Category: Business

Lebanon’s first ever Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity Analysis predicts that the situation will deteriorate between January and April this year, with 2.26 million people – 1.46 million Lebanese residents and around 800,000 refugees – expected to be in the “crisis” phase or worse, needing urgent assistance. The results of the analysis were […]

Dive Brief: Wakefern Food, which runs grocery banners such as ShopRite, Price Rite and Fairway Market, has opened an autonomous convenience store with frictionless checkout technology from Trigo at its corporate campus in Edison, New Jersey, the East Coast retailer cooperative said Tuesday in an emailed press release. Called The Pantry, the store is a […]

For hours, António Guterres’ car had moved along a sinuous road, which opened against an arid landscape, but then one last curve, and a few hundred feet up a hill, the view outside his window bursts into myriad shades of green, as small terraces supported by stone walls filled with banana trees, palms and sugar cane, […]

A brand-new MacBook for work, a pair of new Pumas for the running trail, or a replacement Android smartphone — sometimes big purchases can be a brutal financial hit. That was until Sezzle came along to give a bit of sizzle to shopping. A buy now, pay later service, Sezzle helps make large purchases more […]

Dive Brief: Wawa is aiming to expand its c-store concept by opening travel centers in its existing and upcoming markets in the coming years, CEO Chris Gheysens said during the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s economic outlook meeting Jan. 13, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported. These locations won’t have places to stay overnight, but will include […]

Meta has cut ties with a subcontractor that provided moderators for its African markets, just weeks before the tech giant is due to appear in a Kenyan court to face allegations of human trafficking and union busting. The company has ended a contract with outsourcing company Sama, which former employee Daniel Motaung accused last year of imposing […]

Ready to join the ranks of the gig economy and start your own freelance business? Being your own boss has a lot of advantages, but there are some pitfalls. From concerns about cash management to worries about being personally liable, a freelancing business is a bit more complicated than grabbing a listing off a job […]

Frank Beard is a longtime convenience retail enthusiast who currently works in marketing and customer experience at Standard AI. His column, The Road Ahead, examines innovation in the c-store industry.  Three thoughts have been on my mind a lot this past year.  First, it strikes me that many of the new innovations in convenience store […]

If you’ve decided to lean into making your own baked goods to cut costs, you’re in for a rude awakening. Supply chain issues and other shortages mean some baking ingredients are either missing from grocery store shelves or are much more expensive. While American households aren’t facing the widespread shortages of pandemic days, the high […]

The most expensive assets on all fuel retailers’ books are their land and equipment. Retailers often spend more than half their gross profits (fuel retail prices depending) to pay off these assets through mortgages, interest, rent and other long-term capital expenditures. Despite the inflated costs for these assets, only a few station owners track or […]