Stealth Competition no longer restaurants, grocery storesand supercenters this had better be your wake-up call. The United States conveniences stores haveincreased in numbers since 2005 by 8,100 according to Nielsen. The US totalstore count as of August 4, 2012 stood at 148,764.
Regular readers of this blog know we have documented thefocus of the convenience store sector on ready-2-eat and heat-N-eat freshprepared food. Not only were sales on“meals on the go” up 38% year over year but total same store sales were upyear-over-year 4.90%. That number againwas the best of any sector in retail foodservice.
Increasingly Convenience Stores are adding Drive-Thru’swhich are providing not only direct competition for restaurants but grocerystores as well. C-stores withdrive-thru’s are making most stores items available including basics the ilk ofbread, eggs, milk and cereal along with ready-2-eat and heat-N-eat freshprepared food. This is FRESH FOOD FASTand MORE. Consumers are dynamic not staticand they want more and they like saving time. Convenience stores are becoming food retail giants.
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