Michelle Warren

VP of Content, Editorial Director, Convenience Group

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

1/26/2026
Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores to close
Amazon Go, chain of convenience stores in the United States and the United Kingdom, broke new ground in 2018 with frictionless checkout.

Michelle Warren
1/26/2026
Gabriel Moreau of NielsenIQ to discuss how beverage alcohol is reshaping convenience at the 2026 Convenience U CARWACS Show Conference
In this exclusive, data-rich session, NIQ reveals how beverage alcohol is performing in markets across Canada and where the grow is for retailers.

Michelle Warren
1/22/2026
Buy Canadian movement could ramp up again during trade talks
Retailers that revamped supply chains, put themselves in a stronger position to handle demand.

Michelle Warren
1/22/2026
Leger's Lisa Covens to discuss economic confidence and what it means for convenience retail at the 2026 Convenience U CARWACS Show C-Store IQ Conference
Built for operators, manufacturers, category managers and c-suite executives, this data-driven session delivers actionable intelligence to help businesses stay competitive, forecast more effectively and sharpen strategic plans in an increasingly unpredictable world.

Michelle Warren
1/21/2026
How do convenience retailers measure up in Leger’s 2026 WOW Index?
Luc Dumont discusses the channel's top performers in-store and online.

Michelle Warren
1/20/2026
JTI-Macdonald Corp. taking Ottawa to court over fee that got unanimous House support
The tobacco cost recovery fee targets tobacco companies and is set to take effect in November 2026.

Michelle Warren
1/20/2026
MTY Food Group raises quarterly dividend by 12%
Company is reviewing sale of some brands/.

Michelle Warren
1/19/2026
Speaker and researcher Beth Brickel to unveil new shopper data at the 2026 Convenience U CARWACS Show C-Store IQ Conference
Get ready for brand-new, never-before-released insights from the 2026 C-store IQ National Shopper Study—Canada’s only dedicated convenience and forecourt consumer research program. This year’s study uncovers the fast-shifting habits, expectations and motivations of shoppers across every generation, from Gen Z and Millennials to Gen X and Boomers.

Michelle Warren
1/15/2026
Société des alcools du Québec to open 100 store-in-stores and deliver with Uber Eats
The mini-agency concept, called Zone SAQ, will offer between 30 and 40 products in local convenience stores or grocery stores in the coming months.

Michelle Warren
1/14/2026
Michael 'Pinball' Clemons to deliver keynote at Industry Dinner | Future Leaders in Convenience + Car Wash Awards
Join your peers on March 10th at The Convenience U CARWACS Show for an evening of learning, networking and community. Plus, we're celebrating the 2026 Future Leaders in Convenience + Car Wash winners!

Michelle Warren