Erin Del Conte, executive editor of CStore Decisions, speaks with Joy Almekies, senior director of food services, Global Partners about her experiences as a Gen X woman in the convenience store industry. This podcast is sponsored by Hunt Brothers Pizza.   CStore Decisions · Conversations With Women in Convenience Featuring Joy Almekies  

Today’s convenience store chains face a unique challenge. Despite recognizing the value of improving their leadership pipelines and making investments in leadership development and leadership training, nearly 30% of them still describe their candidate pool as “weak” or “very weak.” The core problem seems to be that companies are doing a poor job of identifying and grooming potential leaders early in…

CStore Decisions Executive Editor Erin Del Conte speaks with Kendra Meyer, the vice president of real estate development for Casey’s, to learn more about her experiences as a millennial woman in the workforce and her advice for Gen Z. This podcast is sponsored by Hunt Brothers Pizza. CStore Decisions · Conversations With Women in Convenience…

As a top executive at Food Forward Thinking, Jessica Williams leads a consultancy for foodservice development and implementation in grocery, convenience, restaurants, and food manufacturing. In this in-depth conversation with CSD Editor John Lofstock, Williams shares her industry knowledge and how to develop a winning strategy in foodservice.

CStore Decisions Executive Editor Erin Del Conte and Seth Bridges, founder and head of product for Rival IQ, discuss the 2022 Social Media Awards. Bridges explains the methodology behind the awards and what the winners are doing well. He also shares best practices on social media for retailers for the year ahead. This podcast is…

CStore Decisions Executive Editor Erin Del Conte speaks with Amanda Shymanski, digital marketing & advertising manager for QuickChek. Shymanski shares her experiences as a woman in business and what she wishes she knew when she was first starting out. This podcast is sponsored by Hunt Brothers Pizza.   CStore Decisions · Conversations With Women in…

  Thomas Mulloy, senior editor with CBDRetailTrends.com and CStore Decisions magazine, welcomes Jeff Ragovin, chief commercial officer with Fyllo, a company whose mission is providing compliance-first solutions for highly regulated industries. Ragovin discusses the difficulties for CBD manufacturers and retailers in navigating a continually shifting regulatory landscape, as well as mainstream companies entering the CBD/hemp…

John Lofstock, editor of CStore Decisions and executive director of the National Advisory Group (NAG), speaks with Horacio Gavilán, of the Hispanic Marketing Council (HMC); and Suzy Silliman, of National Retail Solutions (NRS), about the growing impact Hispanic shoppers are having on the convenience store market.

Erin Del Conte, executive editor with CStore Decisions, speaks with Carly LaBeau, retail accounting administrator for FriendShip Stores and Beck Suppliers. A millennial, LaBeau talks about her experiences in the c-store industry as she celebrates her 11th anniversary with FriendShip, as well as FriendShip’s culture of rewarding employees. This podcast is sponsored by Hunt Brothers…

CStore Decisions Executive Editor Erin Del Conte speaks with Polly Flinn, president of GetGo and executive vice president of Giant Eagle. Flinn has seen the convenience store industry evolve over the years. Today, more businesses are becoming more accepting of different styles and working to call in more voices. Flinn shares some of her experiences…