Tom Venetis

Associate Editor, Convenience Store News Canada + OCTANE

Author Profile

Tom Venetis is a 30+ year journalism veteran, starting as a business reporter with Canadian Press and later went on to cover Canada’s fast-growing technology business sector in the 90s and early 2000s for many B2B and news organizations. He is now a respected automotive business writer and commentator, appearing on CBC Radio and is now associate editor of Convenience Store News Canada and Octane Magazine. Tom is also an avid book and jazz and classical record collector.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

10/15/2024
New Borderland Co-op c-store and gas bar opens in Kipling, Saskatchewan
Kipling store will offer hot food options, including Co-op’s own brand of fried chicken.

Tom Venetis
10/15/2024
BG Fuels brings Little Caesars Pizza to Ontario Mobil station
Franchise is made part of station’s Waypoint Convenience store.

Tom Venetis
10/14/2024
Tim Hortons spices up its pizza offerings
Spicy Rosé Flatbread Pizzas are the latest addition to Tims popular flatbread pizza lineup.

Tom Venetis
10/14/2024
Annual inflation falls to 1.6% in September, smallest yearly increase since 2021
Bank of Canada says more interest rates cuts could be coming.

Tom Venetis
10/10/2024
Pincher Creek Co-op Gas Bar fuels community spirit with $1,500 donation
Pincher Creek Co-op Gas Bar donation to Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, comes from success of Fuel Good Day.

Tom Venetis
10/9/2024
Seven & i Holdings Co. plans to restructure to fend off buyout from Couche-Tard
444 underperforming retail locations in North America will be closed under restructuring plan.

Tom Venetis
10/8/2024
Alimentation Couche-Tard makes revised offer for Seven & i Holdings
New bid values Seven & i at US$47 billion, about 22% higher than an offer of $38.6 billion Couche-Tard made in August.

Tom Venetis
10/8/2024
Fortified wines could be coming to Ontario convenience stores
Senior government official says announcement that convenience stores could sell fortified wines could be coming soon.

Tom Venetis
10/8/2024
Independent convenience store association comes out against federal government’s move to restricts sale of nicotine pouches
United Korean Commerce & Industry Association of Canada says move will only hurt small business.

Tom Venetis
10/7/2024
Four 7-Eleven locations in Winnipeg permanently close: Reports
Closings likely related to growing issues of theft, store staff safety.

Tom Venetis