This week in grocery, H-E-B adds convenience stores, Giant Eagle revisits mailers and Kroger accepts SNAP. As grocers look to drive up frequency, many are adding shrunk-down c-store concepts. Most recently, Texas supermarket chain H-E-B, which has more than 430 locations in Texas and Mexico,...
Major convenience stores are expanding their hot food selection to divert sales from restaurants. Most recently, major multinational convenience retailer EG Group has been adding in-store branded Ria’s Pizzerias at Cumberland Farms locations, as the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) noted Tuesday (Nov. 29). The company recently opened its second...
Today in restaurant and grocery tech news: Restaurants invest in the long-term future of outdoor dining, and Instacart acquires a catering software company. Plus, convenience stores turn their focus towards omnichannel availability. As COVID Persists, Restaurants Reinvest in Outdoor Dining America’s restaurateurs say they’ve overcome...
With the acceleration of the digital shift, the role of the convenience store is changing. Where their physical locations were once at the core of their value propositions, conveniently located in gas stations and on corners, the rise of the bring-it-to-me economy has turned the...
November 27, 2018
It’s the most valuable treasure in the world of payments and commerce: consumer loyalty. Of course, gaining it requires a sophisticated understanding of retail, marketing and transactional data, but also an old-fashioned ability to make individuals feel special and respected — to demonstrate that you see them as unique individuals, not just part of a […]
April 08, 2024
Convenience store commerce platform Vroom Delivery has launched a partnership with payment processor Finix. The collaboration, announced Monday (April 8), is centered around the creation of a new tool called Pay360, which the companies say is the first online payment solution designed for the convenience store sector, allowing for the secure online sale of age-restricted products. “Retailers that sell age-restricted […]
June 01, 2020
The National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees (NCASEF) said store operators who took in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans could potentially have to pay back a “material portion” of...
February 06, 2020
Foxtrot, looking to put a new spin on the classic counter convenience store, offers craft beer, natural wines and several of its own brands of sandwiches, meals and coffee, according...
November 05, 2018
Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is rolling out scan-and-go options for customers in 14 stores in Dallas later this week, with an aim to equip all of its U.S. stores with the...
