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Technology/Services

How AI is helping convenience stores price new products

 By Chuck Ulie on Dec. 09, 2025

Revionics’ Matt Pavich also discusses navigating tariffs, inflation and high consumer price-sensitivity across a retailer’s entire assortment

Foodservice

Circana expands its market research on the c-store industry

 By Chuck Ulie on Nov. 13, 2025

The company is now analyzing $15B in annual sales from prepared foods, dispensed beverages and fresh products

Foodservice

Satisfying On-the-Go Consumers with Craveable, Snackable Eats

Sponsored content from our partner Ajinomoto on Nov. 04, 2025

To harness convenience store foodservice visit dollars, operators need to ensure they’re meeting consumers’ needs and tastes.

Foodservice

Steal This Foodservice Idea: Jettison worn-out concept, bring in new one

Nov. 03, 2025

Sales went through the roof with a customizable Mediterranean restaurant at Cal State San Marcos

Snacks & Candy

Nostalgia and bold flavors are shaping snacking behaviors

By Diane Adam on Oct. 14, 2025

RaceTrac's Anna Kjerrumgaard reveals at the 2025 NACS Show that hot and spicy flavors, unique combinations like buffalo ranch and dill, and nostalgic 1990s-inspired snacks are dominating convenience retail

Foodservice

Convenience-store channel poised for growth, Technomic says

By Chuck Ulie on Oct. 13, 2025

Execution is everything when it comes to foodservice in c-stores, Donna Hood Crecca says

Beverages

What's Brewing in C-Store Coffee

Sponsored content from our partner SEB Professional North America on Oct. 10, 2025

The traditional boundaries between restaurant segments — QSR, fast-casual, full-service, and c-store — are dissolving at an unprecedented pace. Still, coffee has remained a constant in this changing landscape.

Technology/Services

Offer Intelligence Case Study: Proven Strategies for Driving Incremental 1:1 Personalization and Incremental Growth

Sponsored content from our partner Par Technology on Oct. 03, 2025

In today’s competitive convenience and fuel retail landscape, personalization is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a necessity.

Snacks & Candy

The Value of Bundling in 2025 for C-Stores

Sponsored content from our partner The Hershey Company on Sep. 24, 2025

As shoppers increasingly turn to C-stores for quick meals and snacks, bundling – pairing food and beverage items into value-driven combos – is shaping the future of the category by driving traffic and strengthening customer loyalty.

Technology/Services

Why scalability matters for retail media at the pump and in-store, and how to achieve it

Sponsored content from our partner Broadsign on Sep. 24, 2025

Gas stations and convenience stores are sitting on a goldmine of untapped physical advertising space, from the pump to brick-and-mortar locations.

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