Wawa’s Southern Exposure (CSP)

ORLANDO, Fla. — There are the white-sand beaches, warm weather and amusement parks, but for retailers looking to grow, the main attraction of Florida is an expanding population and plenty of room to innovate. Just ask major quick-serve restaurant (QSR) chains such as Dunkin Donuts and Panera, convenience store chains like Thorntons Inc., and Wawa, which recently broke ground on its sixth location in the Sunshine State.Read More

Tedeschi Expands Soda Offering at Nine Stores (CSDecisions)

Tedeschi Food Shops added the Coca-Cola Freestyle beverage dispenser at several of its Massachusetts locations.The Coca-Cola Freestyle is expected to expand Tedechi Food Shops’ beverage program for customers, giving their customers a wider variety of refreshment options. Tedeschi Food Shops plans to install the Coca-Cola Freestyle at nine store locations now, and is considering expanding it to other stores.Read More

Wawa Makes Splash in Florida (CSP)

ORLANDO, Fla. — It was nearly 10 years in the making, but Wawa Inc.’s first site in Florida is finally ready for its closeup. Today, Wawa is holding the grand opening of its first Florida convenience store, located at Central Florida Parkway and International Drive in Orange County, Fla., across from SeaWorld Orlando.The entire event will be streamed live, through www.wawa.com.Read More

Stewart’s Shops’ X-Treme Tea Time (CSP)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Stewart’s Shops has introduced X-Treme, a new energy drink that it said is a “high-energy, low-calorie blend of tea and lemonade.X-Treme has 10 calories per serving and is sold in a 20-fluid-ounce plastic bottle.Along with X-Treme, the retailer also offer Impact and Sugar-Free Impact energy drinks and OverTime energy shots.Read More

WilcoHess Rolls Out ‘WilcoHess On The Go’ App (CSP)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — WilcoHess, which recently partnered with OpenStore by GasBuddy for its new website, has just launched the WilcoHess On The Go app.This new initiative will offer customers digital in-store deals and coupons capable of being scanned at point of sale, real-time gasoline prices, a store locator for social media promotions, a Spin & Win game and several additional nontraditional promotions and sweepstakes.Read More

Pinnacle Names Director of Product Management

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 2, 2012 – The Pinnacle Corporation (Pinnacle) announced today the promotion of Melissa Fox Hadley to Director, Product Management. In her new role, Melissa is now responsible for product management of Pinnacle’s complete suite of retail and fuel solutions.

Melissa joined the organization in 1996 and has held a number of positions, most recently as Retail Solutions Product Manager responsible for Pinnacle’s retail back office and home office solutions, along with foodservice inventory management, handheld, and workforce management. As Director, Product Management, Melissa is now responsible for strategic and tactical product management planning and execution for all solutions offered to the retail convenience store and petroleum market.

Drew Mize, Pinnacle’s Chief Operating Officer states, “We are pleased to place Melissa into this new role at Pinnacle, recognizing her value to the organization and our confidence in her abilities. Melissa brings to the position a continued string of successes in various roles at Pinnacle throughout her tenure; we look forward to her execution with these expanded responsibilities.”

Pinnacle is also pleased to welcome the following recent new hires to the Pinnacle team:

Yousuf Alikhan, Developer II Loyalty Solutions
Brandon Reed, Inside Sales
Les Rose, Solutions Engineer Specialist

About Pinnacle
The Pinnacle Corporation is a leader in providing automation technology to the rapidly evolving convenience store and petroleum industries. Founded in Arlington, TX in 1990 with its corporate headquarters located in downtown Arlington, Pinnacle delivers products that automate the broad spectrum of convenience store operations and supply chain management of fuel operations. Nationwide, Pinnacle’s products and services are used daily in thousands of convenience outlets to automate and improve their store operations and by fuel marketers to increase their efficiency in the complex management of fuel delivery.

Contact Information:
Adam Mitchell
Marketing Manager
The Pinnacle Corporation
1-817-795-5555 ext. 258
amitchell@ec2-3-137-192-69.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com