WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading coffee, convenience and gasoline retailer, Cumberland Farms, today launched its 7th annual Cups for Kids campaign. The campaign is a month-long fundraiser that benefits pediatric care programs at five regional hospitals, including Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Throughout the month of August, five cents from every iced coffee or Chill Zone beverage, including HYPERFEEZE™ (the beverage varies by hospital), purchased at participating retail locations across the Northeast, will be donated directly to pediatric care programs at partnering children's hospitals.
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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 80th 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 26th, 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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7th Annual Cups for Kids Fundraiser Raises a Record Total of $151K for Five Northeast Pediatric Hospitals
WESTBOROUGH, MAss., October 18, 2018 – Today, leading convenience retailer Cumberland Farms announced that its 7th annual Cups for Kids fundraiser raised more than $85,000 for Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. Throughout the month of August, five cents from every iced coffee purchased at Cumberland Farms locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island was donated to support the life changing technologies and pediatric care programs at Floating Hospital for Children. To celebrate, Tufts Medical Center hosted a check presentation on September 25th.
“We are so proud to make this contribution from another successful Cups for Kids fundraiser,” said Ari Haseotes, CEO of Cumberland Farms. “We are grateful to the community for their participation in this program over the past seven years. This support helps us enable our partner hospitals to make a difference in the lives of their patients.”
This year, Cumberland Farms will donate a total of $151,000 raised from the Cups for Kids fundraiser to its five hospital partners across the Northeast. In addition to Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, participating hospitals include the following:
- Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
- Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
- The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center
“We are so thankful for the continued support and partnership of Cumberland Farms and the incredible response from the community in helping to make this year’s Cups for Kids fundraiser the most successful year yet ,” said Geoffrey G. Binney, Jr., MD, MPH, Acting Pediatrician-in-Chief at Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. “Funds raised through this campaign help us to continue to provide the most compassionate and highest quality of care to our smallest patients and their families.”
For further information on the fundraising total donation from Cumberland Farms’ Cups For Kids campaign, please visit https://www.cumberlandfarms.com/company/doing-good/cups-for-kids or follow Cumberland Farms on Twitter and Instagram @CumberlandFarms.
About Cumberland Farms
Cumberland Farms makes life easier for busy people every day. What started in 1939 with a cow and a dream has grown into a network of nearly 600 convenience stores across 8 states. Three generations later, Cumberland Farms is still family owned and operated, and continues to reflect the values it was built upon: envisioning a better way to serve customers by providing the best possible products at the best possible prices. Whether you're buying a cold Chill Zone drink, a hot or iced cup of Farmhouse Blend Coffee, or filling the gas tank, convenience and customer service are key. Cumberland Farms also has a long heritage of giving back to the communities where it operates, from feeding the hungry to supporting local sports teams and fundraising. For more information, please visit us at http://www.cumberlandfarms.com or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cumberlandfarms.
About Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children
Tufts Medical Center is an exceptional, not-for-profit, 415-bed academic medical center that is home to both a full-service hospital for adults and Floating Hospital for Children. Conveniently located in downtown Boston, the Medical Center is the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine. The Medical Center features a level one trauma center with rooftop helipad, the largest heart transplant center in New England and a renowned research program, ranking among the top 10 percent of independent hospitals to receive federal research funding. A physician network of 1,800 New England Quality Care Alliance doctors represents our strong commitment to health in the community. Tufts Medical Center is a founding member of Wellforce, along with Circle Health and Hallmark Health. For more information, visit www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org.Media Contact
Liz White
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978.621.9281
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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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Cumberland Farms Donates $10,000 To The Westborough High School Athletic Facilities Renovation Project
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cumberland Farms, a leading convenience, coffee and gasoline retailer, today announced that the company is donating $10,000 to the Westborough High School Athletic Facilities renovation project. These facilities play a vital role in the recreation and enjoyment of the entire Westborough community, including its high school and middle school athletic programs, town youth programs, physical education classes, school events, town events, and general public use.
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Cumberland Farms to donate portion of sales Friday to Cpl. Cole Memorial Fund
This Friday, Cumberland Farms locations across Maine will donate a portion of the proceeds from certain drink purchases to the Cpl. Eugene “Gene” Cole Memorial Fund.
Cole, 61, was shot and killed in the line of duty during the early morning hours of April 25 in Norridgewock.
From 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Friday, May 18, 10 cents from every eligible drink purchase will go to the fund.
Eligible drinks include fountain and coffee purchases.
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