Article: Consumers Respond to 7-Eleven's Call to Action in Public Policy Petition Drive.

Article: EDITORIAL: The convenience-store debate.(Editorial)
Blade (Toledo, OH);  August 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... City Council impose a six-month moratorium on approval of convenience store permits in the face of complaints from those in the community ... its implications for the entire city. Beyond the general public policy question, however, opposition to convenience stores should ...

Article: RADIOACTIVE SPILL CLEARS SUNYA BUILDING WATERVLIET PLANS ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  November 12, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... search Friday for a man suspected of robbing a Union Street convenience store of an unknown amount of money late Thursday. The suspect ... journalism from Drake University and has done graduate work in public policy analysis at Russell Sage College. CAPTION(S): PHOTO ...

Article: U of I scientist: Public policy should promote ...
Obesity & Diabetes Week;  September 21, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... community leaders to promote family mealtimes as a matter of public policy (see also University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ... neighborhoods, residents are far more likely to find a convenience store stocked with snack foods than a grocery store that sells ...

Article: EDITORIAL: Let's look at alcohol laws: The debate over beer and ...
News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN);  October 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... should insist that their legislators also treat it as a public policy debate. Because alcohol is also a regulated drug that people ... goals. Scott Imus, of the Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, says some stores may fear future legislative ...

Article: Wonderful weeklies: far away from the high-pressure, ...
American Journalism Review;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... hard-hitting editorials; demand public records; shape public policy and provide leadership during the wrenching transitions ... companies, a building supply business, a gas station and convenience store, a tire and auto repair shop, and a few small motels and ...

Article: Wrong man, wrong war: a case of mistaken identity in the war on ...
National Review;  March 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Instead, it was directed against convenience-store clerks who were selling over-the ... So the feds thought Patel was a convenience-store clerk in Georgia who had sold products ... protesting, was that he wasn't a convenience-store clerk; he hadn't been in the store ...

Article: Consumers Answer 7-Eleven's Call to Action in Public ...
Manufacturing Close-Up;  October 1, 2009 ;     615 words ... ... 2008 State of the Industry data, on average, an American convenience store owner paid 63 percent more in transaction fees than they ... MasterCard Pin Debit card to make a $1.00 purchase at a convenience store the charge to the merchant would be $0.20, or 20 percent ...