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• 8th Annual Cups for Kids Fundraiser

  August 5th, 2019- Cumberland Farms began its 8th annual Cups for Kids campaign, a month-long fundraiser that benefits pediatric care programs at five regional hospitals.

  Throughout the month of August, five cents from iced coffee or Chill Zone beverages purchased (the beverage varies by hospital) across the Northeast will be donated directly to pediatric care programs at partnering children’s hospitals.

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• Cumberland Farms named one of the top places to work in New York in 2019

  Fortune.com - July 16th, 2019- New York famously is a hub for many industries, from banking to media to real estate. On this year’s list of best companies to work for in New York, all of these sectors and more are represented. Information technology companies make up one-fifth of the winning workplaces, which fall under two categories based on size. Upon surveying employees and gathering testimonials, Fortune research partner Great Place to Work has compiled the list below to highlight what New Yorkers love about coming to work every day.

  #20 Cumberland Farms 

  Industry: Retail
  U.S. employees: 8,718
  U.S. revenue: Confidential
  Headquarters: Westborough, Massachusetts

  Employees say:

  “I do look forward to coming to work here. There is nothing more beneficial and meaningful to me than to spend the better part of 40 hours in a place in which I feel at home, comfortable, and myself—both with the guests and fellow employees.”

   

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• Cumberland Farms Launches new loyalty and payment app

  WESTBOROUGH, Mass., July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cumberland Farms, a leading coffee, convenience and gasoline retailer, today announced the launch of its new Cumberland Farms App, which is the next evolution of its highly successful SmartPay Check-Link® program. The new app gives users two payment options:

  • SmartPay Check-Link®, which links to a checking account or Netspend® account and saves users 10 cents per gallon every day
  • A prepaid account (minimum $25 load) linked to a credit or debit card which saves users 10 cents per gallon for their first 30 days of enrollment

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• Cumberland Farms CIO Charles Jarrett, wins Boston CIO of the year award.

  June 8th 2019- The Boston CIO Leadership Association, in partnership with the Boston Business Journal, celebrated its finalists and awardees on June 7 at the annual Boston CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards breakfast at the Westin Copley Place in Boston.

  This year's honorees were recognized among finalists in five categories: Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Corporate and Nonprofit/Public Sector. The breakfast event at the Westin Copley hotel included a keynote speech by Jeanne Ross, principal research scientist at MIT Sloan School of Management's Center for Information Systems Research.

  The information technology executives that were honored include: 

  • George Moore, CTO, Cengage Learning Inc. (Global category, more than $1 billion in annual revenue and multinational operations); 
  • Charles Jarrett, SVP and CIO of Cumberland Farms Inc. (Large Enterprise: More than $800 million in annual revenue);
  • Bernie Gracy, CDO, Agero Inc. (Enterprise: Up to $800 million in annual revenue);
  • David Nuss, CIO, Cresa (Corporate: Up to $400 million in annual revenue);
  • Robert Solis, CIO, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Nonprofit/Public Sector: Government, healthcare, education and nonprofit)

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• Cumberland Farms celebrates National Doughnut Day

  NATIONAL REPORT — It's National Doughnut Day Friday, and convenience store retailers among others are serving up a "hole" lot of sweet deals to celebrate the event on June 7.

  Kicking off the official holiday, from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. on June 7, Westborough, Mass.-based Cumberland Farms is offering customers a free doughnut with the purchase of any dispensed beverage, whether it’s a Farmhouse blend hot or iced coffee, or a beverage from the Chill Zone, including the frozen HYPERFREEZE.

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• Cumberland Farms Celebrates 80th Anniversary

  WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cumberland Farms, a leading coffee, convenience and gasoline retailer, is celebrating its 80^th anniversary by launching an exclusive line of Birthday Blast treats. The newest products to hit the brand's growing line of private label offerings include Birthday Blast Premium Cookie Bites, Whoopie Pie, Premium Chocolate Bars, and Ice Cream. Each treat is a twist on classic birthday celebration flavors, with a burst of rainbow sprinkles. All products retail at a great everyday value and are now available in all of the brand's nearly 600 retail locations across the Northeast and Florida. For an added value, now through February 26^th, customers can receive the Birthday Blast Ice Cream pint for an introductory price of $3.99, and the Chocolate Bar, Whoopie Pie and Cookie Bites for 99-cents each.

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• Cumberland Farms Named One of the 2018 Best Workplaces in Retail by Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE

  WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE have honored Cumberland Farms as one of the 2018 Best Workplaces in Retail. The ranking is based on anonymous surveys representing over 631,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified companies in the retail industry. Great Place to Work, a global people analytics and consulting firm, evaluated over 60 factors measuring whether employees find their organizations create a Great Place to Work For All™. Eighty-five percent of the evaluation is based on employees' experiences of workplace trust and the opportunity to reach their full potential at the organization, no matter who they are or what they do. The balance of each company's score takes into account employees' involvement in company innovation, the organization's values, and the effectiveness of their leaders. Cumberland Farms was ranked number 6 on the FORTUNE "20 Best Workplaces in Retail 2018" list.

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• America’s Favorite Coffee Shop is the Gas Station; Cumberland Farms, QuikTrip and Wawa Lead the Consumer Shift

  In honor of National Coffee Day on Sept 29, GasBuddy, the only smartphone app connecting drivers with their Perfect Pit Stop, today reveals which gas station brands have the highest-rated coffee in each state, making them the best bet when you need a caffeine fix.As for the gas station brand that has the best coffee, GasBuddy data scientists reviewed more than 3 million coffee ratings covering more than 150,000 retail locations where gasoline is sold and found that Buc-ee’s captured the highest ratings in the nation as being the best gas station c-store for a cup of joe. On the state level, Tulsa, Okla.-based QuikTrip captured the top spot in seven states, while Media, Penn.-based Wawa, and Westboro, Mass.-based Cumberland Farms tied for second, both with six states.

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• Cumberland Farms CIO named CSN 2018 Technology Leader of the Year

  WESTBOROUGH, Mass. — Charles Jarrett joined Cumberland Farms Inc. two years ago when the Westborough-based convenience store retailer found itself in need of a technology overhaul. As the chain's senior vice president and chief information officer, he led a team that made that happen — and that's one of the reason’s he is Convenience Store News' 2018 Technology Leader of the Year.

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