Foodservice

The owner of a c-store in Holyoke, Mass., and a manager there were both charged in federal court recently with conspiracy, food stamp fraud, money laundering and wire fraud, relating to their scheme to commit food stamp benefit trafficking.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.'s chief operating officer, Real Plourde, stepped down last month from his role at the Canadian retailer, and Brian Hannasch, senior vice president, U.S. Operations, was named as successor to Plourde in his role of COO.