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Couche-Tard names new global head of private label
Amy Jenkins, who joins from home improvement retailer Lowe’s, takes over from Rodney Blanton, who left Circle K in June for Amazon Go.
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Kelly Allison
Sponsored by Red Diamond6 tips to drive loyalty with coffee and tea in c-stores
As competition from QSRs intensifies, convenience stores need fresh strategies to attract foot traffic.
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7-Eleven crashes the $5 value meal party
Customers can get two of the chain’s “new, bigger” pizza slices and a 20-ounce Coke or Sprite in the latest cost-conscious c-store deal.
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Gate Petroleum selects new POS system to remotely manage stores
The retailer is now using Invenco by GVR’s Passport platform to unify its technology and enhance its foodservice program.
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Keurig Dr Pepper to buy energy drink brand Ghost for more than $1B
The acquisition expands the beverage giant’s presence in the fast-growing category and deepens a portfolio that includes water, soda, coffee and juice.
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Column3 Big Numbers: Delving into Wawa’s growth
As the East Coast retailer prepares for its first store in Georgia, we take a look at what the future holds and why customers should take notice.
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Why FEMSA’s ‘secret sauce’ is also its biggest challenge
The Mexican retailer prides itself on how it tailors each of its 23,000 c-stores to their local markets. As it enters the U.S., making that connection will be one of its most difficult tasks.
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Spinx debuts highly anticipated food market in South Carolina
The store offers a mix of standard c-store products and grocery items as well as made-to-order flatbreads, sandwiches, salads, soups and bakery items.
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Amazon, BP team up on fuel discount
Customers can connect their Amazon account to the new Earnify app, which rolled out earlier this month, for a combined 10 cents off per gallon.
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Onvo opens its biggest location yet
The East Coast retailer has debuted a nearly 10,000-square-foot travel center that will feature a hotel in 2025.
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Inside the Store: Gas Spot’s debut in Missouri
InConvenience Inc. is reviving several former Mountain Express and SQRL c-stores one by one. Here’s a peek inside its latest location, which is its first in the Show-Me State.
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7-Eleven plucks Albertsons exec to spearhead fresh food operations
Brandon Brown has been tasked with leading some of the programs that the retailer is banking on to improve its performance in North America.
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Vroom Delivery program brings retail media to smaller c-stores
The program lets the e-commerce tech company’s customers earn money from CPGs for offering “preferred” digital placement of items.
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EG America gets ‘dirty’ with soda innovation
Creative dispensed beverage concoctions are at the heart of a new marketing campaign that taps into a viral social media trend.
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Top convenience store conferences for 2025
As convenience retail leaders begin to fill out their calendars for next year, here are some major events to keep in mind.
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Casey’s Center coming in 2025
The c-store company reached an agreement with the Iowa Events Center to rename the home of three professional sports teams next summer.
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Why GetGo agreed to sell to Couche-Tard — and what happens next
GetGo had other suitors before selling for $1.6 billion to Couche-Tard, which wants to take the Pittsburgh retailer to a national — and potentially global — stage, President Terri Micklin said.
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Wawa to debut in Georgia next month
With its Bainbridge location, the c-store chain will have opened in three of a planned eight new states, with the rest launching in 2025.
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Parkland continues layoffs, will outsource IT roles in 2025
About 100 corporate roles will be eliminated as the retailer prepares to transfer its day-to-day IT responsibilities to professional services firm Accenture.
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Amazon pilots small-format grocery concept
The test store in Chicago is meant for quick fill-in grocery runs and aims to reduce the number of stops shoppers need to complete a shopping trip.
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Column3 Big Numbers: 7-Eleven comes under pressure
The world’s largest c-store company recently highlighted its use of AI in hiring, revealed hundreds of store closures and tempered 2024 operating income expectations.
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How 7-Eleven is combating its biggest hiring challenge
The retailer was losing candidates “left and right” because its recruitment process was too slow, according to its senior director of talent acquisition. Then it brought AI into the fold.
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Phillips 66 to lay off 600 employees
The fuel company will close its refinery near Los Angeles, where all 600 workers plus 300 contractors are employed, in Q4 2025.
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Seven & i should engage with Couche-Tard ‘without delay,’ investor says
Artisan Partners also criticized Seven & i’s plan to turn its supermarkets and specialty stores division into a separate company, calling the move “too little too late.”
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Gelson’s debuts ‘premium’ c-store concept
The company’s first ReCharge site includes 40 electric vehicle chargers and fresh foods like sushi and charcuterie.
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4 tips to help c-stores grow holiday candy sales
Convenience retailers typically cede ground in the key category as the end of the year nears. But they’re missing out on clear opportunities, experts say.
