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Coffee calls out to customers

A robust coffee offering may be more important that ever to convenience store operators as gasoline prices seem to reach new highs weekly. Many operators are trying to generate more profit from in-store sales, citing tight margins on the fuel side; and coffee, an integral component of foodservice, has long been viewed both as a means to draw customers inside and as a key sales generator.

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Gas prices set new record, exceed $3.73, as oil wavers
- 5/14/2008

Mechanical fuel dispensers can't handle ever-rising prices
- 5/14/2008

FTC to host ‘Town Hall’ meeting to explore contactless payment
- 5/14/2008

In Colorado: rural stations struggle to keep gas flowing
- 5/14/2008

Shell sells its interest in 20 stations in Sacramento market
- 5/14/2008

Obituary: George C. Miller Jr., former NACS chairman
- 5/13/2008

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market to add 250 items to product mix
- 5/13/2008

Cody’s joins KickBack Coalition loyalty network
- 5/13/2008

PDI holds annual ‘Idea Exchange’ with more than 100 retailers
- 5/13/2008

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RCI Fuel Purifier
The RCI Technologies purifier is a simple one step unit that removes 100 percent of the free water and 95 to 98 percent of dust, dirt, and other norma... View Entire Spotlight

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Putting it in perspective
The Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, Oil Price Information Service and National Petroleum News know the value of education in the petroleum-marketing industry. That is why they continually create educational sessions that are brimming with pertinent, timely information no marketer should be without. View Article

Executive Leadership Conference — leading the way in 2006
The Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, National PetroleumNews and Oil Price Information Service will team up to present the 2006 Executive Leadership Conference at Winter Management (formerly known as the Winter Management Conference) in Breckenridge, Colo., January 22-25, 2006. View Article

Why should you spend your money for plans?
This is the first installment of a three-part series in which John Dzwonczyk aims to raise the consciousness of marketers in thinking about engineering as a benefit, not a cost. His next two articles in this Expert Corner series will cover SPCC Plans and NEC Compliance Inspections. View Article

Frontline Feedback: Measuring feedback to boost store performance: Part II
Last month I began this two part series about the need to capture feedback from the two most important constituencies impacting your business: your sales associates and your customers. Last month I addressed sales associate feedback via store climate surveys and job exit interviews. In this edition I’ll focus on customers. Here are two proven methods that will require your time, not your money: View Article

· New Exxon Mobil Image Supplier 5/1/2007
Image Plus has been selected as an approved supplier by ExxonMobil to manufacture and distribute the Gemini Image Fascia System. 3D Illuminated, 3D Non-Illuminated and 2D Non-Illuminated have been approved as well as the illuminated sign logo boxes and channel letters. The 3D illuminated s

· Guttman Oil Company Selects FuelQuest’s Fuel Management System (FMS) 4/25/2007
Leading Distributor selects FuelQuest’s FMS and Transportation Optimization Module to Manage its Fuel and Fleet Operations HOUSTON, TX – April 25, 2007 FuelQuest, Inc., the leading on-demand software and services company for the downstream energy industry, announced today that Guttman O

· SiteSentinel iSite Automatic Tank Gauging System Offers State-of-the-Art Wireless Communication 4/24/2007
Hodgkins, IL - OPW Fuel Management Systems has utilized the latest in wireless technology to offer a “Best in Class” wireless communication option for the new SiteSentinel iSite automatic tank-gauging system. This communication option provides the most reliable method in the industry for c

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Senator introduces bill that would require temperature compensation

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Aug. 3 introduced the F.A.I.R. (Future Accountability In Retail) Fuel Act that would require the installation of automatic temperature compensating equipment in all retail gas station pumps within six years to adjust the price of gas as it expands due to warmer temperatures.

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NPN/SIGMA Education Alliance

New for 2005 is NPN’s alliance with the Society of Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA) to deliver educational offerings to petroleum and convenience marketers. A primary goal of the new alliance is to provide the highest quality educational

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