Regional Cuisine: Year Two
Regional Cuisine: Year Two A new summary of notable regional foods, and the c-stores that embrace them. Some blog topics are more popular [...]
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06, 2024
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06, 2024
C-Store Barbecue Is Serious Stuff
C-Store Barbecue Is Serious Stuff The world’s oldest cooking technique has evolved into its own industry niche. If you are at a [...]
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06, 2024
Fertile Ground for Nostalgia
Fertile Ground for Nostalgia The retail worlds of past and present often converge in a c-store. Nostalgia . . . the past made present . . . who doesn’t have a hankering for the good old days [...]
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06, 2024
Generations of Success
Generations of Success At Battle Lake Standard, relationships span decades, inside and outside the store. Last week, in Part 1 of a customer profile on SSCS customer, Battle Lake [...]
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06, 2024
“Let’s Go Down to the Standard”
"Let's Go Down to the Standard" When you do business in a recreational paradise and your customer base grows by 600 percent in the summer, you have to be [...]
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06, 2024
Mutualism: It’s Not Just about Animals, Anymore
Mutualism: It's not Just about Animals The convenience channel continues to expand and incorporate different retail food models—take the food truck, for example. One day we were driving around [...]
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06, 2024
Under the Influence
Under the Influence Celebrities and influencers are elevating their public profiles through merchandising. Often their products end up on c-store shelves. We’ve written about the evolving convenience store and [...]
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06, 2024
The Cornhole Connection…and Other SSCS News
The game is becoming the newest SSCS tradition…but wait, there’s more… Our semi-annual company meeting is happening today and tomorrow. The event convenes SSCS [...]
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06, 2024
Scratching that Lottery (Profit) Itch
The positive effects of lottery ticket sales on a c-store become magnified when a customer receives a big payout. […]
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06, 2024
Big Sur is Back, Baby!
Big Sur is Back, Baby! It took a while, but SSCS’s one-of-a-kind neighbor has returned to business as usual, almost. Every once in a while, to change things up, [...]
