Data: Consumer Fuel-Buying Preferences
Raw data from exclusive CSP/Technomic consumer survey
So Where Are We?
Clearly, c-stores have room for improvement. Some of this is simply a matter of more consistently executing on the basics and opportunities already discussed. But some of it shows a large gulf between consumer expectations and business realities.
Is November’s Republican landslide across Congressional and gubernatorial races the emphatic mandate the GOP had been craving since Newt Gingrich’s revolution more than 20 years ago? Or is it a mood swing reminiscent of 2006, when Democrats seemed to win every close race and claimed both Houses during Bush’s fınal two years?