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Ed PETrOFOrUM rETAIL PETrOFOrUM MIddLE EAST, ASIA & AFrICA 22 USA NEws QUIzNOS to expand through convenience store locations US sandwich chain Quiznos is to expand at convenience store and forecourt locations. Quiznos began opening outlets within convenience stores and petrol stations such as BP, Chevron and Circle K last year and now has 175. It plans to double this number next year and then double it again by the end of 2012, to reach a total of approximately 700 locations. It also intends to add traditional Quiznos outlets at the same rate. “a lot of people are working two jobs in this economy and are busier and busier, and convenience is becoming more and more important”, said Quiznos Chief Executive Rick Schaden. Quiznos said its convenience store locations generate almost double the sales per square foot of a traditional Quznos and should contribute a ExxonMobil offers US gas station locator download for GPS devices ExxonMobil have introduced a new feature that will allow customers to download Exxon and Mobil service station locations to their GPS devices. This feature is downloadable from the ExxonMobil ‘Station locator’ website and is compatible with the leading consumer GPS devices, including Garmin, TomTom and Magellan. The site features easy to follow instructions along with a video tutorial. “The GPS download feature provides a fast and convenient way for our customers to locate Exxon and Mobil stations”, said Ben Soraci, Director, U.S. Retail Sales. Other enhancements to the Station locator feature include a Spanish-language option and real-time traffic reports. Soraci said these enhancements build on improvements ExxonMobil made to its web-based Station locator feature in 2009. Shell transfers 109 Chicago sites to Truenorth Truenorth Energy, the petrol retail 50 : 50 joint venture between Shell Oil Products US and Ohio-based family business lyden, has acquired 109 Shell-branded sites in the greater Chicago area from Shell. all stations will continue to trade under the Shell banner. Following the transaction, Truenorth operates or supplies 212 sites in Ohio and south eastern Michigan. total of US $ 250 million in sales by the end of 2012. From March, these locations serve a breakfast menu including cinnamon rolls and biscuit-and-egg sandwiches. COUCHE-TArd expects US convenience store shake-out When fuel margins were strong, convenience stores were comfortable with the cash that they were generating with their stores, said Couche-Tard Financial Officer Raymond Paré. “What we’re seeing now is that people are starting to understand that this beautiful moment is now part of history. We’re back to a normal market.” He added that Couche-Tard needs to be a “good operator to make money” in today’s climate and the c-store chain will look for both large and small acquisition targets. last spring, ExxonMobil revamped its website to include Google mapping technology. For the first time, ExxonMobil customers were able to produce turn-by-turn driving directions to Exxon and Mobil stations, as well as a range of useful consumer services such as repair shops, convenience stores and aTM locations. This revamp more than doubled the traffic on ExxonMobil’s Station locator website over the last twelve months. Monthly views went from about 1 million at the time to about 2.5 million views a month, currently. The Exxon and Mobil Station locator serves as the online face for each retail location, and links directly to individual station home pages. Customers logging onto the updated website can click on “Find a Station” under the quick links section. dENNy’S partnering with Pilot Travel Centers Denny’s Corporation has been chosen as the full service restaurant operator for Pilot Travel Centers (Pilot), one of the largest forecourt operators in the US, located across 41 states. Pilot is in the process of merging with Flying J Travel Centers. Up to 140 Flying J Travel Centers across North america could have their full service restaurants converted to Denny’s. LATEST USA NEwS – www.PETrOLPLAzA.COM Chevron streamlining downstream activities Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S. oil company, which owns the Texaco filling stations brand put, some of its downstream operations up for sale, including its Pembroke refinery in the UK, and said it would eliminate 2 000 jobs this year. Chief Executive John Watson told reporters recently that he did not expect to have to close any refineries, as France’s Total Sa is doing in Dunkirk, France. “Our refineries are competitive. The issue for us has been the industry conditions are very difficult right now”, he said. The company will seek bids for some downstream operations in Europe, the Caribbean and Central america, and review operations in Hawaii and africa outside South africa. Chevron said it ultimately wants its downstream business to be in fewer than 40 countries, versus 93 last year, and to own 1 900 filling stations, down from 3 200 in 2009. along with 1 900 jobs already cut, the downstream workforce will be reduced by a fifth by the end of 2010. OPw Fuel Site Controller now PCI compliant OPW Fuel Management Systems, has redesigned the setup and configuration control, user access and data access for its FSC3000 Fuel Site Controller product to be compliant with Visa U.S.a. Payment application Best Practices (PaBP) / Payment Card Industry Payment application Data Security Standard (PCI Pa-DSS) guidelines. The FSC3000 is the heart of several OPW fuel-management systems and can be integrated directly into the K800 Hybrid, FIT500 and C / OPT fuel-island terminals, or provided as a stand-alone controller. The FSC3000 stores transaction data, and driver and vehicle records, including fueling-restriction data that is critical to proper fleet management.
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