Murphy USA Inc. and Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc. are continuing their partnership and embarking on a new five-year supply agreement. Through the renewed agreement Core-Mark will continue to serve as the primary wholesale distributor to Murphy USA, delivering over 75% of the merchandise sold in their stores. “We are confident the Core-Mark team will continue…

Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade fans should tune in on Super Bowl Sunday to see the product’s first-ever Super Bowl LV ad, titled “Last Year’s Lemons.” The commercial celebrates the relatable moments in 2020 and is inspired by the do-it-yourself haircuts, postponed weddings and other inconvenient situations, and looks to provide a little bit of levity…

Giving back is important to Stewart’s Shops, which employs over 4,500 people and operates over 337 shops across New York and southern Vermont. In December, the c-store chain announced it was donating $1,000 to BluePath Service Dogs, a nonprofit organization that works to provide service dogs to individuals with Autism. But that’s only one of…

A bipartisan coalition of 23 attorneys general has submitted a letter calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban menthol cigarettes. The coalition, led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, argued in the letter that a ban on menthol cigarettes would benefit public health overall, decrease youth…

Alcoholic beverages provided one of few bright spots for c-store retailers last year, as customers flocked to convenience stores for large packs of beer and hard seltzer to help them weather lockdowns and social distancing rules. As customers looked to relieve the stress of the pandemic, many also treated themselves to wine or pre-mixed cocktails…

Convenience stores use loyalty programs, also known as rewards programs, to incentivize customers to shop repeatedly at their stores. Loyalty programs are used not only by c-stores but also by major airlines and retailers across channels. Originally, loyalty programs at convenience stores consisted of paper punch cards, also known as club cards, where customers received…

The Tobacco-21 law (known as Tobacco 21 or T21) raised the minimum purchase age of tobacco products — including e-cigarettes and vaporizers— from 18 years of age to 21 years of age. The law was first adopted by more than 500 cities and towns, as well as Washington, D.C. and 19 states — including Arkansas,…

Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are overlooked by employers even though they have the skills to do the job. Convenience store chain VERC Enterprises maintains ongoing partnerships with organizations that help provide employment opportunities to these individuals. But that’s only one of the many ways that VERC Enterprises actively works to support the…

CStore Decisions, for the ninth consecutive year, is recognizing convenience store chains standing out on social media. If there was ever a year where social media outreach proved vital to c-store chains’ success, it was 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought about social distancing and lockdown rules that drove customers inside. Those brands with a…

For this year’s social media awards, CStore Decisions partnered with social media analytics company Rival IQ to track 65 convenience store chains’ performance across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter from November 2019 to November 2020.  In this podcast, CStore Decisions Executive Editor Erin Del Conte and Rival IQ Founder Seth Bridges discuss the award winners. Bridges…