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Convenience operators in Toledo challenge law as unconstitutional

Signs of change: Fresh & Easy re-tooling

Coffee calls out to customers

EIA projects summer regular average of $3.66

Researchers blame c-stores, QSRs for higher risk of obesity and diabetes

Analyst: Tax rebate will trigger big boost in retail sales

Washington fuel pricing probe follows similar report on Northeast markets

Safety video is based on lessons from refinery explosion

EIA: Fuel prices to rise still higher this spring and summer

Retailers open ‘green’ convenience stores

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	Convenience operators in Toledo challenge law as unconstitutional A new law in Toledo, Ohio, requiring convenience stores to be licensed and to install security cameras has been challenged in federal court by an alliance of shop owners and will not be enforced until the end of the month, people on both sides of the legal battle said, according to an article by Ignazio Messina in The Toledo Blade. View Article

	Signs of change: Fresh & Easy re-tooling It was in late March of this year that Tesco’s Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market announced it would take a three-month break from opening stores. That would indicate store openings would be likely to resume around the end of June. View Article

	EIA projects summer regular average of $3.66 The Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects regular-grade motor gasoline retail prices, which averaged $2.81 per gallon in 2007, to average $3.52 per gallon this year, according to its May 6 Short-Term Energy Outlook. That is up 16 cents from the projection in last month’s Outlook. View Article

	Coffee calls out to customers A robust coffee offering may be more important that ever to convenience store operators as gasoline prices seem to reach new highs weekly. Many operators are trying to generate more profit from in-store sales, citing tight margins on the fuel side; and coffee, an integral component of foodservice, has long been viewed both as a means to draw customers inside and as a key sales generator. View Article

	Researchers blame c-stores, QSRs for higher risk of obesity and diabetes People living in neighborhoods crowded with fast-food and convenience stores but relatively few grocery or produce outlets are at significantly higher risk of suffering from obesity and diabetes, according to a study by health researchers in California. The study, titled Designed for Disease: the Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes, was released April 29. It examines the correlation between the health of nearly 40,000 Californians and the mix of retail food outlets near their homes. View Article

	Analyst: Tax rebate will trigger big boost in retail sales Federal tax rebates will give retail sales a significant and much needed boost in the next two quarters, predicts TNS Retail Forward, but that forecast excludes autos and gasoline. View Article

	Washington fuel pricing probe follows similar report on Northeast markets The conclusion recently reached by Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna – that gasoline prices are shaped partly by regional U.S. market conditions, and largely by the price of crude oil on the world market – is similar to that of a study released in the fall of 2007 by five Northeastern attorneys general. View Article

	Safety video is based on lessons from refinery explosion The explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 180 others at the BP Texas City refinery three years ago is now the basis of a safety video offered free by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB). View Article

	EIA: Fuel prices to rise still higher this spring and summer “Driving season” is drawing near, and this spring and summer are expected to see retail gasoline prices rise even further from current high levels, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). View Article

	Retailers open ‘green’ convenience stores How green can a convenience store be? View Article

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Senator introduces bill that would require temperature compensation

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Aug. 3 introduced the F.A.I.R. (Future Accountability In Retail) Fuel Act that would require the installation of automatic temperature compensating equipment in all retail gas station pumps within six years to adjust the price of gas as it expands due to warmer temperatures.

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NPN/SIGMA Education Alliance

New for 2005 is NPN’s alliance with the Society of Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA) to deliver educational offerings to petroleum and convenience marketers. A primary goal of the new alliance is to provide the highest quality educational

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