Global Convenience Store Focus

Boa sorte aos finalistas!!!

Great Insight Research Market Focus visit with Repsol here in Madrid today. Thank you very much Alicia Cruzado Lopez and Susana Blanco Amesti for the super talk and hosting to our group. Really impressive, everyone very interested in how fast Repsol’s digital strategy is evolving with the Waylet app and car wash subscription catching a lot of attention in this market and 30,000 customers signed up already. Now off by train to join the forecourttech event in Alicante with Stephen Bozdan and team.

Terrific Insight Research Market Focus visit with David Cervantes Gómez del Pulgar and João Dinis Soares and the whole Galp team here in Madrid. Really impressive how far and how hard this business is driving #foodvenience. We were hosted by their chef Nico’s team in their training centre adjacent to the forecourt. Lots to eat, good conversations and an insight into the food strategy which is really taking shape in this great business across Iberia. Thank you to them all.

Fun dinner here in Madrid on our Insight Research Market Focus with a super group of industry colleagues including attendees from CEPSA, CAF Outdoor Cleaning, Galp, Shell PDI Technologies, Scheidt & Bachmann, SPEEDY ADS media, Techniche, Q1 Energie AG, NTT DATA, BigBrother International, Zuva Petroleum ZW, team energie GmbH & Co. KG, Petrotec Group, Euroloop, Vivo Energy, Shopworks , Liquid Barcodes and forecourttech. Today we visit, Galp, CEPSA and Repsol and then catch a train to join the superb forecourttech event in Alicante. Stephen Bozdan Christian Warning

Car Wash is big business, if you at the NACS Show today there is a great session on subscription programs, including for Car Wash. It’s at 1.30pm at Booth C6219. Fidaa M. Senior Director of Operational Systems at H&S Energy – will be sharing his insight and learnings, talking about actionable strategies to drive retention and revenue with subscription programs. 📅 October 9th | 1 PM | Booth C6219 [C6219 is right across from Petrosoft and Verifone] Mats Danielsen, Saurabh Swarup and the team at Liquid Barcodes we’ll see you there at 1pm! Bob Stein Knut Anders Thorset Jose Garcia Santiago Carolyn Schnare Dan Munford

Hey team CAF Outdoor Cleaning we’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow on the NACS Show Expo floor - 2 booth locations this year: C6939 / N2368. Excited to catch up and hear what’s new! Speaking of which, today we’ll check out your new LIFT-PRO™ Rust Stain Remover at #CoolNewProduct at NACS! Congratulation on your recent milestone, Celebrating 21 years of growth, innovation, and excellence! Over the past 21 years, you guys have achieved so much, from ground breaking products to building strong relationships with your customers and throughout our industry. Beyond the innovation, service excellence and the world class product range you bring – it’s your company’s values and culture that sets you guys apart in our industry! Thanks for the friendship and looking forward to the next 21 years! All the best from all of us at Insight Research and Global Convenience Store Focus. See you soon Mike Zahajko, Derek Zahajko, Mike Zahajko, Perry Paganelli, Riley Tubbs! #CAF #NACS #cstores Dan Munford Carolyn Schnare Christian Warning

Thank you Jim Evans and the team at 7-Eleven for a wonderful store visit last Friday at your brand new Mechanicsburg store. Great format and the freshness and quality of the Roost offer really impressed our group during our Insight Research trip on-route to the NACS Show! Thank you for the amazing hospitality and welcome from your team, we look forward to seeing you all again soon! A great learning experience and a fun visit at an outstanding new location in Pennsylvania. Karl Hodgson Dan Munford Chase Smith Carolyn Schnare Jesper Østergaard René Trapp

On our way to the NACS Show! Together with an international group of retailers and suppliers, we took an exciting route to the biggest US and global convenience industry exhibition and conference in our industry - Last time it was in Las Vegas, the event attracted 24,534 retailers and suppliers from 73 countries! This year we started in Philadelphia and headed west into Pennsylvania, a market renowned for innovation in food service and operational excellence where we were hosted by Sheetz, Wawa, Inc. and Rutter's. Great visits to some of the best #foodvenience retailers in the world! Nick Scherzer Carolyn Schnare Frank Gleeson Dan Munford Mark Wohltmann Henry Armour Bob Hughes Nancy Pappas Christopher Hartman Chase Smith Karl Hodgson

Announcing the 'Top 12' for 'The Best Foodvenience Store in the World' 2024! Now it’s your turn to decide the winner—cast your vote today! Selected by our expert global judging panel, a huge congratulations to our ‘Top 12’ finalists: Applegreen, Circle K, Dash In (The Wills Group), FGC Fuels Marketing (Lion Place), The Fox's Pantry @ BP Tugun, Galp, Marks and Spencer, The Maxol Group, Q8/Noahs, Rutter's, SPAR International/ Thomas Ennis, Valora Group Explore their profiles, featuring videos and photos, then cast your vote on Global Convenience Store Focus: https://lnkd.in/eG4dZr_t   Voting closes on 30th October, and the winner will be revealed on 7th November. A special thanks to all 32 entries from 15 countries across 6 continents, and their leadership teams. Your participation highlights the excellence and leadership within our industry. While there will be one official winner, this competition celebrates the outstanding contributions from every participant. This global search for excellence, powered by Insight Research, together with Invenco by GVR, with sponsorship from The Moseley Group and The Coca-Cola Company, wouldn’t be possible without our dedicated judges and the incredible businesses that took part. Thank you all! 🌍 Dan Munford, Frank Gleeson, Michael Davis, Brett Barclay, Giselle Valdevez, Christian Warning, George Zheng, Craig Phillipson, Karthik Ganapathi, Harry Milloff, Oliver Delaney

We are all loving working with you Frank! Really appreciate the attention you are getting and the many road trips!