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Convenience Stores Are Attracting More Foodservice Visits as More Consumers Are On Their Way Somewhere

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Convenience stores are the beneficiaries of more consumers looking for a beverage or a bite to eat on their way somewhere.

  • Writer: Circana
    Circana
  • Dec 20, 2022
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 12, 2024

Chicago, December 20, 2022 — Convenience stores are the beneficiaries of more consumers looking for a beverage or a bite to eat on their way somewhere. Visits to convenience stores for foodservice items, like beverages and prepared foods, were up 2% in the three months ending November compared to a year ago, reports The NPD Group*. Consumer spending on foodservice menu items at convenience stores was up 8% for the combined months of September, October, and November versus a year ago. Units and dollars of foodservice products shipped from broadline foodservice distributors to convenience stores increased by 3% and 13%, respectively, compared to a year ago.


The breakfast and morning snack periods, or morning meal daypart, which accounted for almost 25% of foodservice visits to convenience stores, grew traffic by 3% and was a key contributor to total visit growth in the most recent quarter ending November. The evening snack period, which increased by 4%, was also vital to foodservice traffic growth at convenience stores during the period. Traffic at lunch, typically most popular for convenience store foodservice, was up 2% compared to a year ago. At dinner, foodservice visits also increased by 2% year-over-year. Traffic at the afternoon snack daypart was flat compared to a year ago.


Beverage-only orders represent over half of convenience store foodservice visits and drive growth for the channel overall. However, the popularity of burgers and breakfast sandwiches ordered at convenience stores throughout the day has also spurred growth. Burgers are a popular convenience store foodservice item for lunch, dinner, and the afternoon snack period. Burger servings increased by 12% in the quarter ending November compared to a year ago. Servings of different varieties of prepared breakfast sandwiches from convenience stores increased by 8% over a year ago.


“Convenience store foodservice is benefitting by more people commuting to and from school and work and generally out and about more,” says David Portalatin, NPD Food Industry Advisor and author of Eating Patterns in America. “The growth in convenience store foodservice visits is a positive sign for the U.S. foodservice industry overall.”

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