Channel: Independents
Retail Fuels Prices
Other shoe drops Sept. 15 in annual pump-price decline
Fuels News
Consumers paying lowest early-August gas prices since 2010
Marketing Strategies
App will be available in more than 2,600 of chain's c-stores by year's end.
Foodservice
Technomic highlights opportunities to improve day-part's traffic.
Fuels Technology & Equipment
Single platform designed for dealer, company-owned convenience stores
Beverages
The tiny subsegment gets a boost from major brewers' entries.
Lunch and P.M. Snack Fastest-Growing Foodservice Dayparts in C-stores
C-Store Day-Part Distribution
Year ending December 2013
While c-stores saw nice growth during lunch and p.m. snack day-parts, breakfast and supper saw losses.
| Day-part | PCYA* | Share of Traffic |
| Morning meals | -1% | 33% |
| Lunch | 5% | 19% |
| Supper | -2% | 6% |
| P.M. snack | 3% | 42% |
Source: The NPD Group/CREST
*Percent change from a year ago
Traffic Report: C-Store
C-stores experienced 1% growth last year, compared to flat growth from QSR and food/drug segments.
| Year Ending | Traffic PCYA* |
| Dec. 2011 | 3% |
| Dec. 2012 | 2% |
| Dec. 2013 | 1% |
Source: The NPD Group/CREST
*Percent change from a year ago
Source:
The NPD Group/CREST,
Corporate News
VERC president keynotes New England Family Business Conference
