All Special Reports

When it comes to coffee, innovation is a constant refrain: how to keep customers coming in, and how to keep the offer fresh and buzzworthy. In the convenience segment, two trends stand out: cold brew ...

The everyday c-store customer has a new demographic makeup, with evolving wants and needs. Revolutionizing retail foodservice starts with understanding this new consumer, how their preferences are sha...

The NACS Show® is the world’s largest c-store. This year, convenience retailers will hike the halls of Chicago’s McCormick Place, shopping for their next best-seller.

Top convenience store retailers focused on creating five-star experiences and operations. The power of the mystery shop isn't just in the data, however; it lies within how the participants got those numbers.

CSP has been highlighting new convenience stores in a feature titled Grand Opening for more than five years. Some retailers blew out expectations by building stores of unprecedented proportion, w...

Foot-traffic report illustrates consumer behaviors at pumps and in stores

Craveable and flavorful drinks can set convenience-store menus apart, and consumers and operators agree that beverage innovation is a must. In fact, convenience operators that prioritize beverages are...

CSP and Technomic takes an in-depth look at where the industry stands in foodservice, who's doing it best, cross-channel competition and more.

CSP's 2019 Fuels 50, produced in partnership with Oil Price Information Service, shows those brands that are pulling in the most gallons—and winning over customers.

Limited-time offerings (LTOs) may not last forever, but they have the power to spark traffic and spend. In fact, Technomic research shows that 24% of restaurant operators say that springtime LTOs make...

For convenience stores to be competitive in the foodservice space, it’s crucial they benchmark against not only other c-stores, but restaurants as well. And one of the stiffest places of competi...

You might not expect to find hemp in your energy drink, or the essence of crab in your cheese ball. To be certain, it’s not normal for vodka to come in a hockey-stick-shaped vessel, or a power b...

New Yorkers like a big foldable slice of pizza, while in Chicago, they like it deep and cheesy. The same sense of place shapes consumers' convenience needs. To get a better sense of the differences, CSP and Technomic studied customers from coast to coast.