Convenience Store News In Brief…
More than 150 executives, employee team members and vendors of QuickChek enjoyed playing miniature golf on a makeshift course on the lawn of the company’s headquarters support center in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, on Oct. 11, to raise money for the QuickChek Family Fund. The fund supports employees who suffer a hardship during the year and supplies toys and gift cards to families in need. For more than a decade, QuickChek has held events throughout the year to support the Family Fund, which is supported solely by employees and company vendors. This year, each of the company’s internal departments created a U.S. city-themed miniature golf hole on the lawn of the QuickChek Support Center. Participants were asked to dress up as representatives of their chosen U.S. city…
John Bilbrey, chairman, president and CEO of The Hershey Co., intends to retire July 1, 2017. Bilbrey will continue as non-executive chairman of Hershey’s board of directors following his retirement. The board appointed a special committee to direct the search for a new CEO. The committee will review internal and external candidates with assistance from Egon Zehnder, a leading executive search firm…
AdvancePierre Foods, a producer and distributor of sandwiches, sandwich components and other entrées and snacks, has completed the acquisition of Allied Specialty Foods Inc., a manufacturer of raw and cooked beef and chicken Philly steak products, for $60 million. John Simons, president and CEO of AdvancePierre, said, “The Philly steak category is primed for growth, and this acquisition strengthens our position, brings us additional products and production capacity, and expands our geographic reach.”
