At Your Convenience

In a recent episode of  CSP's  “At Your Convenience” podcast, Drew Walls, sales director for retail media at Broadsign, discussed the challenges retailers face when building retail media networks. Walls said retailers often focus on deploying screens first without considering monetization strategy, leading to missed revenue opportunities. "We are still pricing the screen and not necessari...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Editor Chuck Ulie talks with  Liza Salaria , senior vice president – category management and foodservice, at Chicago-based W. Capra, about crafting promotions with purpose. The two spoke at  CSP’s  Foodservice Forum on June 11 in Schaumburg, Illinois. On the podcast,  Salaria  offers suggestions on which strategy or strategies to use when promoting a...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Conference Content Manager Rachel Gignac talks to Arjun Chakravarti, managing partner at Cogknition Analytics, Chicago. Chakravarti discusses critical factors affecting consumer behavior and strategies for convenience-store retailers navigating uncertainty in today’s rapidly changing economic landscape.  In this podcast, they examine the current econ...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Editor Diane Adam talks to Dave Williams, president of Bump Williams Consulting.  On this podcast, recorded May 13 at the  CSP  Cold Vault Forum by Informa , the two discussed category trends and how to maximize a convenience store’s alcohol portfolio. They also discussed how significant nonalcohol beverages and THC beverages are becoming.

Join CSP Executive Editor Hannah Hammond in an exclusive conversation with Stu Heifetz, senior sales manager of Retail Media at Kwik Trip, as he shares insights into building and scaling one of convenience retail's most successful in-house retail media networks. In this episode, Stu reveals how Kwik Trip transitioned from outsourced media management to a fully in-house operation, monetizing as...

Convenience stores looking to monetize their digital platforms have a new opportunity in post-transaction advertising, according to Jon Nolz, CEO and co-founder of MomentScience. Speaking on  CSP's  "At Your Convenience" podcast in May at the RMN Forum in Chicago, Knowles explained how c-store operators can generate revenue by displaying targeted offers immediately after customers co...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Editor Chuck Ulie talked with Yannis Apostolopoulos, CEO of the Irvine, California-based Specialty Coffee Association, at  CSP’s  Dispensed Beverages Forum  in Lombard, Illinois. “We want to foster a global coffee community and support activities to make coffee more sustainable, equitable and thriving as an endeavor for the entire value chain,” Apost...

Retail media networks need to shift their focus from scale and impressions to measurable outcomes if they want to earn sustained brand investment, according to Jake Kaiser, general manager at Par Retail. Speaking on  CSP's " At Your Convenience" podcast in May at the  RMN Forum in Chicago , Kaiser emphasized that while loyalty programs provide valuable customer data, they typically c...

Join CSP Executive Editor Hannah Hammond as she sits down with Joelle Robinson, Director of Retail Media at Circle K, at the Retail Media Network Forum in Chicago. In this insightful conversation, Joelle shares her journey from building Giant Eagle GetGo's retail media network to now leading Circle K's retail media strategy. Discover how Circle K is transforming its approach to retail medi...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Editor Chuck Ulie talks with Todd Smith (left), president of Sandy, Utah-based Swig, which is known as the home of the original  dirty soda . The two talked in April at  CSP’s  Dispensed Beverages Forum  in Lombard, Illinois. A  dirty soda , Smith said, is a soda with added flavors, purees, creams and fruits “just to make it more interesting.” Swig h...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Executive Editor Hannah Hammond talks to Tommy Greenberg, senior director of  Love’s Media Group  for Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores.  The podcast was recorded at  CSP’s  Retail Media Network Forum, which was held May 4-6 in Chicago.  Love’s is tied for  No. 14  on  CSP’s   2026 Top 40  update to the  2025 Top 202  ranking of U.S. c-store c...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Editor Diane Adam talks to  Nick Triantafellou , director of marketing at  Weigel’s . On this podcast, recorded April 15 at the annual Midwest Fuel and Convenience Trade Show, M-PACT, in Indianapolis, the two discussed foodservice and how Powell, Tennessee-based Weigel’s is measuring success beyond sales. They also discussed loyalty and digital engag...

On  CSP 's “At Your Convenience” podcast, recorded at the inaugural  CSP  Cannabis Forum, Scott Estrella from Majors Management, LLC and Blake Patterson from Keef Brands discussed how hemp beverages are successfully launching in the convenience channel, revealing strong consumer demand and strategic merchandising approaches that are reshaping the category. They discuss their partnership model,...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” Rachel Gignac, conference content manager at Informa, talks to  Cameron Watt , president and CEO of Intouch Insight. Their conversation explores how the annual  Mystery Shop audit , which  CSP  partners with Intouch Insight for, has evolved over the past two decades, from basic service checks to a more comprehensive focus on cleanliness, food safety and ov...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,” Melissa Vonder Haar, CSP  Cannabis Forum Board chair and managing director of TradeWorks for iSee Store Innovations, speaks with Cann Co-founder Jake Bullock and Chris Bambury, president of Bonneau Markets.  The conversation took place at the inaugural  CSP  Cannabis Forum by Informa , held in March.  They dive into the complex landscape of hemp beverage r...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Editor Chuck Ulie talks with Brayton Heinz (left), inside sales director at Coffee Cup Travel Plazas, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  Heinz talks about being part of a four-store, family-run  convenience-store chain —as well as data analysis, negotiating to maximize profitability and keeping up with today’s many trends. On this podcast, Heinz also discus...

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.  T...

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 t...

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 respondin...

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 a...

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...

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 ge...

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 th...

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 t...

In this episode of “At Your Convenience,”  CSP  Executive Editor Hannah Hammond talks to Annie Gauthier, the CFO and co-CEO of St. Romain Oil Co. and the National Association of Convenience Stores chairman.  Gauthier is a third-generation co-owner of the Mansura, Louisiana-based company, which operates 15 Y-Not Stop convenience stores. She started her tenure as NACS chairman  in October .  In this...