NEW YORK -- With a goal of opening 100 new stores in New York City in the next five years, 7-Eleven Inc. has retained real estate firm Robert K. Futterman & Associates LLC as its exclusive retail leasing representative in Manhattan.

7-Eleven is expanding its presence in the New York metro area with a major focus on New York City, and Manhattan specifically. The company is looking to open 100 stores in the next five years in Manhattan either by executing new leases or through its business conversion program.

TULSA, Okla. -- QuikTrip has gotten refreshingly honest with its health claims—or, rather, lack thereof, according to a BNET blog report.

The convenience store chain’s new billboard campaign acknowledges that junk food is bad for you, but still delicious. “Life’s too short for oatmeal,” it says, next to a bigger-than-life sized picture of a sticky bun.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- More than 8,000 retail stores have signed up to be part of the biggest consumer petition drive in American history, according to NACS, which is leading the drive. These convenience retailers and their customers are telling Congress that it’s time to reform unfair credit/debit-card swipe fees.

“If I want to stay in business, I have no choice but to accept my customers’ credit cards,” T.J. Martin, owner of the Emigration Market in Salt Lake City, told the Salt Lake Tribune. “It is extremely costly, though. Every time a credit card gets swiped, it costs me 2% to 3% of the transaction price.”