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

12/12/2021
Canada looks to retool EV rebate program to include more expensive SUVs, pickups
In 2020, more than three in four new vehicles registered in Canada were pickup trucks and SUVs, while passenger cars made up only one in five.

Michelle Warren
12/12/2021
Dollarama well stocked for holidays but faces supply chain, inflation pressures
Dollarama CEO unveils details about shopping habits, labour issues and price increases.

Michelle Warren
12/12/2021
Canadian families will pay an extra $966 for groceries in 2022, report says
Find out which categories will be hardest hit.

Michelle Warren
12/12/2021
Sobeys sees structural shift in food consumption toward grocery away from restaurants
"Where we've had unavoidable price increases, we see customers sometimes substituting products within their basket.''

Michelle Warren
12/6/2021
7-Eleven Canada opens the taps on serving beverage alcohol
Pilot in Edmonton now offers beer, wine and coolers for on-premises consumption or takeout.

Michelle Warren
12/3/2021
National Carwash Solutions acquires Mondo
Move creates the 'largest direct car wash installation and service company in North America'

Michelle Warren
12/1/2021
NB's minimum wage hike will create “unsustainable” economic climate for c-stores: CICC & ACSA
Industry associations proposed solution, outlining four-point action plan to support retailers.

Michelle Warren
12/1/2021
Ottawa convenience store operator sentenced for tax evasion
Detailed CRA investigation unveils discrepancies between personal spending and income.

Michelle Warren
12/1/2021
7-Eleven to launch autonomous delivery pilot in California
Retailers partnering with Nuro, which received a deployment permit from the California DMV a year ago.

Michelle Warren
11/30/2021
Cenovus sells Husky gas stations to Parkland, FCL
Deal involved 337 stations purchased earlier this year.

Michelle Warren
11/29/2021
How convenience stores can overcome the uncertainty of the 2021 holiday shopping season
Using technology to create marketing and promotional strategies with an ever-increasing amount of variables is key.

Michelle Warren
11/28/2021
Technology is reshaping c-store foodservice
From streamlining back-of-house operations to driving customer interactions, here's what the future looks like.

Michelle Warren