C-Store Dive

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 3 Big Numbers is a weekly column that looks at a few key details from around the c-store industry. The more some things change, the more they stay the same for the convenience retail industry. NACS unveiled its 2025 industry report at its State of the Industry Summit this week, which highlighted that major trends like the strength of foodservice and the continued creep of store expenses are holding strong.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores will debut its first Whataburger on May 4 in a newly opened travel center in San Antonio, the company announced on Thursday. The travel stop company first revealed its partnership with the popular burger QSR in early 2025, with plans to open the site later that year. Love’s did not respond by press time to questions about why the opening was delayed.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Visa and Mastercard have settled the final interchange fee claims from a group of about five dozen merchants in recent weeks in an antitrust case that had been set for trial this month. The last merchant settlement came this week as Circle K parent Alimentation Couche-Tard resolved its damage claims against the networks in a New York case that dates to June 2013.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Gaubert Oil has agreed to acquire the wholesale and transportation division of regional competitor Buffalo Services for an undisclosed amount, according to a Tuesday announcement. The deal includes Buffalo's unbranded commercial fuels distribution business and related operations, including two bulk plants.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Alimentation Couche-Tard has partnered with electric vehicle charging company Ionna to bring new charging infrastructure to 350 Circle K stores in the U.S., according to a Tuesday announcement. The partnership will include converting and upgrading around 85 existing EV charging stations and adding Ionna’s infrastructure to more than 250 additional sites.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 7-Eleven expects to close 645 convenience stores in North America during fiscal 2026, which runs from March 1, 2026 to Feb. 28, 2027, parent Seven & i Holdings revealed in one of its fourth-quarter earnings documents last week. The closings include “the conversion to wholesale fuel stores” for some sites, according to the document, which also noted that 7-Eleven does not include wholesale locations in its store count.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. MFA Oil Company is launching third-party delivery across all of its 70-plus Break Time convenience stores in Missouri through a deal with e-commerce firm Lula Commerce, according to a Tuesday press release.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 3 Big Numbers is a weekly column that looks at a few key details from around the c-store industry. News that Seven & i is delaying the IPO of its North American arm, 7-Eleven Inc., seized headlines on Thursday, but was far from the only update the company shared in its Q4 earnings presentation.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Sheetz is slated to enter Indiana in 2027, with plans to invest nearly $1 billion opening 100 stores over the next 10 years, the company announced on Wednesday. The company plans to open its first sites in the greater Indianapolis area, with specific locations and timelines to be announced at a later date, according to the announcement.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Electric vehicle charging may not be the hot topic it was a few years ago, but EVs aren’t going away, and some convenience retailers continue to expand the amenity across their networks.. Chargers near convenience stores recorded an average of 182 charging sessions per month in Q4 2025, lagging both grocery stores and restaurants, according to data from the Transportation Energy Institute’s Charging Analytics Program.