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Stewart's Shops Faces Wage & Hour Lawsuit

Alleges employees required to perform work before, after scheduled shifts, more

Foodservice

New Menu Item Challenge

NPD dishes on what dishes work best and where

Expanding in Twin Ports area in Minnesota, with up to 16 stores slated through 2015

To stop a sales slide at a campus store, the Pump N Pantry team assessed its offer and found one area in particular that could be reinvented to make it a more appealing destination for students: the coffee bar. The program at the time was what Robinson describes as “typical c-store coffee,” a limited mix of brewed regular, decaf and flavored coffee, and cappuccino out of a powdered-mix machine. “We felt we could expand was into premium café-style beverages ..."

How the CEO led a clean break from Valero Energy Corp.

As Kim Bowers made her first round of visits to the newly spun-off, 1,900-store CST Brands, she dismissed the corporate veneer and mixed with folks at the store level. She blended in beautifully, surprising many of the Hispanic employees with polished Spanish. Her fluency went viral through CST.

Succeeds retiring Morris, with more than 18 years at company

Appointee was previously with Keystone State's Lehigh Gas

Travel stop chain picks retailer-supplier collaboration solution Manthan Systems

You won’t often see an industry association urging Congress to increase taxes, but that’s what NATSO is doing.

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