JERICHO, N.Y. -- GAZ Realty Inc., a developer and operator of superstation and airport plazas, has started development of the first multi-service, “green” airport gasoline plaza in the nation, set to open next year at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. It includes a gasoline and diesel fueling station offering alternative fuels and a 7-Eleven store, the first ever to open on airport premises in the United States.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Fresh & Easy, Tesco plc's American grocery/c-store chain, "started with the idea that life had become too complicated and needed to be simpler," Steve Ryder, Fresh & Easy's store design and planning director told Global Convenience Store Focus in an exclusive interview. "Our objective was firstly to make customers' lives simpler by providing quality food at prices shoppers could afford. And secondly by carefully selecting the range."

WESTLAKE, Ohio -- TravelCenters of America announced the opening of two new locations last week. It partnered with Tejon Ranch Co. to open a $25 million retail facility within Tejon Industrial Complex (TIC) on Interstate 5, just south of the Highway 99 junction. And it opened a location in Wheeler Ridge, Calif., late last week, also situated on I-5, at Lake Isabella.