Category: Business

News has surfaced over the past couple of weeks that Blackburn, U.K.-based c-store giant EG Group may be looking to sell its assets in the U.S. in an effort to relieve billions in debt. EG Group, which operates domestically as EG America, came out of nowhere in 2018 when it acquired Kroger’s 762-site c-store network. […]

Dive Brief: Food retailer and distributor SpartanNash has named Ryan Speakes vice president of fuel center and convenience stores, effective immediately, according to a Monday announcement. Speakes, who previously spent over 15 years with Speedway and 7-Eleven, will oversee SpartanNash’s 37 fuel centers, most of which include a c-store and are co-located with one of […]

CIOs face plenty of challenges in today’s business climate. As organizations are pressured to do more with less, CIOs must find a way to be as productive as possible and deliver more value to their business stakeholders. They must also ensure that they have enough qualified personnel to meet their needs and that their teams […]

In their new book, The Four Factors of Trust, Deloitte LLP principals Ashley Reichheld and Amelia Dunlop adopt Harvard professor Sandra Sucher’s definition of trust as our willingness to be vulnerable to the actions of others because we believe they have good intentions and will behave well toward us. They go on to enumerate four factors underlying […]

Dive Brief: 7-Eleven is testing robotic delivery in West Hollywood, California, in partnership with Serve Robotics, according to food tech news site HNGRY on Wednesday.  7-Eleven has been involved with Serve since late 2021, when 7-Ventures, the investment branch of 7-Eleven dedicated to early stage investments, invested in a $13 million seed funding round.    Serve […]

Dive Brief: BW Gas and Convenience Holdings, doing business as Yesway, raised $190 million in equity in the second half of 2022 to fund growth plans, according to a Monday press release.  Global investment company HPS Investment Partners provided the majority of the money raised, which is earmarked for building new stores. The funding is […]

Dive Brief: TravelCenters of America (TA) plans to open about 1,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at 200 TA and Petro Stopping Centers over the next five years, with the first locations planned for later in 2023, according to a Monday announcement. The stations will be developed with the help of charging manufacturer Electrify America, […]

Network engineers and other IT pros are problem-solvers and optimizers. If you are in this line of work, you likely have ideas to uplevel your stack to become more efficient and help your network run better. For many, these ideas might include emerging technology, such as network automation, that will require time, effort, and money […]

Global organizations’ swift transition to remote and hybrid work over the past few years has pushed digital transformation to the forefront much more quickly than analysts expected. CEOs and other C-suite leaders have since moved beyond embracing digital transformation in its most fundamental sense (e.g., digitizing paper files). They are adopting new SaaS solutions that can bring […]

Giving back to your community is a great way to show appreciation for the place where you live and work. Whether volunteering your time or donating money, experts like Rich Wesselt in Collegeville, PA, say every bit of help goes a long way toward making your community a better place. But did you know other […]