Displays & Signs

Wayne Rudneski, owner of three White Owl Convenience stores in Virden, MB, says his meat snack sales have grown in recent years with the addition of new suppliers, flavours, formats, and high-quality ingredients. Now, the emerging category makes up 1-2% of his overall c-store sales.

Michele Gerard’s popular Atlantic News location in downtown Halifax, NS is known for its wide availability of magazines and newspapers from around the world, but while Gerard deals mainly in the printed word, she also places an emphasis on her convenience sales with the use of eye-catching point-of-sale materials...

Despite declines in the gum category the past three years, convenience-gas retailers can still find ways to rejuvenate their gum sales by bringing this impulse category to the front of their stores and, as a result, the forefront of their customers’ minds...

For the fourth consecutive year, Excel WHITE has teamed up with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to run its well-known consumer campaign, Chew Because You Care. C-store retailers can get involved with this important partnership by making room for the promotional prepack in store...

Whenever The Convenience U CARWACS Show sets up shop, you can expect to find Jeannette Mandrusiak in the front row of the educational sessions, and engaging with suppliers on the trade show floor.

Consumer promotions are an ideal way to build in-store excitement and help drive sales, but when a Hershey promotion is tied to one of the summer’s biggest movies – MAN OF STEEL – it’s a recipe for success...

What do you get when you combine the enthusiasm of a young entrepreneur, the food savvy of an established local chef, and a unique concept never tried before in Canada?

When Steve Friesen is waiting in line at a store, he finds himself looking for last-minute deals to add to his basket. That’s why, as the owner of Thornview Grocery in Morden, MB, he uses promotional displays near the cash to incent his customers to pick up an extra item or two.

At the junction of Highway 83 and Provincial Road 257 in Virden, Man. is a c-store, car wash and petroleum site called White Owl Convenience. Wayne Rudneski, who owns three White Owl locations with his brother, has been in the c-retail business since the 1970s. This retailer is known to spend 15 hours in his store every day – dedication which he believes gives him an advantage over his competitors...

Consumers are often looking for something quick to tide them over between meals, and the c-store is often the go-to destination to fill this need. Retailers can build on the excitement around bestselling snacks like potato chips, tortilla chips and nuts by also stocking innovation that captures emerging trends.