OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- It’s tempting to declare that The Pantry’s 2014 story arc led it to top the most-read stories in CSP Daily News both at the onset and the outset of the year. Our January declaration of a “coup at the ’Roo” and our announcement that the company’s Kangaroo Express convenience-store chain was about to be sold in December did drive healthy traffic to CSPnet.com; traffic that in any other year would have made them the top stories.
But this was a year like no other, with legal drama, acquisition fireworks and arguable survey declarations that made the c-store industry a continual fount of head-turning news.
With that, CSP Daily News presents its annual list of the most-read stories of the year.
Sales execs allegedly participated in fraud; one recorded conversations
Original run date: June 1
Retail giant's first true c-store has much-watched "soft" launch
Original run date: March 17
Speedway’s $2.8 billion bid for Hess banks on retailer’s elite loyalty program
Original run date: Nov. 18
Other shoe drops on Energy Transfer Partners’ retail future
Original run date: April 29
Daily Meal dishes up its list of favorite retailers
Original run date: March 23
Stock price rises on report that deal is coming "within days," but with whom?
Original run date: Dec. 17
C-store industry gets burned by recent social-media posts
Original run date: July 25
Dissident group mounts battle for the board
Original run date: Jan. 25
But many c-stores not meeting basic service, cleanliness standards, says Market Force
Original run date: Sept. 11
"Fundamentals are excellent," CNBC stock guru says
Original run date: Nov. 18
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