Category: Business

Dive Brief: Convenience store retailer QuikTrip has opened a new remote travel center in Chattanooga, Tennessee — its 12th one since the start of 2022, according to an emailed press release. Tulsa, Oklahoma-based QuikTrip introduced its remote travel center concept in June 2020 in Joplin, Missouri, Aisha Jefferson-Smith, corporate communications manager for QuikTrip, said in […]

“I am dubious that three unelected technocrats have somehow hit on the right way to think about noncompetes and that all the preceding legal minds to examine this issue have gotten it wrong,” she writes, as an unelected technocrat herself. The US Chamber of Commerce calls the proposed change an “unlawful action” and claims that […]

Pop quiz: What’s the best-smelling store in the mall? If you said Bath & Body Works, we’d have to agree with you. We love all the store’s products — from soap to candles. But we’re especially addicted to its delicious scents, like warm vanilla sugar and sweet pea. Let’s face it, though: All those so-yummy-smelling-you-could-eat-them […]

These are tumultuous times, and it can be challenging to keep teams engaged. According to Gallup, only 15 percent of the global workforce is engaged, and 70 percent of the variance in this engagement sits with the manager. This motivation gap is killing productivity and creativity in the technical workforce. Here are four quantifiable recommendations to […]

The reasons not to go to the gym are endless: It’s really cold outside. Panting in a workout class with 15 strangers in the middle of flu season doesn’t sound very fun. Maybe you just don’t feel like going. If the gym just isn’t your thing but you’re still looking for an exercise outlet, it […]

So you’ve made a budget, cut out unnecessary spending and found ways to earn extra income. You finally have money to set aside. Great work! Now the question is: Where will you stash that cash? If you just let it pile up in your checking account — or worse, stuff it under your mattress — […]

Every now and then, well-intentioned plans to save money simply fail. You think you’re following the frugality playbook only to have it backfire. It’s when trying to be cheap ends up being expensive. It happens to the best of us. 10 Frugality Fails to Avoid Here are 10 situations where trying to pinch pennies can […]

Dive Brief: Convenience store retailer Racetrac Petroleum is proposing a new location in Delaware, Ohio — its first location in the state — according to a report by the Delaware Planning Commission.  Ohio marks the second Midwestern state Racetrac is eyeing in expansion plans, as it’s also working on a previously announced store in Seymore, […]

Photo courtesy of Chipotle What’s better than Chipotle? Free Chipotle! And what could be better than free Chipotle? Free Chipotle for a year. The fast-casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill is holding a new sweepstakes contest in which 3,100 Chipotle Rewards members — matching the company’s 3,100 locations — will win free food for a year. […]

Dive Brief: The number of convenience stores operating in the U.S. grew by 1.5% last year compared to 2021, breaking a four-year downward trend, according to NACS’ 2023 Convenience Industry Store Count report. Much of this growth was fueled by a 1,087-location increase in independent c-store operators, boosting their overall footprint to 90,423 stores. Single-store […]