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On The Menu: Sandwiches & Roller Grill Data 2014

Convenience-store sandwich sales trends, and the most common sandwich types and ingredients across quick-service, fast-food, fast-casual, quick-casual and family-dining segments.

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Final Word: The Strategic Squeeze, ‘Creepy-Free’

“Creepy-free” consumer intimacy: This trend seemed to first find legs in the fast-casual arena, where concepts offered, as one of their fundamental tenets, an air of personalization.

Independence Eve campaign explores "how great America could have been"

Where do convenience stores, QSRs, grocers and others anticipate the most growth opportunities?

Off-premise consumption growth, day-part bright spots and more

Number-crunching on diesel fuel rebate shortages is accurate, auditor says

Grocer doubles down on fresh fruit, adds salad bars, quick purchase for liquor, cigarettes

Snacking incidents are are growing. What are consumers snacking on and where do they prefer to do it?

Convenience rules, but c-stores aren't consumers' favorite places to get gas

Cigarette sales in convenience stores continue to slide, while e-cigarettes see nearly 98% unit-sales growth. Cigars, meanwhile, saw unit-sales growth of nearly 6%, but dollar sales remained generally...

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