At Your Convenience

Find out the story behind how the self-described “clean freaks” at Lone Star Food Stores, based in McKinney, Texas, won the 2021 Mystery Shop award from CSP and Intouch Insight.

Join Cameron Watt, president and CEO of Intouch Insight, in an exclusive interview about this year’s process and how Lone Star came away with the prize.

No convenience store is “just a store” as far as Mike Lawshe is concerned.

Join Lawshe, president and CEO of Paragon Solutions, a store design firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, along with Steve Holtz, content director for CSP, as they discuss how retailers can differentiate their brands through modern design choices.

How will convenience retail change in the next few years as technology takes on more tasks?

Join Sharan Kalva, chief operating officer of distribution firm C-Store Master, and Jackson Lewis, technology editor for CSP, discuss the automated system in C-Store Master’s warehouse today and how similar technology could affect the future of the industry.

How did convenience-store chain Kwik Trip grow from a small grocer that sells gas to the c-store giant it has become today?

Join Steve Loehr, vice president of operations support for La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip, and Mitch Morrison, vice president of retailer relations for Winsight, as they talk through the brand’s history as part of the CRU Community “Talks From the Top” series.

Lonnie McQuirter’s store is located less than two miles away from where George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis in May 2020. McQuirter, owner of 36 Lyn Refuel Station, faced challenging circumstances as a black retailer dealing with the aftermath of Floyd’s death amid looting and civil unrest.

Join McQuirter and Hannah Prokop, tobacco and beverage editor at CSP, for a chat about how to start the conversation around diversity, equity and inclusion in convenience retail.

Politics and convenience-store retail are both family businesses for Stephanie Stuckey, CEO of Stuckey’s Corp., and she used lessons from both fields to relaunch the roadside brand.

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” Stuckey shares her secrets to success with Mitch Morrison, vice president of retailer relations as part of the CRU Community “Talks From the Top” speaker series.

KENOSHA, Wis. — Anthony Perrine was on vacation with his family when he learned about the police shooting of Jacob Blake and the imminent civil unrest. He raced back home to take care of his store and his community once he heard the news.

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” Perrine breaks down what really happened in Kenosha, Wis., last year and what the future holds for Lou Perrine’s.

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” Robert Byrne, director of consumer and industry insights for Technomic, peels apart findings in Technomic’s recent report, Return of the Morning Routine. Find out which category of consumers is frequenting c-stores the most and how operators can meet people with the meals they’re looking for today.

Mergers and acquisitions continued to hum along for convenience stores in the past year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. But what’s next?

Tune in for a conversation with Dennis Ruben, executive managing director of NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, about the state of M&A in the c-store space today and what to expect in the year ahead.

Learn how the snacks and candy category fared in 2020 and what lies ahead in 2021 in this episode of “At Your Convenience.”

Join Abbey Lewis, vice president of content for Winsight, and Steve Holtz, content director for CSP and snacks and candy subject matter expert, as they peel back and analyze scan data from IRI.