The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) and NielsenIQ released their third global convenience retailing industry report providing industry-leading data, macro trends and analysis for 35 countries in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Central and South America. The expanded Q3 report includes the addition of measurements from Central and South America, as well as category-specific…
Maverik Announces Most Popular Products of 2022
Maverik has announced its 2022 top products sold in different states. With 12 million inside transactions a month, Maverik serves a ton of its fans’ favorites. Here’s a look at the top picks across Maverik’s BonFire food, snacks and drinks in 2022. The food items most frequently purchased with XL fountain drinks are: Maple and chocolate…
Plant-Based Food Interest Grows
Wakefield Research surveyed 1,000 nationally representative U.S. adults for Saputo Dairy USA’s Vitalite dairy-free cheese brand on the growing movement to adopt a vegan lifestyle. As people set out for healthier mindsets as part of their New Year’s resolutions, the initiative has become more popular in January. Whether for personal health or planetary health reasons,…
Inflation Causes Concerns for Food Waste
Packaged Facts’ new report titled “Food Waste and Upcycling: Trends and Opportunities in Sustainability” states that 61% of consumers in the proprietary November 2022 Packaged Facts National Online Consumer Survey strongly agree that they are concerned about rising food prices and for good reason. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) and…
C-Stores Attracts More Foodservice Visits
According to The NPD Group, visits to convenience stores for foodservice items, like beverages and prepared foods, were up two percent in the three months ending November compared to a year ago. Consumer spending on foodservice menu items at convenience stores was up eight percent for the combined months of September, October and November versus…
Credit Card Swipe Fees to Cost Consumers During the Holidays
According to the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), credit card “swipe” fees could cost consumers over $20 billion in higher prices for everything from dreidels to Christmas trees this holiday season. “Everyone knows about Scrooge and the Grinch, but the hidden villains of the holiday season are Visa, Mastercard and the megabanks that issue credit cards…
Neighborhood C-Stores Deemed Important to Consumers
SurgePays recently conducted a survey focusing on the underbanked and underserved communities looking at consumers’ perspectives and attitudes toward independent local convenience stores. According to the survey, American consumers regard their local, independent convenience stores and bodegas in near unanimous high regard, with 94% of them calling the stores somewhat important (34%), very important (34%)…
Loyalty Program Members Continue Spending Despite Inflation
Paytronix recently released a data brief showing how convenience store and restaurant loyalty program members are continuing to shop despite prices continuing to rise. According to its previously released 2022 Loyalty Report, 55% of restaurant loyalty customers increased their average check size by more than the cost of menu items, indicating that inflation increased loyalty…
Youth Tobacco Use Declines
Youth tobacco use has continued to decline based on a national survey, said the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO). NATO said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) have collaborated to administer the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) to middle and high school students across the country…
Restaurants Add Thanksgiving Items to Menu
Restaurants have been welcoming customers this holiday season by adding Thanksgiving items to their menus. SpotOn, a restaurant software and payment provider, reported a list of Thanksgiving meal trends it is seeing from the independent and small chain restaurants it serves across the U.S. Some of the trends include: Thanksgiving Menu Items A majority of…