ALEXANDRIA, Va.—QSR Magazine has listed the U.S.’s top 27 fastest growing quick-service restaurants in 2020. Topping the list is Starbucks, with 287 mores stores since 2019 and 15,328 total units. Even though the Seattle-based company shut down 800 stores in 2020, it used the clo...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Cool New Products Preview Room at the 2021 NACS Show, which took place Oct. 5-8 in Chicago, offered attendees a sneak peek at the latest products and services available to the convenience store industry. New this year, attendees used the NACS My Show Planner a...
NEW YORK—A2Z Smart Technologies is deploying a smart shopping cart pilot program at two New York City grocery stores, reports Progressive Grocer. Fifty Cust2Mate smart carts will be tested at two Morton Williams locations in Manhattan. “Our smart carts are an ideal solution for b...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Walmart, Home Depot, Costco and Target are chartering their own cargo ships in order to stock shelves, reports the Wall Street Journal. Supply chain delay across the world are so delayed that the companies are taking this extreme and costly measure, and some are p...
LONDON—One-hundred thirty-six countries agreed to a global treaty that would instate a minimum 15% tax rate for multinational corporations and require companies to pay taxes in the countries where they do business, reports CNN. The number of countries who signed represents over 9...
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.—OPIE Drive-Thru Grocery has opened its flagship location in Mount Pleasant, S.C.—one of three locations planned for the Charleston area. “We’re meeting consumers where they are—in their cars, picking up kids and going to work. Convenience is hard to schedule!...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Australian petroleum company Ampol has acquired New Zealand fuel distributor Z Energy in a deal valued at NZ $2 billion (US$1.38 billion). Ampol will acquire 100% of the shares of Z Energy, New Zealand’s largest fuel company, for a cash offer price of NZ$3.78 per ...
CHICAGO—The 2021 NACS Show wrapped up last Friday after a week of reconnecting with friends and colleagues in the convenience and fuel retailing industry, seeing what’s new and what’s ahead and sharing lessons to help our industry continue to thrive. “Over the past few days, we h...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A PWC survey shows that a significant amount of people will travel during the holidays this year, reports Axios. Typically, about one-third of people travel during this time, but the survey shows more than half (52%) plan to travel. Most people will go by car (72%...
By Sara Counihan ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Electric vehicles are the future, and they’re coming soon, according to John Eichberger, executive director, Fuels Institute, and host of this week’s Convenience Matters podcast. “You may still think [electric vehicles] are this unicorn, fanciful ...
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