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Samantha Oller

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Samantha Oller

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Company News

Knowing the Unknowns

Preparation is best insurance against convenience store industry's many dangers

CSP Magazine

Foodservice: Frozen/Refrigerated Foods 2014

2013 frozen- and refrigerated-food sales data from c-stores, including milk, entrees,cheese, eggs and more.

CSP Magazine

Foodservice: Hot Dispensed Beverages 2014

Hot-dispensed-beverages sales data and consumer-behavior trends in convenience stores.

CSP Magazine

Foodservice: Traffic & Menu Trends 2014

Convenience stores have been the best-performing segment for foodservice at retail over the past three years, increasing traffic each year. Here's a look at traffic trends and what consumers are looking for when shopping for food in a c-store.

CSP Magazine

Candy: Nonchocolate Candy 2014

Convenience store unit sales of nonchocolate candy fell 1.2% in 2013, with declines in novelty, nut/coconut and hard sugar candy, as well as plain mints. Chewy candy, the largest segment, gained slightly in unit sales.

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Candy: Mints/Gum/Breath Fresheners 2014

Convenience store sales of gum decelerated even more in 2013. Both regular and sugarless lost ground. Breath-freshener sales were stronger, growing more than 2% increase in unit sales.

CSP Magazine

Candy: Chocolate Candy 2014

Candy overall had a semi-sweet year in 2013, with chocolate posting a 1.4% increase in convenience store unit sales. Larger package sizes—3.5 ounces and greater—saw units up nearly 12%.

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Snacks: Meat Snacks & Jerky 2014

Convenience store unit sales of meat snacks fell nearly 1% in 2013, with dollars up around 2%, according to IRI. The largest segment—jerky, with more than 41% of dollar sales—grew dollar sales nearly 6% but lost ground on unit sales.

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Snacks: Energy/Diet/Granola Bars 2014

Convenience store sales of bars rose nearly 9% in 2013, according to IRI, with nutritional/intrinsic health posting the biggest gains. Granola-bar sales, meanwhile, fell more than 11%, with units off more than 9%.

Foodservice

Zarco USA's 'Serious' Pumpside Ordering

Customers can order sandwiches at pump with new tablet

General Merchandise/HBC

C-Store Basket Case: The ABCs of Impulse

Retailers, suppliers discuss how health, demographics, sizes, more shape sales

CSP Magazine

Snacks: Sweet Snacks 2014

Convenience store sales of baked sweet snacks reflected the tumult of the Hostess implosion in 2013, with unit figures for bakery snacks, doughnuts and muffins dropping. Cookies posted another strong year of sales growth, while the pastry, Danish and coffeecake segment also enjoyed strong gains in 2013, driven by strong growth for the top five brands.

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