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Costco sees profits rise due to gas sales.

Chain drops CITGO supplied fuel in favor of own brand.

$78 million judgment comes as retailer tries to burnish its image.

Chain to start up second phase of its car wash venture in Wichita.

This time, the bacteria targets Foxy Lettuce and initiates a recall, later to be proven safe.

Credit card companies grow lenient on no-signature transactions.

Smokers can reduce the health risks of smoking with nutrient-enhanced ReplenishMints, created by Tabacur LLC.

After selling the 12-store chain he founded in 1973, Kevin Noon still believes in the viability of the convenience store industry and the ability of the little guy to succeed in today's competitive market. But an uncomfortable relationship with a business partner — a petroleum distributor he courted in the early 1980s as a way to add gasoline to his stores — led to the sale of K&K Food Stores to Reid Petroleum Corp. of Lockport, N.Y. in the summer of 1999.