Independents

Mergers & Acquisitions

Yocum Oil Exiting Gas, C-Store Business

Retailer selling nine Holiday Stationstores back to Holiday, liquidating businesses

CSP Magazine

Beverages: Distributor's Notebook 2014

Convenience store retailers are finding real opportunities with the rise of all-day snacking and the appeal of juices, smoothies and coffee drinks as snack and meal substitutes.

C-store sales of salty snacks were a mixed bag in 2013. The largest segment, potato chips, saw units off 2.6%, and cheese and corn snacks both lost unit volume as well. On the upswing: tortilla/tostada chips, snack nuts, pretzels, trail mixes and ready-to-eat popcorn, among others.

Deal will create standalone retail business with nearly 5,650 convenience stores

Sales volume grows along with consumer interest

Big month-to-month, year-to-year gas price hikes in Southeast, 37 states, D.C.

PCATS rebrands, focuses on energized mission, new image

Tobacco retailer plans as many as 10 Glass Werx retail sites

Sites bulk up jobbership's current retail footprint in N.J., Del., Pa.

Deal represents a new beginning, not ending, for growth

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