CStore Decisions June 2022 Digital Edition is sponsored by Invenco . The tobacco category’s resilience keeps paying off for c-stores even as regulatory headwinds, inflation and rising fuel costs pose challenges for tobacco sales. Outside of pump prices, few convenience store categories are subjected to external factors as extensively and frequently as tobacco, and now…
May 2022 Issue: The Kent Cos. Sets Sights on New Market Growth
CStore Decisions May 2022 Digital Edition is sponsored by Invenco . Bill Kent, CEO of The Kent Cos., is targeting $1 billion in revenue as the company ventures into new operating areas, while elevating foodservice and testing self-checkout. The Kent Cos., based in Midland, Texas, is aggressively growing through acquisitions and new-to-industry stores, venturing out…
April 2022 Issue: Navigating Staffing Challenges in Today’s Labor Market
CStore Decisions April 2022 Digital Edition is sponsored by GSK. The 13th annual CSD/Humetrics HR Benchmarking Survey examines how c-store retailers are responding to the labor management landscape in 2022. After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply challenges and labor shortages, c-store retailers are evaluating labor management practices in 2022 as they look to…
March 2022 Issue: The 2022 Category Management Handbook
CStore Decisions March 2022 Digital Edition is sponsored by Apter Industries. CStore Decisions examines data and emerging trends across 38 core c-store categories. After two full years of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent omicron variant surge, uncertainty along with supply chain issues and labor shortages remain, yet convenience store retailers are cautiously optimistic about…
January 2022 Issue: Fuel’s Unpredictable Future
CStore Decisions January 2022 Digital Edition is sponsored by GSK. As Washington pushes fuel economy, EVs draw the spotlight, with alternative fuels and improved engine technology set to play bigger roles in moving America. Electric vehicles are grabbing the headlines. Auto manufacturers like Ford have committed to an all-electric F-150 pickup truck, while convenience store…
December 2021 Issue: 40 Under 40
CStore Decisions December 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by Apter Industries. CStore Decisions unveils the industry’s 2021 class of 40 Under 40 Leaders to Watch. Throughout 2021, c-store retailers have grappled with ongoing challenges due to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, including supply chain issues, labor shortages and continued digital disruption. Next-generation retailers have been leading…
November 2021 Issue: Yesway Honored as 2021 Chain of the Year
CStore Decisions November 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company . With 403 stores across the U.S., the Texas-based chain is the 32nd recipient of the most prestigious industry award for convenience retailing. Outstanding leadership, great stores, a distinguished brand and a commitment to treating your people with class and dignity deserves recognition,…
October 2021 Issue: Creating Chestnut Market
CStore Decisions October 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by Invenco . When Chestnut Petroleum Distributors Inc. (CPD) CEO Mickey Jamal started the business with his wife Kay in 1981, he could not have foreseen the changes to come over the next four decades. “The first location we purchased was a repair shop that had two…
September 2021 Issue: Neon Marketplace Shines Light on Growth
CStore Decisions September 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by March Networks . Neon Marketplace is set to debut its prototype design as it prepares to expand to 150 sites within fi ve years via new-to-industry stores. Neon Marketplace arrived on the scene in mid-2020, opening two stores in New England in the middle of the…
August 2021 Issue: Colonial Group Celebrates 100 Years
CStore Decisions August 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by EINSTEIN BROS. BAGELS . With the fourth generation at the helm, Enmarket’s parent company reaches the century milestone and sets its sights on future growth. Colonial Group, the parent company of Savannah, Ga.-based Enmarket convenience stores, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The company’s longevity is a…