Michelle Warren

Editor & Associate Publisher, Convenience Store News Canada + OCTANE

Author Profile

Michelle Warren is Editor + Associate Publisher, Convenience Store News Canada + OCTANE, as well as the CCentral.ca website, All Convenience and All OCTANE Newsletters. She joined EnsembleIQ in 2021, after more than decade as a freelance business and design journalist, contributing to major newspapers, magazines and news websites across Canada, the U.S. and Ireland, including House & Home, Style at Home, Profit, Marketing Magazine, MoneySense and more. She has also worked at the Toronto Star and The Sunday Business Post in Dublin. At EnsembleIQ, Michelle manages the Star Women in Convenience Awards, the CSNC Impact Awards and the Future Leaders in Convenience + Car Wash Awards. Follow Michelle on LinkedIn.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

5/3/2026
Mark your calendar and take advantage of Early Bird exhibitor deadline for the 2027 Convenience U CARWACS Show
March 9-10, 2027 at the Toronto Congress Centre. Exhibitors are invited to book before June 19 to secure the best rates and a premium spot on the Trade Show floor!

Michelle Warren
4/30/2026
2026 Outstanding Independents Awards Canada winner: Arnie's Grocery
New Westminster, B.C.

Michelle Warren
4/20/2026
2026 C-store IQ National Shopper Study: Sustainability + Buy Local Report
Convenience shoppers are waging wallets in forms of support and protest.

Michelle Warren
4/15/2026
You're invited to the Outstanding Independents Awards Canada Virtual Summit
The free event on May 28 offers independent convenience operators a mix of expert business coaching and celebration of the inaugural OIAC winners.

Michelle Warren
4/12/2026
Nominations open for 2026 Impact Awards
Canada's convenience, forecourt and car wash industry is filled with inspiring stories of companies making a positive impact. Let's shine a light on these efforts.

Michelle Warren
3/29/2026
Drumstick Stranger Things Frozen Dessert Cones
Fun experience and flavour in one.

Michelle Warren
3/26/2026
M&M Food Market redefines homemade for busy families
A new campaign looks to take the pressure off millennial parents at mealtime.

Michelle Warren
3/11/2026
What to know about the Strait of Hormuz
A key passageway essential for global energy supply.

Michelle Warren
3/2/2026
Alberta's Danielle Smith calls on Ottawa to relax nicotine pouch rules and allow sales in convenience stores
"If retailers can responsibly manage the sale of other nicotine products, why do nicotine pouches require a more restrictive sales model?" Industry leaders call on other provinces to follow Smith's lead.

Michelle Warren
2/26/2026
Leaders to discuss how social impact efforts are shaping core business strategy at at 2026 Convenience U CARWACS Show C-store IQ Conference
Leila Fenc of the Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation will be joined by Roxanne Joyal, &Back Coffee; Kathy Murphy, Coke Canada Bottling; and Rick Rabba, Rabba Fine Foods is discuss how values drive value.

Michelle Warren