ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Tiger Fuel in Charlottesville, Va., has donated $10,000 to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Charlottesville by allowing customers to round-up their purchases to donate, reports NBC29. The fundraising has been going on for three months. “The money raised here today ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Consumers are feeling more confident about the economy, after three months of declining consumer sentiment, according to the Conference Board, reports U.S. News & World Report. The overall index rose four points to 113.8, up from a revised 109.8 in September and a...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The fuel market isn’t changing. It’s already changed, and the best fuel retailers are changing, too. Learn how the best-in-class are adapting to their new world and using new and innovative strategies to optimize their profitability during the webinar “Say Goodbye...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NACS, along with nine organizations, have formed the Main Street Competition Coalition, a coalition of main street businesses and agriculture producers that are committed to promoting competition and reviving and reforming the Robinson-Patman Act, a law that prohi...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Costco and Starbucks have raised their minimum wages to attract job candidates amid U.S. labor market shortages. Costco raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the U.S. from $16 an hour to $17, reports CNN. This is the second time this year Costco has...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Uber and car rental company Hertz have partnered to supply Uber drivers with Teslas, reports Reuters. By 2023, Hertz will offer 50,000 Teslas to Uber drivers who want to rent the car when driving for Uber. Uber drivers can rent a Tesla through Hertz starting on No...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Consumers are expecting more and more c-stores to offer the kind of coffee drinks they can’t reproduce at home. Specialty coffee falls into the hot dispensed beverage category, and like most foodservice categories, “hot dispensed beverages struggled in 2020 becaus...

ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Mountain Express Oil Company has acquired Brothers Food Mart, New Orleans’ largest c-store chain, and the deal includes the majority of Brothers Food Mart’s stores and a license agreement to use the name. Brothers has 50 locations in the region, and the goal of th...

CHICAGO—The sales uplift for edible products in the four weeks leading up to Thanksgiving is typically worth about $2.2 billion, according to data company IRI. With widespread supply chain challenges impacting industries across the economy, IRI has identified grocery trends ahead...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The mandate that requires all federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8 includes some flexibility, according to comments from the White House, reports Reuters. The comments suggest that federal contractors will not have to fire employees immedi...