The Why Behind Convenience Stores
March 05, 2021 Search “what is a convenience store” and Google will return about 453,000,000 results in half a second. The top definition—"a store with extended opening hours and in a convenient location, stocking a limited range of household goods and groceries”—explains what’s on store shelves. It’s basic, but also correct. On August 14, 1961, a key moment in our industry’s early years transpired when Speedee Mart founder Henry Boney called on 14 owners, presidents and general managers of convenience stores to attend a meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. Boney felt “sufficie...
Source: convenience.org
