Breves de Conveniencia, Abasto Magazine

1. Tendencias para tiendas de conveniencia. 2. Wawa y su expansión comercial. 3. Circle K se une a Too Goo go. 4. Nacs Foundation tiene nuevo director.

IN THE NEWS CELEBRATING Hispanic Heritage Convenience Briefs Study Reveals Strategies for Convenience Stores Intouch Insight, a provider of consumer experience solutions, released its 2024 Convenience Store Trends Report. Food destinations: 56% of respondents consider convenience stores a viable dining option versus fast food chains, re昀氀ecting an 11% increase over the past two years. Fuel market: 34% of consumers aged 18-44 prefer retail outlets Circle K joins Too Good To Go with electric vehicle charging stations, compared to 14% of those in North America and Europe aged 45+. Cleanliness and environment: 53% of consumers now consider Couche-Tard, a global leader in convenience and the cleanliness and ambiance of the store to be crucial factors when mobility, and Too Good To Go, the global social choosing a convenience store, up from 43% last year. impact company behind the world's largest surplus food marketplace, announced the expansion of their partnership in North America and Europe. 吀栀is signi昀椀es a major step in the 昀椀ght against food waste, as the two companies aim to have more than 9,000 Circle K and Couche-Tard stores in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and Poland available on the Too Good To Go app by the end of the year. 吀栀is will mark Too Good To Go's most extensive rollout to date. Wawa Plans Stores in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana In June, Wawa, a privately held, family-owned, NACS Foundation Has a New Director and partnered chain with more than 1,050 conve- nience stores currently operating in eight states Kevin O'Connell has been named executive director of the NACS and Washington, D.C., o昀케cially broke ground on Foundation. stores in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. 吀栀e NACS Foundation, founded by the National Association In Kentucky, Wawa will begin construction on of Convenience Stores (NACS) in 1994, serves as a catalyst for 昀椀ve total stores in 2024, with openings planned the industry. Its program areas coincide with the philanthropic for the third quarter of 2025. priorities of NACS members: serving 昀椀rst responders (police, 昀椀re- Wawa will do the same with 昀椀ve more stores 昀椀ghters, paramedics, doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, etc.), in Ohio, with openings planned for the second 昀椀ghting hunger, supporting healthy children, and keeping commu- quarter of next year. Seven stores are expected nities clean. to open in Indiana in the second quarter of 2025.. O’Connell holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a master's in leadership and public admi- nistration from Centenary University. 2020 SSEEPPTTIIEEMBRMBREE//OOCCTTUUBRBREE 2 2002244 AABBAASSTOTO..CCOOMM