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  • C-store IQ: Loyalty Report

    63% of Canadian loyalty program members saying they are actively leveraging their membership and are satisfied with the program.
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  • Parkland ramps up growth the latest U.S. acquisition

    Parkland Corporation has announced it will acquire the assets of Richfield, Utah-based Sevier Valley Oil Company (SVO).
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  • Couche-Tard enters Asia with Hong Kong acquisition

    Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire all the issued and outstanding shares, on a fully diluted basis, of Convenience Retail Asia (BVI) Limited (Circle K HK) for HK$2.79 billion, or approximately $360 million.
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  • New reserve-based gas station honours tax rights

    Bayside Convenience and Gas sells fuel at 35% offWhat if we offered a service that rightfully belongs to Onkwehon:we?This thought is exactly what drove Gail (Scotty) Nelson and her husband Larry Daye to build a gas station that would provide fuel tax exemption to their clients.On October 6, Bayside Convenience store became the first gas station not only in Kanesatake but in its sister-community Kahnawake, where drivers can fill up their car without having to pay tax.“If you tank up, you save a lot of money,” said Nelson.The Revenu, Quebec program was introduced in 2011 so that anyone with a registration card from reserves or settlements could benefit from fuel tax exemption.
  • The ups and downs of tobacco

    After a surge in sales during the COVID-19 lockdown, how do c-stores keep smokers coming back for more?As Canada locked down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Eyvind Dahl noticed something at his Renfrew, Ont.
  • B.C. convenience store attacker issued long term supervision order

    A man who attacked a Prince George convenience store clerk with a pizza slicer, nearly causing the victim to lose an eye, has been sentenced to eight years in jail, followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order.
  • National Convenience Week raises $75,000 for Make-A-Wish Canada

    The Convenience Industry Council of Canada and its member partners raised more than $75,000 for Make-A-Wish Canada during National Convenience Week.
  • Who are the people in your neighbourhood?

    New research from Ethnicity Matters shows how important it is to understand diverse, multicultural Canadians to strengthen the post-COVID-19 economic recovery.
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