Analyst: Heat-Not-Burn Will Revolutionize Tobacco Industry
March 14, 2016, CSNews Platform may change the trajectory of smoking. NEW YORK — The next step in tobacco products could be heat-not-burn technology, stated one industry analyst. According to a Wells Fargo Securities LLC 10-year analysis on the market potential for Philip Morris International’s (PMI) iQOS platform, the heat-not-burn technology “has the potential to change the trajectory of smoking,” said Bonnie Herzog, managing director of tobacco, beverage and convenience store research at Wells Fargo Securities. The belief that this technology could revolutionize the global tobacco industry comes amid different attitudes toward risk and regulatory constraints on behavior, Herzog noted. There were several key takeaways from the Wells Fargo Securities analysis. According to Herzog, iQOS is a competitive advantage for both PMI and The Altria Group Inc. given its “superior technology, first-mover advantage with commercialization/clinical trials, and ability to leverage the Marlboro brand globally.” In late 2013, Richmond, Va.-based Altria…
Read MoreTaxing your Coca-Cola. Refreshing!
Jason Murphy March 19 2016 News.com.au GET ready for a new tax on sugary drinks. The idea, which popped up after the UK announced a tax on Coke, Fanta, etc. this week, is one of those things Australia will love. But we should only do it on one condition. The UK says its tax will help children “grow up fit and healthy.” It plans to spend all the money raised on sport for kids. Also, Jamie Oliver has come out in support of the tax. Who could oppose such a thing?! Australia loves this sort of “sin tax”. We already happily tax fuel, booze and cigarettes at quite high levels. If and when the idea comes to Australia, the sugar industry will raise a stink. But Queensland canegrowers are a much smaller part of Australia’s economy these days so they won’t have the sway they once did. And they export…
Read MoreMobile Ordering Comes to QuickChek’s C-stores
March 10, 2016 CSNews Customers can get breakfast items, subs and salads beginning March 14. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. — QuickChek foodservice customers can place mobile orders on their smartphones via its app beginning March 14. Freshly-prepared breakfast items, custom-made subs and salads can be picked up at any of the chain’s 142 convenience stores throughout New Jersey, New York’s Hudson Valley and Long Island. Customers can place orders between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. and select their desired pickup time. According to Whitehouse Station-based QuickChek Corp., orders will be prepared to coincide with the time of pickup, ensuring freshness and correct temperatures. “Our new mobile ordering enables us to provide even greater convenience for our on-the-go customers,” said QuickChek CEO Dean Durling. “We feel this new service will add to the experience our customers enjoy as they can now customize their meal exactly as they like it without waiting on…
Read MoreBrimbank worst in Victoria for petrol drive-offs
Alesha Capone March 12, 2016 BRIMBANK has recorded the highest rate of fuel drive-offs in the state with 4035 over a 10-year-period. A report from the Law, Reform, Road and Community Safety Committee released in state parliament on Thursday revealed petrol drive-off thieves were costing the industry an estimated $20 million per year. Between 2005-2014 there were more than 34,000 drive-offs committed across Victoria. HAVE YOUR SAY: Are we too soft on petrol thieves? Tell us below While Brimbank topped the list, the Casey municipality was next worst hit with 3190 drive-offs and Hume third with 2480 drive-offs. The report into fuel drive-offs found such incidents impacted most upon small and medium-sized Home runs in battle to expel thugs The report said the State Government, police, service stations and Crime Stoppers should band together to launch a public education campaign about drive-offs. In July last year (2015) Leader revealed Ardeer…
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE
In 3.5 days Chapter One has raised $461,845 of the $1.2million target and sold 10,462 books at an average of two sales per minute Chapter One is selling at a rate second only to the Harry Potter books in bookstores and is currently the number one best seller in Watermark On Tuesday 1 February, Thankyou’s Chapter One crowd-funding campaign reached $461,845. Daniel Flynn, the Thankyou team and volunteers from around Australia have been packing books purchased at a ‘pay what you want’ price in a warehouse in Essendon Fields, and won’t stop until the crowd-funding campaign reaches $1.2 million to fund a Thankyou baby care and nappy range and Thankyou New Zealand. Here’s a recap: On Friday 26 February, social enterprise Thankyou launched Chapter One, a book penned by its 28-year-old co-founder and Managing Director Daniel Flynn, at a ‘pay what you want’ price with 100 per cent of the…
Read MoreWawa Opens Its First CNG Station at N.J. C-store
March 4, 2016 CSNews Renewable fuel touted as more environmentally friendly option. PAULSBORO, N.J. — Wawa Inc. opened its first compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station here Thursday through a venture partnership with South Jersey Gas Co., reported CBS Philly. Wawa Vice President Brian Schaller said CNG only powers 150,000 vehicles in the United States, but those numbers are rapidly increasing and the convenience store and fuel operator wants to be ahead of the curve when it comes to providing renewable fuel sources. “Compressed natural gas is a worthy alternative to traditional fuels like gasoline and diesel,” Schaller said. “Gasoline and diesel are still going to be a dominant fuel in this country, our infrastructure is built around it, but there’s no question over the next 25 years, it’s projected to decline 10 percent.” Wawa officials said in addition to being cleaner burning, CNG vehicles show an average reduction in…
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