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Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

  • Chill zone: What's new in frozen treats?

    New products and a taste for nostalgia make frozen treats cooler than ever Canadians are no longer waiting until summer to indulge in frozen treats.

  • COVID-19 a boon for c-store tobacco sales

    With stay-at-home measures in place across the country, c-stores are experiencing an unprecedented spike in tobacco sales, in part because First Nations reserves (and their popular smoke shacks) are largely closed to outside visitors Dave Bryans, CEO of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, estimates that the legal tobacco business is on track to grow by 20-25% while the reserves stay closed and he'd like to see c-stores to hold on to that business once the restrictions are lifted.

  • C-store IQ: Gasoline Report

    Price and location power gas sales What do people consider important when they are making a gasoline buying decision?
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  • Cracking down on price gouging

    Canadians have been concerned about food supply and food prices since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • Canadians' pandemic purchase insights: StatsCan

    New report examines what products Canadians have been purchasing to prepare for the pandemic Grocery store sales increased dramatically in March as consumers stocked up on supplies including toilet paper, rice and flour in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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  • Topline: COVID-19’s impact on food and consumer goods manufacturers

    FCPC members report an increase in demand and production in response to COVID-19 The spread of  COVID-19 in Canada has triggered panic-buying and hoarding, and food and consumer goods manufacturers are working to keep pace.
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  • Results from Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey now include vaping

    Eight out of 10 Canadians who are vaping are vaping nicotine, according to a new survey from Statistics Canada.
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  • Exclusive research shows COVID-19 is driving shoppers into c-stores

    Among the many change-of-life impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, convenience stores are seeing an increase in shoppers who typically would go to supermarkets for their grocery needs.According to a new study conducted by Convenience Store News Canada's parent company, EnsembleIQ, 15% of shoppers said they are more likely to shop at convenience stores for groceries due to the pandemic.
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