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  Convenience - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Supposed "conveniences" also sometimes turn out to be a nuisance, including personal computers (can be difficult to use, though this is improving gradually) and mobile phones (with annoying rings and conversations in what would or should be a quiet place).
Conveniences also cost money to fix when they break down, and may cause much greater costs if something else that depends on them cannot take place.
On the other hand, conveniences such as direct deposit can save everyone money, though this may or may not be passed along to the consumer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convenience   (298 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: All-Conquering Convenience
In the end, it may be that true convenience is something that is best done by the convenience stores, while full-service stores should focus on doing what they do better.
And as gas prices creep higher, it's even more difficult for convenience store operators to keep their profits on gas, and that's been a big blow to the three of four convenience stores that have pumps.
Convenience store operators "now are doing a lot of reexamining of their different product mixes because they want to keep the [product] moving -- they want to make sure they're using their space wisely," said Jennifer Bulat, executive editor of CSP Magazine, a trade publication for the convenience retailing and petroleum industries.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A96-2004May29?language=printer   (1062 words)

  
 Convenience Kits
Based on this experience, FDA believes that under certain circumstances premarket clearance for convenience kits may not be necessary to ensure protection of the public health.
Components ­ Convenience kits subject to this guidance should only include components that are either: (1) legally marketed preamendments devices, (2) exempt from premarket notification, or (3) have been found to be substantially equivalent through the premarket notification process.
For convenience kits that contain components subject to regulation as drugs, the assembler/manufacturer should contact the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Division of Prescription Drug Compliance and Surveillance at (301) 594-0101 regarding premarket requirements for the drug components in the kit.
www.fda.gov /cdrh/ode/convkit.html   (1089 words)

  
 Convenience Stores
Convenience stores have become the neighborhood markets that many Americans rely on for purchasing their gasoline, coffee, food and snacks.
Convenience stores are now a primary source for consumer fuel purchases, accounting for an estimated three-quarters of all the gasoline purchased in the United States.
Convenience stores were found to be the most wasteful with food, compared to other retail outlets.
www.agmrc.org /agmrc/markets/Food/conveniencestores.htm   (729 words)

  
 CONVENIENCE STORES
The report, in citing that after-dark convenience store workers were at the greatest risk of being murdered during robberies and other violent acts, included recommendations that directly addressed what convenience store owners could do to better protect their employees from assault.
Quickly, public relations reps from the major convenience store chains called a press conference to say that OSHA's recommendations were premature, not practical, and would ruin customer relationships.
The 37-year-old convenience store clerk was found in the storage room of the store with two bullet holes in the back of her head.
crimemagazine.com /convenie.htm   (1386 words)

  
 The downside of convenience checks
Convenience checks, which are typically mailed in sets of three, are special checks tied to a person's credit card account that can be used to make purchases or to transfer balances.
The vast majority of convenience checks can be picked up and used by anyone.
While a convenience check may be tied to a credit card account, it does not give you the same kinds of consumer protections as a credit card.
www.bankrate.com /brm/news/cc/20010102a.asp   (882 words)

  
 Fact Sheets > Fact Sheet: Coffee Sales in Convenience Stores | NACS Online
Convenience stores are a preferred destination for coffee.
Convenience stores sold more than $5.2 billion in coffee in 2005.
The percentage of coffee buyers who know they were going to purchase coffee when they entered a convenience store is 96 percent; making coffee the top planned purchase in a convenience store.
www.nacsonline.com /NACS/Resource/PRToolkit/FactSheets/prtk_fact_coffeesales.htm   (1134 words)

  
 Marriage of convenience - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A marriage of convenience (plural marriages of convenience) is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the traditional reasons of love or family.
Another common reason for marriages of convenience is to hide ones' homosexuality in cases where being openly gay is punishable or potentially detrimental.
The phrase "marriage of convenience" has also been generalised to mean any partnership between groups or individuals for their mutual (and sometimes illegitimate) benefit, or between groups or individuals otherwise unsuited to working together.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marriage_of_convenience   (454 words)

  
 Convenience Store Magazine - Convenience Store News - C-Store News
The convenience Store News daily newsletter is sent only to readers who have opted-in to receive it, so you can be sure your message will be part of a welcomed email.
The Convenience Store Industry Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner is hosted each year by Convenience Store News and the event's sponsors.
Convenience Store News surveys retailers on which manufacturers are doing the best job in the Convenience sector, in the areas of product innovation, operational efficiency, marketing and promotion effectiveness and overall category management tools.
www.csnews.com /csn/about_us/ad_opps.jsp   (799 words)

  
 Convenience Store - QuikTrip Convenience Stores - Convenience Store Jobs
Our convenience store gasoline guarantee is even stronger: if your car has a fuel-related problem, bring us the receipt and a statement from your mechanic and we'll pay for the repair.
With rapid expansion of convenience stores, there are great jobs and employment opportunities for full and part time jobs.
Each convenience store is its own profit center, and the employees working jobs in those convenience stores are responsible for all aspects of the business.
www.quiktrip.com /aboutqt/aboutqt.asp   (781 words)

  
 Saving Money with Homemade Convenience Mixes, UMCE Bulletin 4029
Preparing homemade convenience foods allows you to control the final product, the nutritional value, and the quality and quantity of the ingredients.
When you compare the costs of home-prepared and commercial convenience foods, remember that one measure is cost per serving.
Some of the recipes in Saving Money with Homemade Convenience Mixes have been revised to lower the fat content and to change the type of fat to make the recipes more heart-healthy.
www.umext.maine.edu /onlinepubs/htmpubs/4029.htm   (5233 words)

  
 Redefining convenience Shopper Report, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In similar fashion, convenience stores have turned from convenient sources of cigarettes and candy to convenient sources of wraps, yogurts, and ready-to-eat fruits, vegetables, and salads.
Many of today's "convenience" stores are turning into the no-problem, fast food stores of choice for busy consumers who want to eat healthfully.
Like convenience stores, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's have knocked down the barriers to pursuing flavor, health, fast, and easy at the same time, in the same places, and in the same packages and soup tureens.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0YQW/is_2004_May/ai_n6267518?...   (407 words)

  
 Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool: Convenience Libraries - Andamooka Reader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Convenience libraries are a portable way of creating such a partially linked object: Libtool will handle all of the low level details in a way appropriate to the target host.
In this section I will create two convenience libraries, each in their own subdirectory, and link them into a third Libtool library, which is ultimately linked into an application.
These details are beyond the scope of this convenience library example, but are described in full in 9.1.6 K&R Compilers.
www.andamooka.org /reader.pl?pgid=autobookautobook_93   (1568 words)

  
 Convenience Stores and the Can   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Reflecting these comments, convenience stores—and the cans that line their shelves —are poised to meet the needs of today’s consumers.
Aside from being conveniently resealable, the large can also boasts a “power gauge” that when chilled, indicates how much liquid is left.
Convenience features, such as pouring devices and a self-chilling capability, topped the list in consumer preferences.
www.csdecisions.com /article/13464   (1504 words)

  
 CONVENIENCE STORE BUSINESS PLAN running a convenience store, starting a convenience store, buying a convenience store, ...
The valuable and helpful tips in the convenience store business plan guide are all logical and you do not have to be a millionaire to apply it's techniques.
The convenience store e-book has a note section at the end of every chapter so you can write notes on points you would want to remember after reading the book.
There was convenience store business information on locating a convenience store, buying a convenience store, opening a convenience store, running a convenience store and operating a convenience store.
www.cstorebusinessplan.com   (492 words)

  
 IGD.com - Convenience Retailing 2006 - The definitive guide to the UK convenience retail sector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The convenience sector remains well positioned for future growth, with strong consumer demand, rising store standards and improved ranges.
Convenience Retailing 2006 is IGD’s authoritative guide to an evolving and dynamic sector which continues to be the subject of significant retailer consolidation.
Based on IGD’s unique insight and contacts throughout the industry, the report includes a definition of the UK convenience market size and structure (including analysis of symbol groups, convenience multiples and forecourts), supplier and retailer attitudes to availability and product developments, and analyses future prospects for the sector.
www.igd.com /CIR.asp?menuid=20&cirid=1828   (259 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Convenience: Music: Die Warzau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Produced in their own live studio, this is the first studio album released by Die Warzau since 1995's critically acclaimed ENGINE mixed styles and genres and cemented their reputation as electronic innovators to be imitated.
At the same time both the most infectious and catchy record recorded by the seminal Chicago Industrial anti-pop band, CONVENIENCE is raw, noisy and aggressive.
Convenience not only includes the grays - it embraces the full sprectrum of colors.
www.amazon.com /Convenience-Die-Warzau/dp/B00066N5LY   (1342 words)

  
 Sheetz(R) Unveils New Convenience Restaurant
Putting Food First, Conveniently Keith Boston, the company's director of Culinary Development, leads a team of professionals in the research and execution of the menu using the highest quality ingredients.
Its convenience stores were the first in the industry to exclusively use state-of-the-art touch-screen ordering technology for customers to quickly and efficiently order their food selections by tapping in their selection on an electronic screen.
The company operates 300 convenience locations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina, and is ranked 109th on the Forbes list of largest private companies.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/06-10-2004/0002191122&EDATE=   (1555 words)

  
 Convenience store - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Convenience stores in Pennsylvania cannot sell any types of alcohol at all.
American convenience stores are sometimes the target of armed robbery.
Japanese styled convenience stores (or konbini, as they call it) also heavily influenced those stores in other Asian nations, such as Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, and Mainland China.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convenience_store   (2449 words)

  
 Convenience stores aim to remake their image - Food Inc. - MSNBC.com
It's an unlikely culinary revolution, but Slim Jims are making way for sushi as convenience stores transform themselves with upscale eats and shed their image as junk food pit stops.
The change comes at a crucial time for the nation's 138,000 convenience stores, most of which historically have relied on gasoline and cigarettes for more than three-quarters of their sales.
Reaching beyond Bubba has meant a new generation of convenience stores — bigger, brighter and more upscale than their predecessors — that compete less with service stations and more with grocers and restaurants.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7680432   (632 words)

  
 Japanese Convenience Stores
Most convenience stores are open 24 hours per day and 7 days per week.
Many convenience stores also sell alcoholic beverages including beer, happoshu, chuhai, nihonshu, shochu and wines.
Convenience stores also offer a wide range of services, many of which can be accessed through automated multi-purpose terminals (the user menu is usually in Japanese only):
www.japan-guide.com /e/e2071.html   (392 words)

  
 Flickr: Photos tagged with convenience
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 Convenience revisited Shopper Report, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
We asked them for their definitions of convenience, and what kinds of changes would make the supermarkets in their area more convenient.
Finally, we checked in with Merriam-Webster to see how they were defining convenience on the American side of the Atlantic (in Britain, a convenience often refers to what we call a toilet.)
To be conveniently open for business, service departments that are open should be open whenever the store is open for business.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0YQW/is_2004_July-August/ai_n9912830?lstpn=article_results&lstpc=search&lstpr=external&lstprs=other&lstwid=1&lstwn=search_results&lstwp=body_middle   (505 words)

  
 Convenience Store News - News On Convenience Stores - C-Store News - CSNews Online
December 08, 2006 -- 220 million gallons of biofuel will be produced annually and is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2008.
Whether you're in Vegas or Peoria, Convenience Store News brings the NACS Show ® to your desktop to help you navigate the show.
A place to share and compare with other convenience store owners.
www.csnews.com   (284 words)

  
 Convenience Store Solutions is the most responsive company in the C-store business
Convenience Store Solutions is the most responsive company in the C-store business
People shop at c-stores because they can get what they want, exactly when they need it, at a competitive price, and without hassle of going to a larger vendor or making multiple stops.
Convenience Store Solutions, LLC (CSS) provides equipment consolidation and on-time delivery service.
www.conveniencestoresolutions.com   (214 words)

  
 Convenience Store Practice Group
Convenience Stores are often faced with the difficulty of finding management candidates to assist in generating growth, and can have higher turnover.
Typical representation includes negotiations with local governments and regulatory agencies for rezoning of properties to allow convenience stores with gasoline pumps, alcoholic beverage licensing and permitting at the local and state levels, permit approvals for the installation of underground storage tanks and redevelopment projects for contaminated properties.
We also assist convenience store owners and operators in all phases of due diligence investigations for the acquisition and subsequent development of commercial properties for convenience store and gasoline station uses.
www.fowlerwhite.com /practice_areas.asp?area=44   (851 words)

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