As technology continues to evolve, c-stores look to plant-based and international flavors to meet the surging demand for fresh foods in 2020. With foodservice now a core component of the convenience landscape, c-store retailers are watching the abundance of food trends vying for prominence in 2020. Which concepts will dominate menus in the year ahead?…
2020 Leaders In Convenience
Leadership for a New Decade 2020 is set to bring new changes and challenges. Partnerships with innovative supplier companies can help convenience retailers differentiate themselves in the year ahead. 2020 welcomes not only a new decade but a smorgasbord of new opportunities for convenience store retailers. Growing disruption is exploding across the industry — from…
January 2020 issue: How C-Stores Are Responding to Fuel Disruption
Despite traditional fuel’s expected dominance in the new decade,c-store retailers are adapting to signs of disruption in the fuel market by integrating electric vehicle charging stations and flex fuels. The ‘20s have arrived carrying early signals that this decade will begin to bring transformation to the fuels market as convenience store retailers know it. C-store…
December 2019 issue: 40 under 40
CStore Decisions presents the 2019 40 Under 40 class of next-generation convenience store leaders. Today’s retail environment is changing faster than ever before as technological disruption pushes c-stores to adapt for the future while simultaneously championing the values and traditions that have supported their success throughout their companies’ histories. Next-generation leaders are playing a key…
November 2019 issue: Weigel’s Celebrated as CStore Decisions’ 2019 Chain of the Year
The family-owned Tennessee convenience store chain is the 30th winner of this prestigious award for convenience retailing. Outstanding leadership, great stores and unsurpassed customer service are the hallmarks of the convenience store industry’s exceptional chains. Weigel’s checks each of these boxes and so much more. For decades, the company has been a respected member of…
October 2019 issue: Revitalizing Refuel
Refuel plans rapid expansion through acquisitions and a $50 million investment in new builds as it refreshes sites to compete in a burgeoning South Carolina market. Refuel convenience stores burst into the spotlight this past May when it closed two acquisitions alongside its private equity sponsor, First Reserve, immediately increasing its store count more than…
September 2019 Issue: 30 Years of C-Store Industry Evolution
As CStore Decisions celebrates its 30th anniversary, we look back on the major changes within the c-store industry over the past three decades. In 1990, Convenience Store Decisions debuted its first magazine issue. In January of that year, the median price of a home stood at $125,000, a loaf of white bread averaged 69 cents, a…
August 2019 Issue: Navigating Next-Generation Leadership
As truenorth celebrates 100 years, Bailey Lyden and Lindsay Lyden share their perspectives on transitioning leadership to the fourth generation. As fourth-generation executives in the Lyden family business, True North Energy, cousins Bailey Lyden and Lindsay Lyden credit the generation above them for easing their integration into the company and positioning the chain for the…
July 2019 Issue: 2019 Chains to Watch
Fuel City grows as a destination with a robust foodservice program, unique family attractions and car care. And BP invests in technological advancements, clean energy and expanding its retail footprint. With an award-winning and diverse food program, strong ties to the communities it serves and a multitude of unique, family-friendly offerings, Dallas-area c-store chain Fuel…
June 2019: Adapting to Tobacco Category Evolution
As regulations erect roadblocks to tobacco sales, c-store retailers expand into alternate segments in hope of finding new ways to grow sales. Throughout the first half of 2019, the tobacco category has been inundated with proposed legislative restrictions. One Hawaii lawmaker attempted to graduate the minimum purchase age to 100 (it soon fizzled out in…