Inflation and economic uncertainty are continuing to erode consumer spending, while also increasing store operating costs — all of which is pressuring the already tight margins of the U.S. convenience store industry’s small operators (1-20 stores).
Our sixth-annual State of the Small Operator Study assesses the current and prior-year performance of these smaller players and spotlights the ways in which they are overcoming adversity.
The rising
cost of
doing business
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is challenging the industry’s independents and small chains
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