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BIC® Lighters just had its 40th anniversary, and both consumers and c-store owners have a lot to celebrate.

Tom Moher, vice-president of operations in central Canada for Mac’s Convenience Stores, sits down to talk to us about the future of beer and wine in Ontario c-stores.

The OCSA is hard at work ensuring the thousands of convenience store retailers in Ontario are heard. Here's what they're working on...

Montréal is known for its large concentration of dépanneurs, but that hasn’t stopped André Forget from carving out a niche in the eastern side of the city. He says the location of his three Dépanneur Forget sites, in the neighbourhood he knows and loves, gives him a definite edge.

The big issue the Atlantic Convenience Stores Association (ACSA) is very concerned about is the tobacco tax increase in the Atlantic provinces. All four provincial governments announced in their budgets that they are increasing tobacco taxes...

For more information and industry updates from the OCSA, check out the March 2013 CONVENIENCE CONNECT newsletter.

Where constantly changing is the name of the game, Ray White is a perfect example of a retailer who doesn’t hesitate to make changes to his Agassiz, BC video and convenience store. Until a year and a half ago, MovieSource Convenience & Video was focused primarily on video. But when video stores lost steam and White noticed consumer demand shifting, he converted completely to a convenience store and turned his attention to improving his in-store environment with point-of-sale materials.

If you need proof that the convenience channel is thriving in Atlantic Canada, look no further than the Atlantic Convenience Stores Association’s Industry Conference & Awards Gala...