitted, AiFi-powered frictionless c-store has opened at the University of San Diego. This is AiFi’s second campus convenience store. Its first, at the University of Denver, opened in April 2022. buff.ly/47Lk2Fs
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Convenience and fuel distributor Petroleum Marketing Group (PMG) has acquired fellow East Coast gasoline supplier Mystic Oil Company for an undisclosed amount . buff.ly/47Nba25
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Dover Fueling Solutions, a fueling technology company, and Grubbrr, an ordering technology firm, have launched a service that allows customers to order food and merchandise from c-stores while filling up on gas. buff.ly/3QO9LT2
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Juul announced a company restructuring to reduce its operating costs and position itself to move forward “during a period of regulatory and marketplace uncertainty." The WSJ reported Wednesday that Juul has laid off about 250 employees — or 30%. buff.ly/44pNDkQ
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Altria subsidiary Njoy, one of the few vaping companies with products approved by the Food and Drug Administration for marketing in the U.S., has accused competitor Juul of patent infringement. buff.ly/3E6bECO
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GoMart, a c-store chain with 122 locations in West Virginia, Virginia and Ohio, has partnered with diagnostics firm Warren Rogers to handle its fuel management processes. buff.ly/3QR3hTA
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