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  • British Columbia expands gas-price tracking

    Fuel prices will be tracked in four additional communities in B.C.
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  • Walmart Canada closes Tire and Lube shops

    Walmart Canada announced last week that it plans to close its branded tire and lube shops by the end of June 2020.

  • Unions call on retailers to make pandemic-related wage premiums permanent

    Unions representing essential workers at some of Canada's major retailers are pushing back against the decision to eliminate wage premiums that were put in place to compensate employees for working during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Health and safety as important as customer service for shoppers

    Health and safety protocols are the new standard for businesses, as provinces and municipalities begin to relax COVID-19 restrictions.
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  • Ontario sticks with July 1 for new vaping rules

    Despite ongoing requests for an extension, Ontario is moving ahead with the July 1 deadline for new amendments to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, which brings with it more restrictive rules for c-store operators when it comes to the sale of vaping products.These changes, part of the Government of Ontario’s efforts to curb youth vaping, were announced in January and were initially to come into play May 1.

  • C-store customers want clean bathrooms and hand sanitizer stations: Study

    As provinces and regions enter new stages of re-opening in the era of COVID-19, more drivers will be on the roads, whether commuting to work, visiting reopened businesses or summer travels—and that could present opportunities for convenience stores.Overall, 84% of drivers surveyed say they will be visiting convenience stores on their journeys: 23% say they will shop at convenience stores as part of their regular routine, 38% say they will shop at stores when they need something, and an additional 23% say they will only purchase gas at convenience stores, according to a consumer survey conducted for the National Association of Convenience Stores by PSB Insights.

  • How will our supply chain weather the pandemic?

    In the first weeks of the pandemic, stores resembled a doomsday scene, with shelves picked clean by panicked consumers rushing to stockpile essentials.

  • Cause for concern

    Even in these times, barely a day goes by where there’s not a dire warning about the environmental predicament the planet faces.
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