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Tobacco and Alcohol Compliance Training
Alcohol and tobacco sales bring a lot of customers into your convenience store. When you factor in add-on purchases, selling these products has a significant impact on your bottom line. Your employees have a responsibility to sell alcohol and tobacco in accordance...
Tobacco and Alcohol Compliance Training
Alcohol and tobacco sales bring a lot of customers into your convenience store. When you factor in add-on purchases, selling these products has a significant impact on your bottom line. Your employees have a responsibility to sell alcohol and tobacco in accordance...
Bringing Convenience to Your Curb
Convenience stores thrive when they make it as easy as possible for customers to get what they came for. In 2022, foodservice made up 25.7% of in-store sales, according to an industry report. In order to keep that momentum going, it only makes sense to have ordering...
Bringing Convenience to Your Curb
Convenience stores thrive when they make it as easy as possible for customers to get what they came for. In 2022, foodservice made up 25.7% of in-store sales, according to an industry report. In order to keep that momentum going, it only makes sense to have ordering...
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Don’t Scare Your Customers Away
Every year, the fall and Halloween season brings with it a rise in “Haunted House” attractions for the brave at heart. The people who attend these attractions are usually looking for a good scare. Your customers, on the other hand, are not. Your convenience store...
Safety Training for C-Stores
In a convenience store, workplace safety is about more than just minimizing accidents. It’s about fostering teamwork, protecting people, and keeping your focus where it should be – on store sales. That’s why workplace safety training for convenience stores is so...
How People Learn (And What That Means to You)
If you’re like most convenience store managers, your staff is diverse – different ages, backgrounds, cultures, and so on. These characteristics aren’t the only ways each employee is unique, though. Most likely, your staff has diverse learning styles, too. This is a...
Why Should You Invest in Training Your Employees?
When it comes to training your employees in a convenience store, there is always the question of how much time and money should be spent on training given the expected high turnover rates. However, there is a good argument to be made that doing it right the first time...
How to Prevent Fraud at Your Convenience Store
The convenience store industry has long been a target for criminals. You’re already training your staff to stay safe from obvious risks such as robbery and theft, but what about more sneaky ways your store is at risk? Credit card skimming and phone scams can also be...
Employee Celebrations Without Competition
With staff turnover an ever-present issue for convenience stores, keeping the employees you have is just as important as recruiting and hiring the right new people. Taking the time to focus on employee celebrations will increase employee engagement and improve morale....
3-Step Plan for Effective Training
On their way from point A to point B, your customers likely pass many options for getting gas, a quick bite to eat, or other convenience items. Why should they choose your store? The answer is all around you. It’s your staff. Your team members make or break customer...
Now Is the Right Time To Do a Safety Audit
Did you know that a worker is injured on the job every seven seconds? That adds up to 4.64 million workplace injuries in the United States each year, according to the National Safety Council. Research also suggests that almost all these injuries are preventable....
Managing Turnover in Your Convenience Store
The convenience store industry has historically suffered from a high turnover rate. Changes to the labor force in the past year have put more stress on managers to retain quality employees. It's time to change your thinking on turnover at your store. Here are some...
Is Your Store the Target of a Sting? (It Should Be)
Selling tobacco or alcohol to minors is illegal, and convenience stores can face steep penalties if one of their employees is caught breaking the law. While there may have been some interruption to compliance checks during the past year or so, you can count on...
Alcohol Sales Laws You May Not Know About
The Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act of 1984 set the minimum age to purchase alcohol at 21, but that's about the only alcohol sales regulation that isn't controlled by the states. At the state and local levels, alcohol regulations vary widely. Here are a few examples...
Train Your Staff on LEAST Problem Solving
Customer service issues are inevitable in the convenience store business. Sometimes, customers have a legitimate complaint that requires your immediate attention. Other times, the issue may be minor or outside of your control entirely. No matter what the problem is,...
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