roam ‘n stop has opened three Las Vegas-area convenience stores on June 6 and June 7, with the third to open on June 8. The new roam ‘n stop convenience stores provide a unique customer experience, including a wide variety of food items, a large selection of healthy food options and a family-friendly environment. roam…
WTG Fuels Completes Sale of Assets to GPM Investments
WTG Fuels Holdings LLC has completed the sale of its retail motor fuels, convenience retail and fleet fueling businesses to subsidiaries of GPM Investments LLC, a subsidiary of ARKO Corp. The assets sold to GPM included 24 Uncle’s-branded convenience stores, 68 Gascard-branded cardlock sites, 43 private cardlock sites, the company’s Gascard fleet card assets and…
Pilot Prioritizes a ‘Culture of Inclusion’
Pilot Co. serves more than 1.5 million customers each day with help from its nearly 30,000 team members. Over the past 15 months, Pilot has increased its focus on improving its team member experience across policies, procedures and the environment, which has included developing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices. CStore Decisions caught up with…
Alternative Products Expo Details Announced
The Alternative Products Expo has announced that its Dallas edition will take place on July 13-15 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center. The event will feature a wide variety of exhibitors, showcasing the latest products, trends and services in the industry. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy exclusive deals on products only available…
Casey’s Closes Fiscal Year With 19% EBITDA Growth
Casey’s released its financial results for the three months and year ended April 30, as well as announced that the board of directors has unanimously voted to elect Darren M. Rebelez as the company’s board chair. In addition to this new title, Rebelez currently serves as president, CEO and a current director. Rebelez succeeds H.…
Fire & Flower Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries have received an order for creditor protection (Initial Order) from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The company has been actively pursuing additional financing to raise capital to fund its operations, and on May 26, 2023, engaged a financial advisor to…
A Place for CBD
While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to evaluate cannabidiol (CBD) to determine a new regulatory pathway for CBD in foods and supplements, customers are nonetheless still purchasing CBD-containing products. Ready-to-drink tea and coffee that contain CBD saw a 3.3% increase in dollar sales at convenience stores for the 52 weeks ending April 23,…
How to Grow Beer Sales in 2023
How can convenience stores grow their beer sales in 2023, or for that matter, any year? Step one is knowing what consumers want to drink. Analyzing recent sales data for your stores as well as nationally can help you zero in on trends impacting the category. For example, recent Circana sales data shows non-alcoholic beer,…
C-Store Foodservice Visits in Canada Slow by 5%
Canada’s foodservice industry continues to thrive and increase in the double digits as customers’ dining behaviors shift and they start going out more after the pandemic. Customer visits to restaurants and other foodservice outlets increased by 11%, and spending grew by 18% in the quarter ending March compared to a year ago, according to Circana,…
Plant-Based Quick-Serve Meals
United Food Group introduced two lines of affordable, convenient, protein-packed, nutritious meals — Perfect Servings Meals and Easy Peasy Meals. The plant-based meal solutions are ideal for eating at home, at the office, in an RV or while camping. Perfect Servings Meals are available in six flavors: Be’f Stroganoff, Creamy Chick’n Alfredo, Spicy Chick’n Jambalaya, […]