by sarlowelding | Feb 20, 2026 | Independent Operators & Community
The World’s Second-Largest Convenience Store Operator Is Going All In on Food In February 2026, Alimentation Couche-Tard, the Canadian parent company of Circle K and one of the largest convenience store operators in the world, held its annual investor meeting in... 
by sarlowelding | Feb 13, 2026 | Independent Operators & Community
Not Every Winning C-Store Is a Chain In February 2026, NACS, the National Association of Convenience Stores, highlighted the story of Mikey Stutes and his independent convenience store, a small-town operation that skeptics said could not succeed but has since become a...