At Your Convenience

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“At Your Convenience” is the official podcast of CSP Daily News and CSP magazine. It explores the hottest trends and news in convenience retailing. Once a week, listeners will hear CSP’s editors discuss topics ranging from mergers and acquisitions and foodservice trends to store design and tobacco regulations with convenience-store retailers and other experts from around the industry. “At Your Convenience” also releases special issues, like content from our C-Store Women’s event and Convenience Retailing University conference.

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    The evolution of cannabis in the c-store industry

    In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” Scott Estrella, senior category manager at Majors Management, speaks with CSP Cannabis Forum Board Chair and Managing Director of TradeWorks for iSee Store Innovations Melissa Vonder Haar, and her father, Joe Vonder Haar, co-founder of iSee Store Innovations. The conversation took place at the inaugural CSP Cannabis Forum by Informa, held in March.  The three talked about how attitudes about cannabis in the convenience-store industry have changed over time, and what opportunities there are in the channel today. Melissa Vonder Haar also shared her journey to advocate for both the cannabis and convenience industries.

    29 phút

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    What it takes to carry hemp-THC in convenience stores

    In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” CSP Editor Diane Adam talks to Josie Johnson, manager of 36 Lyn Refuel Station in South Minneapolis.  On this podcast, recorded March 25 at the CSP Cannabis Forum in Lombard, Illinois, Johnson, who is a member of CSP's C-Store Cannabis Board, discusses being a c-store retailer who carries hemp-THC products. Minnesota was the first state in the country to legalize products containing hemp-THC. Read more from CSP: https://www.cspdailynews.com/

    12 phút

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    How global events are shaping U.S. fuel prices: Insights from Dr. Thomas Weinandy

    In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” CSP Executive Editor Hannah Hammond talks to Dr. Thomas Weinandy, principal research economist at Upside. The two discussed the conflict in Iran and how measures like the Jones Act waiver are aiming to help supply chain disruptions in the oil market. Weinandy also shared how events abroad are affecting U.S. fuel prices—and how consumers are responding at convenience stores and gas stations.  “At Your Convenience” brings industry experts and analysts together with CSP editors to discuss the latest in c-store news and trends. From mergers and acquisitions to foodservice and technology, the podcast delivers the story straight to listeners in short-format episodes, perfect for the morning commute or a quick break at the office.

    16 phút

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    How digital channels are transforming foodservice in convenience stores

    In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” CSP Editor Chuck Ulie talks with Matt Van Gilder, vice president of omnichannel at Des Moines, Iowa-based consulting firm NexChapter, which helps retailers with loyalty, retail media and digital commerce strategy. Their discussion focuses on foodservice and e-commerce, including how the digital channel is the new front door of the convenience store and one of the primary ways customers find a business and its offerings. On this podcast, Van Gilder discusses the advantages the digital channel brings when it comes to communicating and how convenience stores are approaching 30% of transactions for foodservice through digital channels. He also talks about how retailers must do more than just build a digital platform—they must plan to grow it.

    19 phút

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    CSP’s Category Manager of the Year finalists answer 3 questions

    This episode of “At Your Convenience” is part two of CSP’s conversations with the 2026 Category Manager of the Year (CMOY) finalists.  Listen to part one here.Finalists were named in seven categories: behind the counter, center store, dispensed beverages, foodservice, loyalty + tech/operations, nonalcohol and alcohol. And winners were announced during CSP’s Convenience Retailing University event, which took place Feb. 24-26 in Austin, Texas.  At the event, the finalists stopped by CSP’s podcast booth to answer three questions about category management. Here are some of their responses.

    9 phút

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    Core-Mark’s Matt Hautau unpacks what’s driving consumer behavior in convenience stores

    In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” CSP Editor Diane Adam talks to Matt Hautau, vice president of merchandising of Core-Mark, a wholesale distributor to the convenience channel based in Westlake, Texas.  In this podcast, recorded Feb. 11 at the Core-Mark Midwest Expo in Indianapolis, Hautau unpacks the latest in consumer behavior and how Core-Mark works with vendors and suppliers to get the right products to store. He also discusses the importance of data when it comes to what’s a hit or a miss in the c-store channel.

    16 phút

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    Hear from CSP’s Category Manager of the Year finalists

    In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” CSP talks with the 2026 Category Manager of the Year finalists.  Finalists were named in seven categories: behind the counter, center store, dispensed beverages, foodservice, loyalty + tech/operations, nonalcohol and alcohol. And winners were announced during CSP’s Convenience Retailing University event, which took place Feb. 24-26 in Austin, Texas.  At the event, the finalists stopped by CSP’s podcast booth to answer three questions about category management.  Here are some of their responses. Look out for part two, coming out March 24.

    8 phút

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    TXB CEO Kevin Smartt shares how the c-store chain has built and maintained its brand

    In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” CSP Executive Editor Hannah Hammond talks to Kevin Smartt, the CEO of Spicewood, Texas-based TXB. The two spoke on Wednesday during CSP’s Convenience Retailing University event in Austin, Texas.  Smartt talked about how Kwik Chek transformed to TXB, or Texas Born, in 2020, how the chain maintains its brand, how it has expanded its foodservice over the years and more.

    12 phút
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“At Your Convenience” is the official podcast of CSP Daily News and CSP magazine. It explores the hottest trends and news in convenience retailing. Once a week, listeners will hear CSP’s editors discuss topics ranging from mergers and acquisitions and foodservice trends to store design and tobacco regulations with convenience-store retailers and other experts from around the industry. “At Your Convenience” also releases special issues, like content from our C-Store Women’s event and Convenience Retailing University conference.

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