CSP Daily News

There will likely be lower demand overall for fuel and convenience items this Thanksgiving despite an increase in travel, according to a report by digital marketplace Upside. However, there are many factors to fuel activity, and the report shared both tailwinds and headwinds that could change the course of fuel demand, price and profits.

Searches for mushroom?coffee?are up 87% year over year, according to?Yelp’s 2025 Trend Forecast,?CSP?sister publication?Restaurant Business?reported.

7-Eleven Inc., Irving, Texas, is partnering with Jackpot.com, an?online lottery?courier service based in San Francisco that allows consumers to purchase official state lottery tickets on their phone, tablet or computer.

Nouria Energy has opened a new convenience store in Bridgton, Maine, that includes an Italian restaurant.

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To date, EVgo has?opened?24 public fast-charging stalls at six Meijer locations in Michigan and Ohio. The plan is to open 30 new stations at Meijer stores by the end of 2026 and another 30 by the end of 2027. EVgo is already in convenience stores, too, like?Pilot Travel Centers,?Sheetz, Chevron and?7-Eleven.?

Crude oil price changes in the past two weeks and in recent months were less extreme than in previous periods. The same is true for gasoline, and for gasoline margins,?according to the most recent?Lundberg Survey?of U.S. fuel markets.

With the goal of actively progressing in her career, Terri Micklin, president of?GetGo Café + Market convenience stores vowed to continuously learn. At first, it was tactical and more about understanding the process of her specific role, she said. Later, it was about learning the processes of the business. Educating herself on the business is part of what led?Micklin?up the ladder to where she is today.

Jacksons Food Stores?is partnering with Boise State University basketball players Tyson Degenhart (No. 2), O’Mar Stanley (No. 1) and Andrew Meadow (No. 13) through a name, image and likeness (NIL) partnership.?Jacksons is also offering special game day promotions for Bronco men’s basketball fans?in January and February.?

79.9 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, the seven-day period from Tuesday, Nov. 26, to Monday, Dec. 2, according to AAA.