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Like many of his peers, California franchisee Jas Dhillon believes the power of the 7-Eleven brand lies in its ability to stay relevant, if not important, in the eyes of [...]

Kathy (not her real name) is a grandmother in her late 40s who recently moved from an apartment in Scottsdale, AZ, to a house in Phoenix. 'So I don't have [...]

Up until seven years ago, retail veteran Brian Dapper felt restricted by the environment of the company he was working for. Actually, he had found that to be the case [...]

Here's a quick quiz: Ricker Oil Co., a 31 store chain based in Anderson, IN, has a thriving new bakery business today because: a. Big box bakeries have made many [...]

Foodservice can be a significant differentiator for convenience retailers. It can elevate a good c-store offer and make it a great one, even a destination. But what specific strategies and [...]

Flash back to that infamous Friday in 1993, when Philip Morris took swift and dramatic action to stem the tide of discount cigarettes, which had been growing at a rate [...]

Three years ago, Kwik Trip acquired a group of stores, many of which served primarily commuter traffic. Customers stopping by the stores on their way home from work that evening [...]

When he tries to recruit people to work in one of the 13 stores he is responsible for ha Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Kwik Trip District Leader Brian Dapper doesn't have [...]

Fred DeLuca never intended to be a one-store wonder. 'From the beginning we had a goal to open 32 stores in 10 years,' says DeLuca of the partnership he began [...]

I am working at my dining room table one morning in late February when I overhear a remarkable conversation taking place in the kitchen. Our two youngest kids, ages five [...]

The convenience store industry in 1990, to use a boxing analogy favored by us Philadelphians, looked a little like Rocky Balboa answering the bell for the final round of his [...]

Name three items c-stores are not selling today that you expect them to sell in 10 years. Hank Armour: Everything to do with MP3/cell phone entertainment. Hydrogen and electric recharging [...]

One of the key lessons I learned from one of my mentors in the publishing business is that it's not the job of a trade magazine editor to be smarter [...]

* Whether it's Wal-Mart and Costco selling cheap gas, supermarkets getting into the restaurant business or drug stores selling milk, bread and snacks, Big Box retailers are breathing down your [...]

I distinctly remember the conversation I had with Don Zietlow the day I called to confirm Kwik Trip's selection as the 2004 Convenience Store Decisions Chain of the Year: 'You [...]

How do you make a strong company--with a solid business model and dynamic leadership--even stronger? You surround it with, and make it accountable to, a strong board of directors whose [...]

It sounds like something you might read in one of those NACS Future Studies--something so outrageous that you don't see how it could possibly become reality. Something that, when you [...]

This Editor's Memo, like my faith, has been tucked away in a drawer, hidden from view, for years. Periodically I would pull it out, dust it off, think about writing [...]

Here's a New Year's resolution for you: In 2004, you will put yourself out of business. Sound crazy? Not if you're Sheetz, Inc. That's the challenge this chain's leadership continually [...]

What's on your Christmas list this year? A repeat of 2003's strong gas margins? A new profit center that hits it out of the park? A way to reduce some [...]