C-Store Paradox

As we are now officially into the summer season, at least in the northern hemisphere, one of the more surprising trends to emerge is the strong growth of the c-store channel, even with high fuel prices. We think less scanning and IRC activity in supermarkets this year is helping c-stores.When you look at ACNielsen c-store scans for the month ending May 20, beer volumes are up a big 3.7%. For the quarter, beer sales are up 1.4%, while for the