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Angel Abcede

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A Legacy of Nice

Holding firmly over his head the glass trophy symbolizing his honor as CSP’s 2013 Retail Leader of the Year, John MacDougall exuded the pride of accomplishment both as a motivated human being and as part of the inspired team at Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes.

Retail Leader of the Year: John MacDougall

In upstate New York, people know John MacDougall. Maybe not by name, but definitely from TV. He’s the guy in the commercials dodging the jet-propelled cartoon pig, or literally turning blue in the face.

Money Mind Games

There was a time when businesses would frame the first dollar they made. For a new business today, that first dollar would be a speck of data in a bank server somewhere in oblivion.

Technology/Services

Mobile Control

Participants in retailer-organized platform MCX elaborate on concept, goals

Mergers & Acquisitions

'x' Marks the Multiple

Outlook conference session on distressed purchasing leads to talk of increasing multiples

Regulation & Legislation

Dueling Outlooks

Opposing views of economy open CSP's 2013 Outlook Leadership Conference

Pump Day

From tanks in the ground to digital payment in the “cloud,” technology and the equipment involved with pumps has created a gamut of storage, delivery and payment solutions in time-step response to a slew of regulatory and security obstacles.

Food for Talk

For anyone in charge of a network of roller grills, coolers or heating bins, a modern convenience might be a smartphone app, something that would send an alert if coffee temperatures at a store were too hot or deliver efficiency reports on a chain’s refrigerators. Unfortunately, such apps are largely food for the imagination.

Company News

Corner Store … 'Corner by Corner'

CST CEO outlines new-store plans, foodservice direction, more

Fuels

NACS Show Petroleum Equipment Roundup

Self-containment, alternative fuel solutions featured on show floor

Technology/Services

NACS Show Technology Roundup

Exhibitors translate mobile, retail technologies to convenience store space

Mergers & Acquisitions

Publix Exits from Convenience Stores

Supermarket chain sells its 14 small-format stores--PIX--in departure from channel

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