General Merchandise

General merchandise category news for the convenience-store retail industry

General Merchandise

Core-Mark Curated to Serve as New-Product Incubator

Initiative offers emerging brands a chance to place their goods in c-stores

General Merchandise

CPG Spending Up for Month, Year

Group expects heightened demand to continue through pandemic recovery and beyond

General Merchandise

Boosting Coffee-Bar Sales In the Pandemic and Beyond

Jul. 13, 2020

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic brought a lot of unknowns for convenience store foodservice—health and sanitation measures became top priority, and fluctuations in demand became more unpredictable than ever before.

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3 Ways On-the-Go Condiments Can Boost the Foodservice Experience

Sponsored content from our partner TABASCO® Brand on Jul. 08, 2020

Many convenience stores are evolving their foodservice programs to meet today’s changing environment—from rethinking the soda fountain to adding curbside pick-up.

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Inside the Cenex® C-Store Transformation

Sponsored content from our partner Cenex® on Jul. 05, 2020

On this podcast, CSP editor Jackson Lewis sits down with Akhtar Hussain, director of refined fuels marketing at Cenex, to discuss the brand’s four-year initiative to renovate its 1,450 locally owned and operated stores.

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