Tag: Convenience Worldwide

Convenience worldwide: Couche-Tard buys assets of Premium 7 network in Estonia

The Canadian convenience store leader continues to grow globally, announcing an agreement to buy 23 sites from Sevenoil Est OÜ and its affiliates. Under the agreement, Couche-Tard would buy the land and buildings...

Convenience worldwide: ‘NACS State of the Industry Report’ highlights strong US performance

US convenience stores reached record in-store sales of US$225.8 billion ($304 billion) in 2015, higher than overall industry sales in 1998. Overall industry sales for 2015 reached US$574.8 billion ($773.76 billion), evidence that...

Convenience Worldwide: NACS honours Applegreen, M&S, S-Group

The International Convenience Retail Awards for 2016 were presented during the NACS Insight Convenience Summit Europe last week. Now in its third year, the European summit brings together convenience and fuel-retailing industry professionals...

Convenience worldwide: Cool hangover cure from South Korea

The Gyeondyo-bar, which translates as ‘hang in there’, is a grapefruit-flavoured ice-cream containing 0.7 per cent oriental raisin tree fruit juice – a traditional hangover remedy cited in a Korean medicine book...

Convenience worldwide: record in-store sales for US in 2015

US convenience stores experienced record in-store sales last year, led by strong growth in foodservice products. The industry’s overall metrics for 2015 were released at the NACS State of the Industry Summit,...

International news: Couche-Tard to acquire Shell’s retail business in Denmark

The Canadian convenience store operator has received approval from the European Commission for its deal to acquire A/S Dansk Shell’s downstream retail business in Denmark. In March 2015, Couche-Tard announced an agreement with...

International news: European insights revealed

him! international has released results from its 2016 European Convenience Shopper Insights Program. Sales through convenience stores are in growth all over the world as the trend towards shopping little, often and locally...

International news: Sainsbury’s Local to open three new sites

The UK retailer has announced that it is planning to open three new Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores and petrol stations in England. The new convenience stores and petrol stations will be on the...
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