ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees will have “far-reaching consequences beyond the laudable objective of moving past the COVID-19 pandemic,” NACS and other fuel trade groups told the Occupational Safety and Health...
SAN FRANCISCO—Instacart said it has acquired Caper AI, a startup tech company that makes smart grocery carts, including ones trialed by Kroger, and rivals Amazon’s Dash Cart and A2Z Smart Technologies’ Cust2Mate smart carts as it seeks to enhance the in-store and online shopping ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A new report from TikTok found that 72% of consumers find shopping on social media platforms convenient, and 78% of consumers are open to purchasing a product on a social media platform. Another 72% think there should be more opportunities to shop on social media ...
WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has advanced the nomination of Meera Joshi to become the seventh administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration by a 22-6 vote, reports Bloomberg Government. Joshi is the current deputy adminis...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and other local partners have narrowed down the source of the Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak which the CDC began investigating in September. The multistate outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg infections...
LONDON—Tesco this week said it opened a checkout-free store in Central London. The store, called GetGo, is 2,500 square feet with about 2,500 SKUs and is located in High Holborn. Customers must download the Tesco.com app and check in when they enter the store, and a combination o...
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS—CEFCO hosted its 20th annual Hackers-R-Us Charity Golf Tournament this week, raising over $280,000 for The Fikes Foundation, which will provide scholarships and grants to various charitable organizations. “We are proud to host another successful tournament, and ...
JANESVILLE, Wisc.—Love is eternal—especially when a couple’s love for a certain convenience store is involved. According to Insider Intelligence, a Wisconsin couple not only declared their love for each other but also Kwik Trip when the duo took their wedding photos at a Janesvil...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging owners of underground storage tanks (USTs) that are 30 years or older to obtain insurance in order to satisfy the EPA’s financial responsibility requirements. The EPA’s financial responsibility requiremen...
BETHESDA, Md.—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering imposing regulations on food delivery services, including takeout, meal prep kits and raw products, reports FOX5DC. The FDA conducted a virtual conference this week where agency officials looked at the food ...
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