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APlus offers a wide variety of business support tools and services to help optimize your sales and profits.
Support Overview
- Marketing and advertising support
- Marketing research
- Specialized training systems
- Franchise consultants
- Building and decor specifications
- Sales planning
- Accounting and financial management assistance
- Feedback on your store's performance
- Advice on product mix
Field Support
With years of operations experience, we are able to offer a wealth of knowledge and a full team of experts to assist our franchisees. Area Marketing Managers and Regional Sales Managers are available to support franchisees and help grow the brand. They can provide helpful business consulting support and are available as your go-to source for most of the general operations and retail questions you may have. Their job is to provide feedback and practical solutions to questions pertaining to your daily operations.
Professional Category Management
The experienced category management team is constantly developing new programs to build sales in traditional convenience categories such as candy, soda and tobacco as well as creating new concepts such as food service, electronic services and fill in shopping, all supported by consumer research and promotional concept testing. The programs are designed to provide you with the confidence of a proven marketing approach. Following the APlus marketing plan will improve the customer shopping experience and maximize your opportunity to grow sales and profits.
- We have established merchandising programs that offer advantages over the competition. As an APlus Franchisee you will receive store specific layouts and schematics designed to promote a consumer-friendly environment and enhance sales.
Proprietary Products
- The APlus Category Management team continues to develop valuable proprietary brands, including Gulliver’s Coffee, Silver Eagle cigarettes and our gift and phone card products.
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Training
To assist you in your business, we offer a comprehensive training program at “Sunoco University”, our training center with state-of-the-art class rooms and systems. Hands-on training of the APlus business systems will be provided. We also utilize a fleet of mobile training van class rooms that provide on-site, ongoing training.
Front & Back Office Systems
Today’s convenience store represents a demanding environment that must balance the needs of the customer along with the requirements of the business. We offer our franchisees the tools to achieve this balance while improving the customer buying experience. We recommend solutions for Point-of-Sale and Back-Office systems and connect you with vendors that both supply and support the latest technologies in the industry.
WWW.SUNOCONET.COM
As an APlus Franchisee, you will have 24/7 access to a fully secure proprietary web site designed specifically for APlus and Sunoco retailers. At the click of a mouse, you can view and download sales planners, product pricing, manuals, forms, guides, and a wealth of content specifically tailored to franchise operations.
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