Room 21:

2:50 - 3:05 pm Eloma

3:10 - 3:25 pm Ruiz Foods

 

Room 22:

2:50 - 3:05 pm J&J Snack Foods

3:10 - 3:25 pm Rancilio Group

 

Currently, C-Stores are one of the fastest growing sectors of the food industry. As the lines between c-stores and restaurants have never been more blurred, c-stores across the board are upping their offerings for all occasions and making on-the-go eating easier, healthier and more satisfying.

Datassential, a leading market research firm providing insights and thought leadership to the food industry, maintains the largest database of menu data on its MenuTrends platform. These data provide a framework for understanding and predicting the culinary trends across the food industry from emerging ethnic cuisines to the next wave of handhelds. This session will identify the keys to developing successful c-store innovations, and explore such topics as why ethnic is not ethnic anymore, distinguishing trends from fads, a consumer’s view of local food, c-stores and snacking, and food “with a story.”

Sparkling water is no longer the “next” big thing, it’s the “now” big thing. Bottled water has been growing steadily for the past two-plus decades. This should come as no surprise to anyone. In fact, bottled water has now passed carbonated soft drinks as the most consumed packaged beverage in the United States. What may surprise you is that sparkling water is currently growing more than 50 percent faster than still water. What was once a small, niche subsegment is now a significant part of the beverage landscape. As soft drinks continue to decline, sparking water is poised to play an increasingly important role in beverage growth and profitability for convenience store retailers. Are you prepared to take advantage of this “bubbly” opportunity?

This presentation will share key shopper insights and trends in foodservice, using results from the industry tracking program, CSI MegaStudy with data from over 80 million c-store trips. Who are foodservice shoppers? Where are the biggest opportunities for improving conversion and loyalty? How does the store layout impact foodservice performance? How does the shopping behavior vary by day-parts and its implication on the foodservice strategy? What are the key regional variations in foodservice purchase behavior?  What role does different levels of foodservice have on the overall c-store performance?
 

• How a retailer could save millions and improve compliance by replacing dated print planograms with virtual images and videos;
• How beverage category managers can create retailer- and region-specific category recommendations based on real data; and,
• How retailers can increase sales by modeling and evaluating a range of signage concepts in virtual before creating anything in the real world.

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Presenting highlights of AlixPartners’ recent publication, “What convenience stores should know—and do—in 2017,” this session combines a consumer study of the choice and preferences of convenience store shoppers as well as an industry snapshot and outlook for the convenience store industry. Findings in the survey point to the need for c-stores to master four imperatives to succeed in the space and sharpen their competitive edge -- enhancing their execution of foodservice programs, improving the customer experience, building and leveraging scale, and developing comprehensive enterprise-improvement programs that deliver year-over-year productivity savings. Our presentation will dive into what each of these focus areas should look like for operators. 

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