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Save-A-Lot Opens 'Fresh' Stores

Limited-assortment chain focusing on fresh produce, dairy, meats

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For Sale: Kwik-E-Mart

The Simpsons' irreverent take on convenience stores gets LEGO, "food-truck" treatments

CBX imagines what famed Virgin entrepreneur would do if he owned a chain of gas stations

Executive summary presents the “next-level of convenience retailing”

Convenience stores have established themselves as power players in the world of foodservice. It’s no longer your father’s (or grandfather’s) c-store. And perhaps nowhere is this shift more apparent than in the core categories of tobacco and beer.

Letter clarifies relationship between oil companies, retailers

Accompanies largest decrease in consumer optimism in more than two years

A colleague and I came to an unsettling conclusion: One cannot make the fueling experience fun. No matter what you improve, it could never be fun. However, there are ways to it make it less painful.

Lessons learned, key strategies to help your businesses grow and thoughts to drive your tomorrow from Convenience Retailing University 2015.

New campaign uses ampersand with new tagline, "Where & means more"

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