DALLAS -- 7-Eleven Inc. said Monday that it is expanding its hot foods program to add items such as pepperoni pizza and chicken wings to 115 Dallas-area stores, according to a report by The Dallas Morning News. The program is part of a nationwide rollout that is bringing ovens made by Carrollton's TurboChef Technologies to 1,400 7-Eleven stores this year.

7-Eleven has offered grilled hot dogs since the early 1980s, but company spokesperson Margaret Chabris told the newspaper that this marks the first widespread use of the high-speed TurboChef oven that combines radiant heat, microwave and convection cooking technologies.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Susser Holdings Corp. said yesterday in a preview of its operating results for the third quarter of 2009 that it expects to report same-store merchandise sales growth for the period of approximately 4%. And it expects retail average per-store fuel volumes to increase by 5.5% year-over-year. Susser will release its third-quarter 2009 financial and operating results on November 4, it said.

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- They are the two "marquee games" in American lotteries: Mega Millions and Powerball. Each lottery state currently has one, but not the other; however, the Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) have reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in all U.S. lottery jurisdictions.