Large Chains

DALLAS - 7-Eleven Inc. has selected CashWorks Inc. to provide check-cashing services at select 7-Eleven stores equipped with the convenience-store company's self-service Vcom kiosk. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

TULSA, Okla. - Hale-Halsell Co., the parent company of Git-n-Go Inc., filed for Chapter 11 reorganization Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Tulsa.

MATTHEWS, N.C. - Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. on Tuesday posted record quarterly sales and earnings, thanks partly to an improved supply system that helped it avoid markdowns, Reuters reports.

ATLANTA - Eatzi's will open its second metro Atlanta gourmet grocery and restaurant next year in Park Place across from Perimeter Mall, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

AUSTIN, Texas - MAPCO Express, an operator of over 240 convenience retail stores in the southeastern United States, has chosen the PerformanceRetail InSite software and services suite as its standard store operations and merchandising management solution.

FORT WORTH, Texas - Burrell L. Markum, founder of the former Buddie's Supermarkets chain here, died this week at age 85.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Fresh Brands, Inc. here today announced it has completed a new secured three-year $40 million revolving credit facility with LaSalle Bank and U.S. Bank. The new facility replaces the company's unsecured $35 million revolving credit facility that was scheduled to expire April 30, 2004.

ST. PAUL - Hastings, Minn.-based convenience store operator Tom Thumb Food Markets Inc. confirmed that it has ceased operations, closing the last of more than 100 stores in Minnesota under its banner, according to The Associated Press.