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Parkland plans to grow 5X by 2025

Parkland is rolling out the On The Run brand as a critical part of its strategy to grow by 5X by 2025. CStore Decisions is recognizing OTR as a Chain to Watch – read about it here.

Technology is a crucial consideration as Parkland looks to scale the OTR brand. “The team has been focused on systems, process and technology,” COO Jay Erickson said. “We’re standardizing on one technology system and then getting everybody onto that system.”

PriceAdvantage customers named in USA Today Top Ten Best Gas Station list

USA Today just released their 2022 Best Gas Station Brand list. PriceAdvantage customers are well represented in this top-ten list:

We’re proud to have strong partnerships with everyone here and to share in their success.

Sheetz uses PriceAdvantage to drop prices for the July 4 holiday

Sheetz utilized the combination of their PriceAdvantage retail fuel pricing software and Skyline signs to make a dramatic downward fuel price move across their markets for the July 4 holiday. The press they’ve garnered has been incredible, with headline stories like this one on Fox & Friends: “Sheetz CEO offers gas at $3.99 per gallon through July 4 holiday weekend.” Sheetz CEO Travis Sheetz was interviewed on Fox & Friends – the link can be found here.

PriceAdvantage User Conference Dates Announced

We hold a PriceAdvantage User Conference every year, and we just announced the dates for 2022. We’ll be holding this year’s conference September 19-21 at The Cliff House in Manitou Springs. It’s a beautiful venue, named a “Top 100 Hotels of the World”.

Day one will include the opportunity for 1:1 meetings with the PriceAdvantage team, followed by a welcome reception and dinner. Day two will be a full day of discussions, followed by a group dinner. Day three will provide more opportunities for 1:1 meetings.

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Minuteman Food Marts gains 18 stores

As reported by csnews.com, PriceAdvantage customer Minuteman Food Marts expanded their portfolio to 63 locations by acquiring all 18 locations in the Carolinas from Family Mart Food Stores.

“We are all very excited about this addition to our family,” said Chris Postlewaite, senior director of retail operations at Campbell Oil, parent company to Minuteman Food Mart. “All 18 of these locations have a great food program in the Friendly Dog.”

Elizabethtown, N.C.-based Campbell Oil is a third-generation, family-owned and -operated company that has been in business since 1946. It launched Minuteman Food Mart in 1976 as its convenience store division.

Campbell joined the PriceAdvantage family of customers in September 2021. They had their PriceAdvantage retail fuel pricing system integrated with their ADD Systems back office accounting software, Verifone POS, and pumps in just a few months.

Announcing Our Engage3 Integration

The PriceAdvantage team is pleased to announce our integration with Engage3 Competitive Intelligence Manager. This integration allows PriceAdvantage customers to import competitor price information from the Competitive Intelligence Manager data feed and then display those prices in the PriceAdvantage interface to make pricing decisions. This competitor survey information is also available for historical analysis.

This integration is delivered with PriceAdvantage version 2021.2.1.