Convenience Stores

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• Blame convenience stores for obesity among kids

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Toronto, Dec 19 (IANS) Kids living closer to convenience stores are more likely to be obese, a new study says.”Access to convenience stores seems more relevant in obesity than access to fast food restaurants,” says senior researcher Tracie Ann Barnett, professor in social and preventive medicine at the University ...
  2 days ago

• How proximity to convenience stores promotes child obesity

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, December 18(ANI): The proximity of convenience stores to kids is connected to childhood obesity, according to a new study.As part of the study 632 children and their families from Montreal in Canada were recruited in 2005. The children belonged to family incomes ranging from 31,000 dollars to 141,000 ...
  3 days ago

• 7-Eleven Acquires New England Pantry

  
  ShoppingBlog.com — Authority: 582
  7-Eleven, Inc. has acquired New England Pantry, a company that operates 58 convenience stores under the White Hen Pantry brand. The acquisition significantly expands 7-Elevens presence in the greater Boston area, bringing the number of outlets 7-Eleven operates and franchises to over 170. "This acquisition ...
  5 days ago

• Canadian beer company’s anti-drinking, driving ad brews controversy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Toronto, Dec 16 (ANI): A Canadian beer company’s advert asking people to avoid drink driving has attracted controversy as many say it sends a wrong message to children.The Labatt ad, which appeared at Mac’s Convenience Stores across Ontario in November, says, “Leave one out for Santa. He’s driving,” and ...
  5 days ago

• Art Basel Miami: Not Just Another Corner Store

  
  PSFK — Authority: 663
  A tongue in check joke towards this year’s art go-ers at PULSE during Art Basel Miami, Corner Store was a pop-up micro-convenience store designed to poke a jab at consumer culture.
  5 days ago

• Clayton Christopher-Sweet Leaf Tea

  
  Work Home Money — Authority: 414
  COMPANY: Sweet Leaf Tea CO-FOUNDERS: Clayton Christopher, 36; David Smith, 36   LOCATION: Austin 2008 REVENUE: $12 million EMPLOYEES: 47 START-UP YEAR: 1998 START-UP COSTS: About $3,000 paid for manufacturing equipment plus $3,000 for a secondhand van plus $1,000 for a computer and printer   BREAKEVEN: ...
  1 week ago

• ice pick

  
  Frank Murphy dot com — Authority: 128
  The Weigels across the street from Knoxville Catholic High School has reopened. I stopped in and took a look around on Sunday after the roast of Fr. Ragan Schriver . Like many places this time of year, they are on the pumpkin spice and egg nog bandwagons . As much as I like their egg nog, I need to finish ...
  1 week ago

• BSP keen on tapping retail outlets for mobile money services

  
  PinoyBusiness.ORG - Home — Authority: 133
  To reach to people who have no access to banks, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) looks into tapping third parties such as retail outlets to be conduits for money transfer through mobile phones. While considering the said option, BSP governor Amando M. Tetangco, cautioned while that the business arguments for the ...
  1 week ago

• Mi kasa su kasa

  
  Japundit - Published news — Authority: 449
  Have you ever forgotten or lost an umbrella? Have you ever borrowed or stolen an umbrella? There seems to always be an umbrella within grasp in Yokohama.
  2 weeks ago

• Be Part of the Biggest Consumer Petition Drive in American History

  
  WayTooHigh.com — Authority: 109
  via NACS Press Release NACS launches phase two of a consumer petition campaign to tell Congress, ‘’Stop unfair credit card fees.’ ALEXANDRIA, VA – More than 8,000 retail stores have signed up as part of the biggest consumer petition drive in American history. These retailers and their customers are telling ...
  3 weeks ago

• 7-Eleven sees great potential with private label

  
  Australian Food News — Authority: 515
  Global convenience retailer 7-Eleven is looking to continue their private label push with the creation of a new position -  senior product director for private label products. Tom Gerrity, who has led 7-Eleven’s foray into private-label packaged food while supervising the grocery category, will now focus his ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dealzone Daily

  
  DealZone — Authority: 431
  Bookseller Borders UK has stopped taking online orders and is on the brink of falling into administration if a buyer for the business is not found, the FT reports. For the latest deals news from Reuters, click here . And here’s the top stories from the newspapers (some external links may require ...
  3 weeks ago

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