By Sara Counihan

Core-Mark is a newly-formed wholesale powerhouse is poised to deliver game-changing store solutions that run the gamut from fresh and healthy grab-and-go items to hot-and-ready prepared foodservice programs and technology tools that keep retailers efficient and connected to their shoppers.

If that sounds like a lot...you’re right.

That’s the beauty of the opportunities the company provides for its retail partners. Knowledge runs deep in the ranks of this distribution leader, and that breadth of expertise pairs perfectly with a dedication to customer service that’s hard to beat. The team at Core-Mark understands the convenience business because they have evolved within it.

Perhaps the most significant outcome of the partnership has been the influx of expertise in foodservice, thanks to the advantages of parent company Performance Food Group, one of the nation’s largest broadline food distributors, with more than 150 locations in the U.S. and parts of Canada. Serving foodservice purveyors at multiple levels across the restaurant industry, PFG offers unmatched capabilities and invaluable insights to the convenience channel, at levels not readily found with other distributors.

Operating as one, the synergies and alignments of these leading companies have created a robust experience for their convenience retailer partners.

We talked with some key leaders from the Core-Mark team about where they see the industry moving, particularly in the arenas of foodservice and technology, and how the company plans to assist customers as they navigate that journey.

Read the remainder of the article here and in the digital issue of NACS Magazine.

Sara Counihan is contributing editor of NACS Magazine and NACS Daily. She can be reached at scounihan@convenience.org.