Convenience Stores

Retail

Ritter Sport enters the supermarket countline fast lane

05-Aug-2021 By Anthony Myers

German confectioner is set to introduce a range of mini impulse bars in the countline category (a consumer product that is supplied to retailers in packages of multiple items and sold individually to customers) for the first time.

Consumer insights

UK convenience retail market to grow 8% in 2020, says new report

18-Jun-2020 By Anthony Myers

Proportion of shoppers impulse purchasing confectionery has increased 23% during lockdown snacking trend.

Retail

Hershey Solutions Online Portal offers retailers same-day ordering of new products

22-Aug-2019 By Anthony Myers

Company’s portal, which has been up and running since 2018, now available to all retailers 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.

Midwestern convenience chain named first retailer in Mars Wrigley incubator program

11-Jul-2019 By Kristine Sherred

Kum & Go’s 400 stores will test metric-driven merchandising solutions based on the confectioner’s research.

Love’s travel stores kick off private-label snack line with gummy candies

18-Jun-2019 By Kristine Sherred

The US convenience store and gas station introduced branded snacks on June 12, starting with gummy bears and worms, as well as fruit rings.

Convenience

‘Indulgence matters’: chocolate and candy sales amplify convenience counter

08-Apr-2019 By Kristine Sherred

The overriding theme at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) annual State of the Industry Summit, held in Chicago, was one of evolution. The old convenience store model of ‘smokes, cokes and gasoline’ has morphed into a more complex retail...