Convenience Stores

WAWA, Pa. — Convenience-store chain Wawa, based here, has joined Wegmans Foods Markets of Rochester, N.Y., and other companies to lobby for changes in Securities and Exchange Commission rules that would allow them to keep their financial information private....More

DALLAS — 7-Eleven here has signed a new five-year agreement with Houston-based FuelQuest to continue using its Fuel Management System (FMS) to automate fuel procurement and delivery and to deploy a new system, ForeSite SV, to monitor fuel replenishment execution for more than 2,500 sites....More

WAWA, Pa. — Convenience chain Wawa here plans to open as many as 100 stores as part of its expansion to Florida, according to a report in the Orlando Business Journal....More

LANCASTER, Pa. — Giant Food Stores said it plans to open its second Giant To Go convenience store here Thursday. The 4,000-square-foot store offers meal solutions targeting busy customers, including an expanded variety of perishable items from the first Giant to Go, which opened nearby in 2009....More

CHICAGO — Convenience stores, marketing themselves as the ultimate in expedience, are ignored by a third of food-seeking shoppers, Mintel research shows....More