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All classes held at NJGCA HQ -- 4900 Route 33 West, Wall Township, NJ 07753

                                                                                                                                                               

 CLASSIFIEDS! -- FOR SALE & HELP WANTED ADS

FOR SALE:

Business For Sale: Monmouth County gas station and repair shop in business since 2001 is for sale. Owner is relocating out of state and is interested in selling business and equipment. Owner is open to limited financing. Business has a strong 10 year lease. The building has two repair bays and the gas pumps are leased to a large independent tenant. Repair shop business currently employs a Manager and two full-time Technicians. For inquiries and more info, please call Mark at 908-670-7798.

Business established in 1980. Fully equipped repair shop with 5 lifts including an alignment rack with a 2-year-old Hunter Hawkeye alignment machine. New Hunter tire machine & wheel balancer. AAA aproved and very busy.

Pumping over 1,000,000 gallons per year. 100x300 lot with plenty of parking. Excellent location!!! Call Jim @ 201-851-3084.

         

                                                                                                                                                                         

NEWS AROUND THE STATE: THE NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW

11/09/2017:
Franchisees to Boycott Annual 7-Eleven Trade Show
The presidents of all 43 7-Eleven franchise owners associations, which represent the interests of nearly 7,000 franchised U.S. convenience-store locations, have voted unanimously not to attend 7-Eleven’s annual convention and trade show in 2018. The boycott of the 7-Eleven Experience convention, announced in a press release issued Nov. 9 by the National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees (NCASEF), is intended to send a message related to a lawsuit filed in October against the retailer.  In the lawsuit filed on Oct. 12, members of NCASEF, an independent organization that represents the individual franchisee associations, alleged that franchisor 7-Eleven Inc. (SEI) has been “chipping away at their profits, increasing their costs and exercising more control over what is supposed to be an independent operation.” The plaintiffs claim that the franchisor has not fulfilled its promise of treating franchisees as independent contractors and business owners. The franchisees held the vote during a recent NCASEF board meeting. “Our FOA representatives spoke loud and clear and the coalition listened. They voted to urge members [to] stay away from the 7-Eleven Experience and now the coalition wants to deliver that message to all,” said Rehan Hashmi, vice chairman of NCASEF. “The relationship between SEI and its franchisees is no longer evenhanded and that is hurting our members and their livelihood.” According to Hashmi, 7-Eleven Inc. closed its regular channels of communication after franchisees in California filed the federal lawsuit. “If SEI truly wants to recognize and celebrate its franchisees as the marketers of the 7-Eleven Experience claim, it shouldn’t cut off communications. Franchise owners have invested their lives in this brand and we want to prosper, but we can’t if our relationship with SEI remains one-sided,” he said.
 
11/08/2017:
NYT: In a City of Firsts, Hoboken Elects a Sikh as Mayor
Hoboken, N.J., is a city of firsts, its proud residents like to say. Some historians say the first organized baseball game was played there in 1846. The first zipper was believed to have been invented there, too. And now the city of some 55,000 people on the Hudson River can boast another first: Councilman Ravi Bhalla on Tuesday became the first Sikh elected mayor in New Jersey, and one of only a few Sikhs to become mayor of an American city. Mayor-elect Bhalla, a 17-year resident of the city, had won elections in 2009 and 2013 to the City Council and twice served as its president. He was endorsed for mayor by the incumbent, Dawn Zimmer, who announced in June that she would not seek re-election. Mr. Bhalla and Ms. Zimmer are both Democrats, though Hoboken’s mayoral elections are nonpartisan. But even his deep roots and prior success among the city’s voters did not make Mr. Bhalla immune from racist attacks. On Friday night, doctored campaign fliers appeared on car windows in Hoboken featuring a picture of Mr. Bhalla, who wears the turban that is traditional to his faith. Above his picture was the message: “Don’t let TERRORISM take over our Town!” “It is not what Hoboken is about, it is not reflective of our community,” he said. “It’s just unfortunate.” He went on to win Tuesday, with 34 percent of the vote in a six-way race. Of the 14,000 votes cast, he received 4,781, according to the Hudson County Board of Elections. There are no runoffs so a plurality was enough to win.
 
11/08/2017:
Sunoco Moves Closer to Substantial Retail Exit
Sunoco LP is nearing the end of the first leg in its journey to become a fuel supply-focused company. "As you know, we are currently in the process of transforming Sunoco. Our roadmap starts with completing an efficient divestment of our company-operated stores," soon-to-be CEO Joe Kim, currently president and chief operating officer, said during the partnership's third-quarter earnings call on Nov. 8.  The transformation also involves optimizing Sunoco's overhead. "We will right-size our overhead for the going-forward business and, just as importantly, position us for efficient growth for the future," he said.  Kim will take the reins as CEO when Bob Owens, current chief executive, steps down at the end of the year, as CSNews Online previously reported. The first divestiture move consists of the sale of 1,108 convenience stores to 7-Eleven Inc. for $3.3 billion. These stores, which are part of an asset purchase agreement, are located in 18 states.  In addition to the convenience stores, the transaction includes the associated trade-marks and intellectual property of Sunoco's Laredo Taco Co. and Stripes brands. As part of the transaction, Dallas-based Sunoco will enter into a 15-year take-or-pay fuel supply agreement with a 7-Eleven subsidiary, under which Sunoco will supply approximately 2.2 billion gallons of fuel annually.
 
11/07/2017:
Trump administration moves ahead with Obama menu-label law
The Trump administration is moving ahead with Obama-era requirements to post calorie counts in restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores and pizza delivery chains nationwide next year. Despite years of opposition by some food sellers, the Food and Drug Administration is offering only minor compromises to industry complaints about the difficulties of displaying calories at takeout chains, self-service buffets and other non-restaurant food locations. The FDA posted a preliminary guidance online Tuesday to help businesses comply with the law. Trump appointees have delayed or upended regulations passed by the Obama administration including rules for water pollution, fuel emissions and policing for-profit universities. But the menu labeling rules, championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, appear on track to take effect next May after years of delays. Behind the law is the idea that people may think twice about buying their daily doughnut at the gas station if they see how many hundreds of calories it contains. In a key move, the FDA rejected requests from pizza chains, including Domino's Pizza, which wanted to post calorie information on their websites instead of each store location, arguing that most customers don't visit their physical locations. However, the agency said stores have a variety of options for displaying calorie counts beyond traditional menu boards, including electronic kiosks, tablet devices and even paper menus. "At first glance, there appears to be some progress, showing that the FDA is listening to concerns," Domino's spokesman Tim McIntyre said in an email. However, he added that the company still wants Congress to intervene to change the law. Industry groups are backing legislation in the House of Representatives that addresses many of their concerns.
 
11/03/2017:
Texas Gas Station Owners Fighting Price Gouging Claims
Texas gas station owners who have been accused of price gouging in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey are preparing to fight back, reported CBS DFW. They claim they were falsely accused, partially due to misunderstanding of price signage. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that the state's Consumer Protection Business sent 127 notices of violation to businesses that raised gas prices to $3.99 or higher per gallon during and after the hurricane, as CSNews Online reported. Price gouging can carry civil penalties of up to $20,000 per violation and up to $250,000 per violation for victims over the age of 65 under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. However, Paul Hardin, president of the Texas Food and Fuel Association, stands behind many of the gas stations that received the notices. Both the association and the Texas Attorney General's offices warned gas station owners about the consequences of price gouging, and Hardin believes that most acted on that warning and even took a loss to avoid the appearance of gouging. "They were selling at below cost for fear of being accused of price gouging," Hardin said. "The price was going up and up and up, and they just didn't want to put the price of that of what the market was actually bearing because they would be fried by consumers." Many price-gouging complaints were made anonymously or based on social media posts. Hardin believes some reporters misunderstood the posted price of $9.99 per gallon, which some gas station owners used to indicate they had run out of fuel.

                                                                                                                                                                 

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TMP Energy Solutions

Another Way to Save on Your Energy Bills

We have had a number of NJGCA members successfully reduce their rate per kWh signing up through our energy saving program. We know it's difficult to collect 12 months worth of previous electric bills to get an "accurate" analysis when comparing a variable rate to a fixed rate, but we now have another option available. 

This new solution is a power purchase option; the other program is still in full force and has saved members thousands of dollars. If you sign up for the power purchase option, you will be grouped with other NJGCA members until the minimum kW demand is acquired. By pooling the member's usage together, you will be able to take advantage, as large energy users do, and receive a lower kWh rate.

Each member will receive their own contract. Each member is responsible to sign and return the agreement the day it is received in order to secure the price for their group.

Please do your due diligence, so when you receive the proposal and the agreement you will be able to make an intelligent decision.

If by chance, you still want us to assess you bills, to give you a price to compare, we will require 12 months of your most recent utility bills.

There are no bills required, but we would still like to have one bill per meter on file to check account #'s, meter #'s  service addresses and other pertinent information incase there is a problem.

The term of the agreement is for 12 months. During this term period, you will have price protection against any energy price increases along with a low fixed kWh rate.

If you are interested in becoming part of this power purchase option, please contact Greg Cannon at the NJGCA.

Remember when you sign up your energy through the NJGCA Energy Program, TMP makes a considerable donation to the NJGCA Scholarship Fund through their proceeds. This has no affect on your rate, and costs you nothing out of pocket.

We hope to help hundreds of NJGCA members reduce their utility costs by participating in this and our other cost reduction programs.  Our purpose, in the endeavor, is to help NJGCA members lower their energy costs while supporting the NJGCA Scholarship Fund. 

Contact GREG CANNON at 732-256-9646 or email Greg at greg@njgca.org. Mention that you are interested in saving money on your energy bills. NJGCA & TMP Energy Solutions will handle all the rest.