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ON UP Alexandre “Ale” Eboli joins Conagra Brands as EVP and chief supply chain officer, effective Aug. 2. Eboli will succeed Dave Biegger, who is retiring. Eboli will have end-toend supply chain responsibilities for the company, overseeing the manufacturing, procurement, environment, health and safety, plant quality, logistics, and transportation and warehousing teams. Iannick Melançon stepped into the role of SVP of sales at Danone Canada on June 1. He replaces Paul Hogan, who is taking on a new role as SVP, U.S. sales. Melançon has more than 20 years of CPG experience, 14 of which have been with Danone in various sales leadership roles. He spent the last 10 years in Europe, leading Danone’s global customer strategy and commercial leadership sections in the United Kingdom, as well as the waters division in Spain. In addition, Natalie Holloway is promoted to VP, insights, strategy & transformation, and Jeremy Oxley to VP, marketing, e-commerce and shopper activation.
With less cash in circulation and more shoppers opting to tap and pay, some convenience retailers are struggling to come up with enough cash to fulfill lottery wins. In response, OLG updated its Retailer Policy Manual, effective June 1: “In addition to paying prizes in cash, retailers now have the flexible option of paying directly to a customer’s credit or debit card if their payment processing service and/or bank’s terms and conditions allow for it… This payment method may only be used with the customer’s permission and is only available for prizes up to $999.90.” BCLC is also giving lottery retailers the flexibility to pay out lottery prizes "via cash or an equivalent non-cash prize, consisting of either in-store gift cards or a debit or credit-card payment that is authorized by the payment provider, equal to the lottery prize amount, unless otherwise approved by BCLC.”
Frictionless fuelling
After a successful pilot in Norway, Couche-Tard introduced Pay by Plate in Sweden and plans to expand the technology across its Circle K network in the next few years. The move enables customers to pay for fuel using license plate recognition with their Circle K Easy Fuel mobile app to create a completely frictionless experience. “At Circle K, we know the forecourt of today is not the forecourt of tomorrow. We are committed to evolving the forecourt experience for our customers through innovation,” says Deb Hall Lefevre, chief information officer, Circle K. “The need for change and a move towards a more frictionless forecourt experience is driven by the clear changes we see in consumer behaviour."
In a move that brings together two distributing giants, Performance Food Group Company is acquiring Core-Mark in a stock and cash transaction valued at $2.5 billion. “The transaction will create a best-in-class convenience business,” the companies said in a release. “The expanded convenience business will operate under the Core-Mark brand and will be headquartered in Westlake, Texas with Eby-Brown maintaining ongoing operations in Naperville, Illinois." Core-Mark operates in five Canadian provinces and two territories.
Save the Date The All New Convenience U CARWACS Show Toronto September 28-29, 2021 ConvenienceU.ca
Star Women in Convenience Awards Event Toronto September 29, 2021 StarWomenConvenience.ca
NACS Show 2021 Chicago October 5-8, 2021 Convenience.org
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