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Convenience Retailer Show Daily Monday, October 8, 2018 1 2 Unique: The Uncommon Energy Unique "The Uncommon Energy" is the health conscious energy beverage of choice. Unique utilizes natural ingredi- ents built specifically to provide the much needed, safe, cognitive pep so many are searching for. Unique utilizes a blend of natural active ingredients, including Red Reishi mushroom, green tea and B-vitamins. Unique has no taurine, guarana, niacin or yohimbe like most other energy drinks. Unique's brain-focused stimula- tion provides a feel-good experience without the sense of a jittery overdose or the inevitable crash so synonymous with energy drinks. Unique is incredibly tasty with its naturally flavored blend of fruits and berries. With so much differentiation in ingredients, it doesn't have the typical energy drink aftertaste. Unique launched with two options: Original with Pure Cane Sugar (no high fructose corn syrup) and Zero-Sugar. In May of 2018, Unique launched its first line extension, Royale Series, with the first flavor Hawaiian Royale. Customer feedback and sales have been extremely positive on the new Punch flavor. Hawaiian Royale max- imizes flavor with only 3 grams of sugar and 20 calo- ries. It's the perfect blend of South Pacific fruits com- bined with the original Unique flavor that has everyone gulping and feeling great! Unique is currently sold in retail accounts in California, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, New York, Colorado and nationwide through Amazon. With the growing popularity of this brand, Unique is scheduled to expand into many new territories in the coming months. Unique passionately believes it's time to change expectations in the energy category through providing health conscious, amazingly fla- vored, energizing bever- ages. If you have not tried Unique yet, the company asks you give it a shot. It is 100 percent confident you'll taste the difference with the very first sip. For more information, go to www.uniqueenergy.com or call 818.280.6327. WestRock Provides Positive Experience for Retail Customers WestRock provides pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers with unique, award-winning packaging solu- tions that are designed to improve patient adherence to medication, enhance pharmacy efficiencies and increase speed to market. Shellpak ® Renew and Doseapak ® , top-selling adherence solutions, protects medication integrity and offers superior child safety (F=1), while remaining easy for adults to use. An innovative capability under the new WestRock organization is merchan- dising displays, which help drive promo- tion at the retail setting with temporary promotional and permanent point-of- purchase displays. Providing an end-to-end marketing, merchandising and packaging suite of solutions, WestRock supports the retail pharmacy's challenges comprehensively. Adherence packaging solutions not only maximize pharmacist-patient interaction opportunities but also provide increased opportunities to satisfy CMS Star ratings and boost reimbursement. Merchandising displays amplify the investment many retail pharmacies have made in mobile app technology, in-store promo- tions and point of sale prospects by creating a unified customer experi- ence. In short, WestRock can pro- vide retail customers a positive in- store and at-home health and well- ness experience. How the Consumer Journey Comes Together with the Help of WestRock Your customer enters the retail store to pick up a prescription from the pharma- cy. Notifications of in-store promotions appear on the patient's mobile device through the retail app. The customer makes a note to pick up the over-the- counter allergy medication being pro- moted, after remembering their child's allergy attack the night before. The customer proceeds to the phar- macy where they have a mean- ingful educational interaction with the pharmacist, who explains their cholesterol med- ication regimen and side effects, and the importance of compli- ance to maximize symptom improvement with a calendar blister package. The consumer then goes to pick up their allergy medication from the WestRock promotional display. Finally, the customer pulls an in-store coupon off the display for $2 off tis- sues, and proceeds to checkout. For more information, contact Dave Dwyer, Vice President Global Marketing, Adherence at 804.444.7362. Lock America – Fighting Back Against Skimming Attacks on Petroleum Dispensers Lock America of Corona, California manufactures high security retrofit lock systems that combat the installation of gas dispenser skimming devices. Building on more than 35 years provid- ing security products to dozens of indus- tries, Lock America has developed kits that fit virtually every brand and model of dispenser on the market. This high security system is based on a non-dupli- catable key with more than three million possible key codes, and a virtually pick- proof detainer disk keyway. Each Lock America customer gets its own key code, with multiple codes and master keying available for multi-site operations. Petro Defense of Zephyr Hills, Florida is the exclusive U.S. distributor for Lock America's gas dispenser locks. Petroleum dispensers are under nationwide attack. Despite the industry's best efforts, gas dispenser skimming devices are being discovered at an ever- increasing rate (at least 15 incidents in the last year). This level of successful skimming may have been going on for years under everyone's noses. Because the petroleum industry deadline for the new "chip and pin" card system has been extended to October 2020, gas dispensers will remain targets of opportunity for the international identity theft industry. For a few years, the industry has placed its hopes on security stickers to indicate tampering – a solution based on a lot of hope. Will the stickers be applied properly? Will they be properly main- tained? Will low wage employees moni- tor their condition? Will customers even notice that stickers are cut or "voided," or know what to do? If this weren't enough, according to the FBI, skimmer gangs have begun covering their tracks by installing coun- terfeit stickers, and proba- bly buying legitimate ones as well. Operators need more than stickers and an eagle-eyed minimum wage attendant. They need high security locks as a minimum first step to keep skimming devices out. For most operators, it is cost-prohibitive to fit dispensers with a new electronic high security device, or replace them entirely, unless they are opening a new site. Only one device stops the skimmer and maximizes your security investment – the pick-resistant lock on the door with a high security key. The other devices – stickers, cameras, alarms – may deter, record and announce crime, but they don't stop it. Stickers don't stop skim- ming. They just tell you: "You've been skimmed." With hand-assem- bled locks, registered key codes unique to each customer and non-duplicatable key blanks, Lock America retrofit kits can protect dispensers against unauthorized access at a fraction of the cost of new equipment. A high security lock system should have a non-duplicat- able key blank, millions of usable key combinations and a virtually pick-proof mechanism, with its key code registered exclusively to the customer. Visit Lock America at booth #6604. For additional information, contact Petro Defense of Zephyr Hills, Florida, the exclusive U.S. distributor for Lock America's gas dispenser locks, by going to www.petrodefense.com, emailing sales@petrodefense.com or calling 888.653.6135. Add Variety to Your Roller Grill with New Chicken, Bacon & Cheddar Tornados Convenience stores with a robust roller grill program have a leg up on fast food competitors thanks to their ability to pro- vide value items at a faster speed than even the drive-thru. According to a 2016 Technomic Lunch Trend Report, convenience and affordability are the two top drivers for c- store lunch purchases. Knowing that any well-run roller grill can meet those crite- ria, how can one take steps to elevate their grill even further? The answer is with variety. Tornados, America's favorite roller grill brand, are bold ingredients wrapped in a crispy seasoned tortilla that are the perfect roller grill item to bring a wide range of on-trend flavors to your foodser- vice lineup. With 11 flavors ranging from Ranchero Steak & Cheese to French Toast & Sausage, there's always a Tornado perfect for any eating occasion. Always trying to bring variety to the roller grill, the newest flavor of Tornados gives a bold twist to a clas- sic: Chicken, Bacon & Cheddar. The Chicken, Bacon & Cheddar Tornado was inspired by the classic club sandwich and does not disap- point your customers looking for cheese and bacon in their roller grill snack. If you're looking to bring variety and news to your roller grill, there are no better items to start with than the newest Tornados, which deliver unique winning flavor combinations you can't find anywhere else, all wrapped up and ready to eat on the go – no buns or condiments needed. If interested, reach out to your Ruiz broker for samples or email newcustomers@ ruizfoods.com. Visit Ruiz Foods at booth #5313. For more information, go to www.ruizfood service.com/convenience-stores or call 559.591.5510.