Coronavirus

Nearly two dozen industry representatives, from chain CEOs to owner-operators and suppliers, will serve as a sounding board.

The relief funds have flowed to operations such as Ruth’s Chris and Potbelly.

Coalition seeks additional financial assistance, contract concessions to help weather the pandemic

Will provide one meal per fuel transaction beginning April 10

Industry strengths, decline in oil prices have helped buffer c-stores, Raymond James says

The activist investor argues the company was too quick to abandon its investment, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Numbers from Black Box Intelligence indicate that the industry has found its bottom and is slowly regaining some customers.

Customers are turning to convenience stores during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there’s still work to be done in the channel

States are coming together to plot a restart of the economy. But restaurants may be on the sidelines for a while.

Operators raised concerns about corporate support, while the company urged the franchise association to back efforts to raise worker pay during the coronavirus shutdown.

As COVID-19 claims more lives, social distancing in grocery stores has to be taken seriously, and retailers are responding.

With consumers focused on needs now, basic messages resonate the most when it comes to marketing strategies.

The food and games chain has a deal with Jefferies to sell up to $75 million in stock to strengthen a balance sheet damaged by the coronavirus shutdown.