Convenience Store News’ 13th annual consumer study reveals that it is more important than ever for convenience stores to meet the evolving needs of shoppers.
With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down self-serve areas of the convenience store in many regions of the country last year, dispensed beverages suffered as the packaged beverages category benefitted.
After a difficult pandemic-depressed year, the convenience store industry’s single-store owners and small chains are bullish on 2021, but some plan to throw in the towel.
With the coronavirus pandemic first shutting down and then limiting the capacity of bars and restaurants last year, the beer and malt beverages category at convenience stores saw tremendous growth.
Pandemic-driven shifts in shopping, working and social routines prompted extraordinary change for the candy and snack categories at convenience stores.
