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Atlanta, GA – April
2020 / Newsmaker Alert / RaceTrac
announces the launch of its new online ordering platform. This new platform
allows guests to select and order needed items from a RaceTrac location
closest to them and pickup within 30 minutes from the “Grab and Go Box”
pass-through window. All online order transactions will allow guests to
abide by safe social distancing guidelines.
To place an order go to order.RaceTrac.com.
Orders can be placed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except while the
store is closed for cleaning). Online ordering is the latest rollout
from the company in addition to various other actions taken during COVID-19.
Through the online ordering
platform guests will be able to:
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Order directly from the RaceTrac
website for pickup at a store location in closest proximity.
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Select Whatever Gets You Going™
from a menu of available food, drink, alcohol and tobacco items. Edit quantities
for checkout cart.
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Pick up their orders from selected
stores within 30 minutes using the “Grab and Go Box.” Guests will say their
name on the order, pay at the pass-through window and receive order.
“RaceTrac is committed to the
continuous support of our communities and guests through this unprecedented
and uncertain time,” said Melanie
Isbill, Chief Marketing Officer of RaceTrac. “Online ordering is the
newest addition to the products and services we are offering to help continue
to get our guests whatever gets them going while providing a safe, clean
and reliable experience.”
Deemed an essential business
by the Department of Homeland Security, RaceTrac stores across the South
are continuing to remain open during the COVID-19 crisis providing fuel
and food options for people still on the go.
Other continued actions
taken to support team members, guests and the communities it serves includes:
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Free coffee or fountain drinks
through April 30th for all essential workers with valid ID/uniform (limit
one per day). This includes all essential workers such as healthcare workers,
grocery store workers, truckers, bankers and more.
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“Grab and Go Box” pass-through
window operational at all hours as an alternative shopping option for guests
who do not wish to come inside, but would still like to purchase items.
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Sneeze guards will be installed
at the registers of all locations.
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$3 an hour pay increase for
hourly store team members.
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Weekly $150 in extra pay
for General Managers at the store level through April 2020.
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A temporary COVID-19 leave
policy allowing team members who test positive or who are required to quarantine
due to this illness with an inability to work remotely to receive up to
two weeks of pay.
RaceTrac holds itself to the
highest food safety and cleanliness standards, and all of its more than
550 locations follow stringent hygiene and sanitation practices. In direct
response to COVID-19, they are taking extra precautions and have enhanced
cleaning measures, such as implementing social distancing procedures, continuously
cleaning of high contact-areas, and a nightly store stand-down for cleaning
and sanitization.
Learn more about RaceTrac
by visiting www.RaceTrac.com and
stay connected on social via Facebook,
Twitter
and Instagram.
About RaceTrac
Headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, family-owned RaceTrac
has been serving guests since 1934 and now operates over 550 convenience
store locations in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and
Tennessee. While operating under its mission of making people’s lives simpler
and more enjoyable, RaceTrac stores offer guests an affordable one-stop-shop
featuring a wide selection of food and beverage favorites, as well as Swirl
World frozen desserts, freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee and competitively-priced
fuel. The company has been named a top workplace across the four states
in which it operates, and has been recognized on Forbes list of largest
private companies every year since 1998. In 2014, Convenience Store Decisions
named RaceTrac as its “Chain of the Year.” In 2019, RaceTrac opened locations
in a new market for the business, Middle Tennessee.
Media Contact:
Jordan
Garofalo
770-649-0880 x 310
Account Director
Brandware Public Relations |
