Are Convenience Stores a Threat to Restaurants?

In this article is points out the convenience stores history of appealing to the human crowd with their supplies and quick handed food. They sell on the go food which helps with time but does not help with fresh healthy food. Once they found that increases the healthy options was what the people pleases stores such as Sheetz came out with healthy options in their food service. They also produce almost anything you desire from coffee to burritos, restaurants only now may have to step up with their time appeal for quickness.

Key Takeaways:

• There’s signage broadcasting terms like artisanal, organic, and free range.
• There are menus touting spicy chorizo and smoked Gouda on ciabatta, baked tilapia, and arabica coffee.
• And there’s plush interior seating and complimentary WiFi, with reclaimed wood and natural stone design features.

“Once a world of smokes, Cokes, and salty snacks, a utilitarian environment to enter and exit but certainly not linger, convenience stores have morphed into something different, something almost unthinkable even a decade ago: a place for dining and a viable alternative to traditional quick-service restaurants and even their fast-casual brethren.”

https://www.qsrmagazine.com/competition/are-convenience-stores-threat-restaurants