For most of its history, the convenience store business has been built around a single promise: speed. Get in, get out, and get back on the road. Fuel drove traffic, packaged goods filled baskets, and foodservice, if it existed at all, was secondary.

That model no longer reflects how consumers behave, how real estate pencils, or how profit is actually created.

Today, the most progressive convenience retailers are no longer asking how fast a customer can leave. They are asking why the customer came in, and what would make them come back. Increasingly, the answer is food. And more specifically, food anchored by strong, intentional partnerships with quick-service restaurant brands. Read More