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Amanda Baltazar

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Amanda Baltazar

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CSP Magazine

Raise a Glass: C-Stores Grow Their Liquor Offer

Thanks are in order to lawmakers, suppliers and younger consumers for expanding the alcohol-beverage opportunity

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Who's Turning Snacking on Its Head?

There’s a major influencer in the snack industry, one that’s affecting how all generations are consuming snacks and how manufacturers are bringing products to market.

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Snacking's Dual Income

Consumers have their cake and granola bars too—giving you twice the snack sales opportunity

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Candy's Seasonal Meltdown

But is merchandising seasonal-candy early a risky practice? Do you risk driving holiday-weary consumers away? As with most things retail, the answer’s in the numbers.

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Grabbing a Handful of Snacking Insights

A look at taste trends and consumer tendencies driving five snack segments.

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Candy: Natural Selection

As consumers call for transparency, candy manufacturers begin unwrapping their ingredient lists.

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At the Intersection of Convenience and Healthy

How drug chains are pivoting toward c-stores’ sweet spot, and what to do about it.

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CSP Kitchen: Counting Calories

New FDA rules require c-stores post nutritional info by December

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CSP Kitchen: Feeding Junior

Healthy kids’ meals ranked No. 4 in the National Restaurant Association’s “What’s Hot 2015 Culinary Forecast,” a survey of nearly 1,300 professional chefs. Also on the list were whole-grain items in kids’ meals (No. 14) and fruit/vegetable children’s sides (No. 19). But are convenience store-operators taking any notice?

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Niche Thirst

To succeed with healthy beverages, it’s all about finding the appropriate product

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Diesel, Part Deux

Once reserved for truckstops and travel centers, diesel is wending its way into convenience-store locations. From NOCO sites in upstate New York to Wawa and Dash-In across the Mid-Atlantic region, diesel is not only winning space, it’s also capturing featured placement across the forecourt.

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Grocery: A Cut of the Action

Convenience stores have a perception problem when it comes to selling fresh fruits and vegetables. Here are two retailers who are making it work.

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