Since it began in 2012, the We’re With You® campaign, supported by the Cenex Tanks of Thanks program, has been tremendously successful in promoting the Cenex brand Continue reading →

With the coming changes to requirements for accepting credit cards on the retail fueling island, many retailers are making the leap to upgrade their dispensers to newer technology. Continue reading →

The fall 2016 round of RED Inspection mystery shops concluded November 30^th, and the Refined Fuels Marketing team looks forward to your feedback as we continue refining the process prior to the spring 2017 round. Continue reading →

Visa and MasterCard recently announced changes to the EMV liability shift deadlines for automated fuel dispenser transactions. In the interest of full transparency, we wanted to share these announcements with you as soon as possible. Continue reading →

MRI Midwest is a manufacturers’ rep agency representing a variety of vendors with an emphasis on licensed sports collectible vendors. It has been our experience with convenience store operators across the country that licensed sports collectibles aligns strongly with their customers, pro teams or collegiate, resulting in good top-line dollar volume at strong retail margins.

Our vendors offer a very broad line-up of items that includes drinkware, flags, cooler bags, koozie can holders, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and on and on. A couple of key vendors are Gulf Coast Sales and Foam Fanatics. Foam Fanatics offers foam team logo signs, foam heads, Fox Sports Robots, fan masks, and key chains, all of which can be merchandised on a tower display offering great visibility to your customers. And the #1 item offered by Gulf Coast Sales is a 9-inch Throwback Football with team logos on the balls. Check out the different displays by clicking here and make sure you check this out for sure!

In an effort to gear-up for the 2017 football season, pre-book specials will be offered beginning mid-January for shipments to stores starting July 2017. Be sure to contact MRI Midwest for all the details.

All vendors will be made available to you via a link that will allow you to review all vendor items, prices, and order parameters. Please contact Michael Brown of MRI Midwest at either (612) 306-6382 or mb.mrimidwest@hotmail and this link will then be made available to you.

In 1977, Piccadilly Circus Pizza began as a full-service restaurant. 40 years later, the Milford, Iowa company has become one of the top names in fresh, quality C-store pizza & sandwiches.

Piccadilly Circus Pizza has also revolutionized relationships between food providers and C-store operators. Instead of forcing operators into franchise-like contracts, Piccadilly Circus Pizza offered a simple “License” that gave the operator opportunity to customize their pizza (and later on, sandwich) program to fit their particular market. This trustworthy relationship allowed operators to tailor their menu to local tastes and not make unnecessary commitments to food equipment.

Today, the brand’s menu items reflect the advancement of foodservice within the C-store industry. From staples (like pepperoni, sausage or extra cheese) to pizzeria-style varieties (Chicken Bacon Ranch and The Unburger), Piccadilly Circus Pizza provides customers and operators alike delicious pizza choices. These choices are also available at the touch of a finger-tip through the Piccadilly Circus Pizza app that encourages loyalty and to-go orders from busy customers.

Piccadilly Circus Pizza is not only one of the top providers of restaurant-quality pizza, they’re also loyal supporters of community and industry initiatives. They’re proud of being a part of the C-Store industry’s growth and look forward to doing their part in supporting one of our country’s most important businesses.

For more information about Piccadilly Circus Pizza go to our website: www.pcpizza.com or contact Thad Tuttle at 800-338-7370 or thad@impinc.com.