[This is the second in a two-part series featuring the goals and strategies of the new president and CEO of The Pantry, Terrance Marks.] CARY, N.C. -- In the two months since Terry Marks took over as president and CEO of The Pantry, he has spent time analyzing the business, looking for places to improve and developing plans based around some very basic convenience store principals.

YORK, Pa. -- It has only been a couple of weeks, but the new "slider" offering at Rutter's Farms Stores have proven to be a winner with customers. "I'm an optimist, and they far exceeded what I thought they would hit," Jerry Weiner, vice president of foodservice told CSP Daily News. So far, Weiner said, the sliders, offered at 35 of the chain's 54 stores, have been selling at a rate of more than 10,000 a week.

NEW YORK -- Shoppers trim their food budgets when gasoline prices rise, but they do not always give up the name-brand foods they like, according to a report by AOL DailyFinance. For every $1 increase in the price of a gallon of gasoline, households reduced their shopping trips by 7.5%, spent 4.4% less, and bought 11% fewer items.