Beverages

Value positions, promotions and new products keep hot dispensed beverage customers coming into New England Pantry, Rutter's, Travel Centers of America and Village Pantry.

Value positions, promotions and new products keep hot dispensed beverage customers coming into New England Pantry, Rutter's, Travel Centers of America and Village Pantry.

CEO: High quality and strong value pricing helped insulate the chain from recession.

Key in-store categories saw modest dollar growth and unit volume declines as industry store count falls for only the third time in past 15 years.

Fast-food chain is still testing bottled products from Coke to boost soft drink sales.

But Pure Life brand still growing strongly, and the company stands behind future category growth.

BRAZILIAN Bold offers consumers a richer, coffeehouse-type flavor.

The drink is now available at more than 55 of the company's stores in the Southeast.