Tag Archives: Convenience Stores

Hidden Risk in Your Fueling Operation: Clean Tank, Protect Bottom Line

Hidden Risk in Your Fueling Operation: Clean Tank, Protect Bottom Line Most operators notice the problem at the dispenser first: flow slows, the handle chatters, a customer mutters they "always get bad fuel here," and your tech swaps filters again while a line stacks up behind a box truck. That's the symptom. The real risk…
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U.S. convenience store count drops

There are 153,237 convenience stores operating in the United States, a 1.1% decline from last year’s record of 154,958 stores, according to the 2019 NACS/Nielsen Convenience Industry Store Count. The count is based on stores as of December 31, 2018. The decrease in stores was fueled by a 2,198-store decline in single-store operators, which still…
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USA: Amazon provides new threat to city c-stores

Amazon's latest challenge to the convenience store industry is a new service that allows customers to buy online and pick up in a matter of minutes. The online retailing giant has rolled out five fully staffed pickup locations across the U.S. Instant Pickup gives Amazon Prime and Prime Student users the chance to order products…
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USA: Energy Transfer in talks to sell Sunoco

Energy Transfer Equity LP, a U.S. pipeline company that recently agreed to acquire Williams company, could be putting up for sale gas station and convenience store chain Sunoco, reported Fortune. The potential deal, which has been tipped by three sources familiar with the matter, could be worth over $2 billion. In reports which have not…
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