Ahead of the summer sales rush, EG America is hiring 7,500 employees across its 10 banners—Certified Oil, Cumberland Farms, Fastrac, Kwik Shop, Loaf N’ Jug, Minit Mart, Quik Stop, Sprint Food Stores, Tom Thumb and Turkey Hill stores.
The company is hiring for full and part-time guest service associates, food service leaders and managers, store support roles and CDL drivers.
“We are thrilled to welcome motivated, friendly and hard-working individuals to join our growing teams, many of whom will stay on well past this summer and grow their careers here at EG America,” said Kieran Carr, director of talent acquisition. “During these busy summer months, our stores across the country see a significant increase in traffic and activity, so it’s an exciting time for jobseekers in these communities to join our team.”
EG America gives employees the opportunity to “pursue a sustainable and successful career through structured, hands-on training and development plans, including a ‘Manager in Training’ Academy for ‘future leaders’ pursuing store manager roles who want to operate and grow successful businesses. The company also has a strong commitment to promoting from within,” EG said in an email.
Other retailers also launched big hiring campaigns this year ahead of the summer months:
- Pilot is hiring 10,000 employees nationwide.
- Sheetz planned to hire 2,200 new employees across its 720 locations during a hiring event on March 27.
- GPM Investments, a subsidiary of ARKO Corp., ramped up its hiring initiative with plans to hire 1,500 employees.
- Casey’s launched internal career fairs and focused on implementing revamped retention strategies.
- Wawa Inc. announced the official start of hiring efforts at its beach and shore locations. The retailer planned to hire nearly 1,500 new associates at Wawa stores from the New Jersey Shore to the beaches of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
- Love’s Travel Stops sought to hire 2,000 employees during its two-day National Hiring Event on March 26 and 27.
Read more about cultivating c-store careers and attracting talent to the industry in the May issue of NACS Magazine, which highlights the NACS/Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council (NCCRRC) action plan for becoming employers of choice.