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Nearly 80% of retailers describe current business conditions as “good” or “excellent.” And about half of operators expect even greater improvement in 2020. There’s a lot to cheer about. But as economic worries rise and a presidential election looms, convenience-store retailers seek certainty.

Busy people sometimes have trouble fitting in three healthy meals each day.

In todays need-it-now world, much of the same quickly leads to irrelevance. Home delivery, curbside pickup and Amazon Go have reordered consumers' expectations.

Most consumers choose to eat at a convenience store for the same reason: because they’re craving a specific item from that chain. Thirty percent of consumers said their need to satisfy a craving was t...

How c-store retailers can grab consumers’ attention—and foodservice beverage business

Mike Lawshe hates it when a c-store client says it’s “just” a convenience store. Lawshe, president and CEO of Paragon Solutions, a retail design firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, sees merit in look...

Thirsting for Innovation: Consumer Perspectives on C-Store Prepared Beverage report page

It’s not easy being the small guy. There’s the squeeze of regulations, escalating demands of customers and crush of competition from larger chains with more capital and resources. The challenges ar...

CSP’s Top 202 details the largest chains in the convenience-store industry and the biggest M&A stories of the past year based on Technomic data. Welcome to a deep dive into the c-store landscape.

Operators in the retail, noncommercial and restaurant segments are feeling pretty good about the state of their industries.

Here, CSP distills the data, the trends and the technologies that are reconfiguring the c-store industry’s place in retailing.

From new flavors and combinations to put between two pieces of bread—or not bread at all—here’s a look at 30 sandwiches that sound good to us.

Check out the consumer data that will help retailers supercharge the category.