CONTENTS MAR 18
VO LUM E 54 N UMB ER 03
14
8550 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Ste. 200, Chicago, IL 60631 (773) 992-4450 Fax: (773) 992-4455 www.csnews.com Direct Mailing Address for Convenience Store News: 11-43 Raymond Plaza West, 16th floor, Newark, NJ 07102 BRAND MANAGEMENT Vice President/Group Brand Director Paula Lashinsky (917) 446-4117 plashinsky@ensembleiq.com EDITORIAL Editorial Director (201) 855-7606
Don Longo dlongo@ensembleiq.com
Editor-in-Chief (201) 855-7608
Linda Lisanti llisanti@ensembleiq.com
Senior News Editor (201) 855-7618
Melissa Kress mkress@ensembleiq.com
Associate Editor (201) 855-7619
Angela Hanson ahanson@ensembleiq.com
Associate Managing Editor (201) 855-7604
Danielle Romano dromano@ensembleiq.com
Assistant Editor (201) 855-7614
INDUSTRY ROUNDUP
CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
16 Kroger Decides to Exit Convenience Channel 18 Eye on Growth 20 Retailer Tidbits 22 Fast Facts 23 In the Public Eye 24 Supplier Tidbits
Contributing Editor (303) 741-3377
Renée M. Covino reneek@aol.com
Contributing Editor (201) 280-2614
Tammy Mastroberte tmastroberte@gmail.com
ADVERTISING SALES & BUSINESS
FOODSERVICE
14 7-Eleven Puts Its Largest Acquisition in the Books
Chelsea Regan cregan@ensembleiq.com
66 Safety First The more important foodservice becomes to the convenience store industry, the more important food safety becomes to retailers. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
70 Cheers to the ‘Lesser’ Beers In line with “less is more” wellness trends, low- and no-alcohol brews are gaining ground.
Associate Brand Director & Northeast Sales Manager (508) 385-2524
Rachel McGaffigan rmcgaffigan@ensembleiq.com
Associate Brand Director & Western Sales Manager (330) 840-9557
Ron Lowy rlowy@ensembleiq.com
Associate Publisher & Midwest Sales Manager Kelly Fischer (773) 992-4464 kfischer@ensembleiq.com Account Executive, Southeast (803) 315-0694
Cindy DeBerry cdeberry@ensembleiq.com
Account Executive & Classified Advertising Terry Kanganis (201) 855-7615 tkanganis@ensembleiq.com Classified Production Manager Mary Beth Medley (856) 809-0050 marybeth@marybethmedley.com EVENTS Senior Vice President, Events & Conferences Maureen Macke (773) 992-4413 mmacke@ensembleiq.com CUSTOM MEDIA
SERVICES
74 A Tale of Two Car Washes Successful c-store operators — one chain, one independent — share their best practices.
General Manager, Custom Media (224) 632-8244
Kathy Colwell kcolwell@ensembleiq.com
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Director of Audience Development Gail Reboletti (224) 632-8214 greboletti@ensembleiq.com List Rental (800) 529-9020
The Information Refinery Brian Clotworthy
Subscriber Services/Single-Copy Purchases (978) 671-0449 EnsembleIQ@e-circ.net ART/PRODUCTION Director of Production (973) 358-4875 Creative Director (973) 607-1320 Advertising/Production Manager (314) 403-4753 Art Director (224) 632-8245
Kathryn Homenick khomenick@ensembleiq.com Colette Magliaro cmagliaro@ensembleiq.com Roz Gilman rgilman@ensembleiq.com Michael Escobedo mescobedo@ensembleiq.com
CORPORATE OFFICERS Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer & Chief Brand Officer Chief Business Development Officer President of Enterprise Solutions/ Chief Revenue Officer President & Executive Director, P2PI Chief Digital Officer Chief Human Resources Officer
66
David Shanker Rich Rivera Korry Stagnito Ned Bardic Mike McMahon Joel Hughes Jennifer Turner
CONVENIENCE STORE NEWS AFFILIATIONS Premier Trade Press Exhibitor
The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the consent of the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for product claims and representations.
Convenience Store News (ISSN 0194-8733; USPS 515-950) is published 12 times per year, monthly, by EnsembleIQ, 8550 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Ste. 200, Chicago, IL 60631. Copyright © 2018 by EnsembleIQ. All rights reserved. Subscriptions: One year, $93; two years, $152. One year, Canada, $110; two years, Canada, $175. One year, foreign, $150. Payable in advance with a bank draft drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. funds. Single copies, $10, except foreign, where postage will be added. Printed in U.S.A. Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, IL, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Convenience Store News, P.O. Box 1842, Lowell, MA 01853.
8 Convenience Store News C S N E W S . c o m