LONDON—A new brand of delivery companies are cropping up in large metro areas with promises of delivering basic groceries to a customer’s door in 10 minutes, Bloomberg reports. The services, including those such as Gopuff, Getir and Gorrillas, have attracted investors eager to ju...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, managed by Closed Loop Partners, has begun testing sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic bags, according to a press release. Founding members CVS Health, Target and Walmart will conduct the pilots at nine loca...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—What spells success in the fuels industry? Surprisingly, “you don’t have to be the biggest players in the industry to be one of the more successful players,” said Keith Reid, editor-in-chief of Fuels Market News, on this week’s Convenience Matters podcast, “2020 F...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Consumers trust grocery chains like Kroger and Whole Foods in part because they have large networks of brick-and-mortar stores that shoppers who say are less confident patronizing online-only merchants can connect with, reveals newly released survey data from mark...

AUSTIN, Texas—Beginning Aug. 30, Whole Foods Market will charge a $9.95 fee in some markets for grocery delivery, and Amazon Prime members, who previously got free delivery on orders over $35, will have to pay as well. GroceryDive.com reports that the free-delivery perk for Prime...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Businesses nationwide are responding to the rapidly shifting environment caused by COVID-19’s delta variant, and are re-imposing mask recommendations or mandates plus new incentives on vaccines, reports the Washington Post. When states and localities lifted mask m...

ANKENY, Iowa—Casey’s said it has launched a round-up fund-raising campaign to provide grants to schools across 16 states as part of its annual Cash for Classrooms Grant Program, which underwrites projects and initiatives for K-12 public and nonprofit private schools. Keurig Dr Pe...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Ten college students were selected as recipients of $­3,000 scholarships through the Future Fund Scholarship Program—one of the signature programs supported by the NACS Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Many of convenience industry leaders began at ...

LONDON—Several vulnerabilities in six home electric vehicle charging brands and a large public EV charging network have been identified by Pen Test Partners, a U.K. cybersecurity company. According to TechCrunch.com, the charger manufacturers have resolved most of the issues, but...

By Sarah Hamaker ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A tight labor market means more than having fewer people to hire—it also means competing for potential applicants for those open positions. From virtual hiring to job shadowing, retailers are employing a host of ways to find and connect with poten...