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

4/4/2021
Dollarama expands plans to grow stores across Canada as profits slip amid pandemic
The Montreal-based retailer raised the number of stores it plans to have in Canada to 2,000 within the next decade, a nearly 50% jump compared with its total of 1,356 stores at the end of January.

Michelle Warren
4/4/2021
Star Women in Convenience generates record number of nominations
Winners will be announced in the July/August issue of the magazine and online.

Michelle Warren
4/4/2021
Gibson Energy and Suncor sign long-term service agreement
As part of the agreement, all existing assets at the Edmonton Terminal currently contracted with Suncor will be combined into a single Master Services Agreement.

Michelle Warren
4/4/2021
Community pride
Dépanneur Messek expands and innovates to serve the Innu people living along Quebec’s rugged North Shore.

Michelle Warren
3/30/2021
CICC welcomes two new members to its board of directors
Shell Canada and Cenovus Energy take a seat at the table.

Michelle Warren
3/30/2021
Majority of Nova Scotians support selling beer and wine in convenience stores
CICC survey finds those who had purchased beer or wine within the last 60 days were more likely to support this idea, compared to those who had not purchased beer or wine recently.

Michelle Warren
3/29/2021
Manitoba dips into rainy day fund to support COVID 19 grants for businesses
Finance Minister Scott Fielding says $215 million will be withdrawn from the fund.

Michelle Warren
3/28/2021
Donald Sobey, son of grocery store founder, remembered for leadership, philanthropy
Michael Medline, president and CEO of Empire and its wholly owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc., says the companies are indebted to him for his leadership, business acumen and passion.

Michelle Warren
3/28/2021
Couche-Tard accepting offers on 37 sites across six provinces in Canada
“These stores are being offered in packages, grouped primarily by geography, and provide many excellent opportunities for regional and local players to acquire attractive properties."

Michelle Warren
3/28/2021
Lassonde appoints incoming president and COO
Vincent R. Timpano officially steps into the role on Oct. 1, 2021.

Michelle Warren