Gasoline Fuels 7-Eleven's Growth
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The convenience store chain's sales growth depends heavily on high gas prices.
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Sherry Neal checked the refrigerated shelves of her 7-Eleven store, touched the screen of a small handheld computer and got an instant four-week sales history on turkey sandwiches.
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Restaurateur's shares shoot up on news of increased profitability.
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he Rouse Company, the mall developer and manager that has helped reshape the nation&#39;s landscape, agreed yesterday to be acquired by General Growth Properties, the big owner of shopping centers, for $7.
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The biggest jump in gasoline prices in six months helped push inflation at the wholesale level higher in May although inflation outside of energy remained well-behaved.
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By Rick Babson, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 2--Wall Street discovered there's still some cream filling left in embattled Twinkies maker Interstate Bakeries Co., sending shares up more than 30 percent Thursday.
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The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines.
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The footwear retailer looks to expand its business following a strong Q1.
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By Robert Weller, Associated Press  DENVER -- The higher gasoline prices go, the more money business Web entrepreneur Jason Toewes makes.   He started an Internet site, GasBuddy.com, in 2000 to track daily gasoline prices using volunteers to e-mail what they find.
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The fast food giant will reportedly turn to coffee to continue to boost its margins.
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CKE Restaurants reports increasing operating margins.
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Sales at U.S. restaurants open at least 13 months increased 7.2 percent from a year earlier, Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's said in a statement.
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Costco Wholesale Corp.  on  Thursday said July sales rose 7 percent at its stores open at  least a year, helped by demand for fresh food and gasoline.
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McDonald's Corp.  said on Friday November same-store sales at its hamburger restaurants rose 6.2 percent, boosting the company's shares to a seven-year high, as Snack Wraps, premium coffee and family game promotions attracted customers.
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High-powered profit growth has investors dipping into this mall-based confectioner.
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Its convenience stores have the gas-and-food recipe for success.
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Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. said Friday that it launched a five-year, $55 million rollout of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s inventory control and ordering tools in 5,300 of its U.S. stores.