Power 20: Retailers Making a Difference

Retailers leading today's c-store industry
Power 20: Retailers Making a Difference

Stephanie Hurt

QuikTrip has long done basic c-store foodservice very, very well. But in recent years, it has elevated its offer to include made-to-order, expansive menus encompassing pizza, breakfast bowls and speci...

Power 20: Retailers Making a Difference

Aaron Simpson

Maintaining what is arguably the most unique and targeted brands in the industry isn’t an easy job. But Aaron Simpson is going to do it. And do it well.As if someone with the title vice presiden...

Jere Matthews has been called a “clean freak” once or twice in his life. Last year, his hygienic standards paid off. As vice president of operations, he led the Rutter’s team to a ne...

Most c-store operators start out on the local level, with one or two stations often inherited from the previous generation. But Jennifer Pomerantz, an investment manager, entered from the top down, im...

“On constant alert to find ways to serve new customers”: That’s how Andrew Rebholz summarizes TravelCenters of America’s (TA’s) quest to improve. In recent years, that mi...

For Steve Loehr, providing healthier offers at Kwik Trip stores wasn’t so much a cause as an evolution within its foundational foodservice program, something customers would ultimately embrace a...

Rodney McMullen may largely keep his sights set on the grocery business, but his influence permeates well beyond the edges of the vertical. Kroger’s sale of its $4 billion c-store business in Fe...

There was a time when seeing someone in a crisp chef’s coat at an industry event was an anomaly. “Did they mix up the dates for the NRA Show with the NACS Show?” one might have thoug...

Convenience retailing is about selling the right stuff. But to be a successful convenience retailer, there’s an even more important kind of “right stuff.” Thomas Nicholas Trkla of Ye...

Do the math: It’s been the mantra for Speedway for years, and no one lives it more than Glenn Plumby, who became head of operations in 2010 and has been with the company for more than three deca...

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