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Merchandising Strategies Shift With Rise of Self-Checkout

Because self-checkout skews toward smaller baskets and quick fill-in trips, shoppers utilizing the technology have to wait for a shorter time and in different queue areas. As a result, retailers have a limited window of opportunity to engage customers with front-end merchandising, and strategies that worked before may not work now.

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Wawa Selects Site for First Alabama Convenience Store

The chain’s first location in the state will be located at Twin Beech Road and Highway 98 in Fairhope. An opening date has not yet been set by the Pennsylvania-based retailer.

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Performance Food Group Brings Convenience Ops Under Core-Mark Banner

The decision came a year after Performance Food Group (PFG) closed on its acquisition of Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc., which followed PFG’s 2019 deal for Eby-Brown Co. LLC. Now operating as Core-Mark, the convenience business of PFG services more than 50,000 customers through 39 distribution centers across the United States and Canada.

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7-Eleven’s Sale of 70-Plus Stores Opens Door for Small Operators

Thirty-five of the sites being offered are fee-owned properties and the remaining are leaseholds. All sites are being sold without convenience store branding.

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Alimentation Couche-Tard Has Robust Pipeline of Future Stores

During the first quarter of its 2023 fiscal year, the convenience store retailer expanded its network by building 30 new sites. The company also has 55 sites currently under construction, according to President and CEO Brian Hannasch.

EXPERT VIEWPOINT

Strategy Creates Success

As the line between restaurant and convenience retail continues to blur, it’s critical that c-stores — particularly those that serve food — offer more robust pickup and delivery options in order to stay competitive, writes Kevin Rice, executive vice president at digital growth partner Bounteous. He advised that retailers plan for the long-term and start a delivery program using third-party delivery services (3PDs); then strategically create their own delivery channels and transition to using 3PDs solely as a delivery fulfillment service; and finally use loyalty to reacquire customers from 3PDs, converting them with enticing loyalty programs and offers to purchase directly from their own app and website.

VIDEO: A Blueprint for Foodservice Success

From improved branding to menu innovation to navigating supply chain challenges, every aspect of today’s rapidly changing convenience foodservice market was addressed at the 2022 Convenience Foodservice Exchange event, presented by Convenience Store News.

The annual event is a networking and experience-focused conference designed to give attendees actionable knowledge, insights and research to strengthen their foodservice businesses. Presentation and panel discussion highlights included the importance of differentiation; the ways that small ideas can have big value; and the importance of embracing continuous improvement.

For more videos, visit the Special Features section of csnews.com.

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Gilbarco Veeder-Root Passport POS Containerization & Edge Computing

Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s latest initiative aims to increase the reliability and flexibility of its Passport Point-of-Sale (POS) by leveraging edge computing with Acumera’s Reliant Platform in the convenience store environment. The containerization development currently in progress for Passport POS simplifies the traditional POS architecture, enabling faster updates and increased overall uptime and resiliency, according to the company. Running Passport as a container-based application on Acumera’s Reliant Platform allows for full local redundancy of the POS even when internet connectivity fails.

Gilbarco Veeder-Root Greensboro, N.C. gilbarco.com