Service Station Computer Systems

05/13/2026

Convenience Store News has unveiled its 2026 Top Women in Convenience honorees. From operations and foodservice to marketing and technology, these women continue to drive innovation, growth, and community across convenience retail.
Convenience Store News Magazine

This year’s class comprises a record 116 veteran and emerging female leaders in the c-store industry.

05/12/2026

The convenience channel is fully entering its “food destination” era. From made-to-order meals and chicken programs to customizable platforms and elevated coffee, c-stores are investing heavily in foodservice.
Pilot Flying J OXXO CSP

Convenience-store chains like Pilot, OXXO, InConvenience draw in customers via food innovation

05/11/2026

Convenience retail meets “doom scroll” energy. Viral Japanese lifestyle chain Ebisu is opening its largest-ever location in Tampa Bay—packed with imported snacks, drinks, beauty products, blind boxes, claw machines, and collectible culture.
Creative Loafing Tampa

Ebisu Life Store Ebisu Life Store, a wildly popular Japanese lifestyle shop filled with viral snacks, blind boxes and obscure collectibles, will soon open

05/08/2026

ICYMI: SSCS Blog Post: Lo! The cash register is born!

Register to POS (Part 1): The Counting Machine that Really Counted The cash register wasted no time becoming the center of commercial operations, but it had a long way to go. Retail Counting Is Different So last week, the SSCS Blog completed

05/08/2026

C-stores are finding a powerful growth lane on college campuses. From grab-and-go food to tech-forward checkout and Gen Z-focused assortments, retailers are building campus connections by meeting students where they're at.
Convenience Store News Magazine

Partnerships with local universities drive traffic and create brand loyalty.

05/07/2026

New SSCS Blog Post: Lo! The cash register is born! https://blog.sscsinc.com/2026/05/07/register-to-pos-part-1-the-counting-machine-that-really-counted/

05/06/2026

“We’ve redefined what a convenience stop should feel like.” Chicago’s Duck Stop Travel Center is raising the bar—prioritizing pro drivers, ultra-clean restrooms, and a more intentional, experience-driven stop.
CSP

Chicago-area Duck Stop Travel Center boasts strong commitment to professional drivers, cleanest restrooms on the road

05/05/2026

Store visits are getting shorter. As trips drop under 10 minutes, brands are leaning into in-store media to capture attention fast. And with 82% of shoppers hitting c-stores for quick grabs, the opportunity is clear: speed = influence.
EMARKETER

As marketers increasingly bet on in-store commerce media and consumers shorten their shopping trips, GSTV argues that brevity is a reason advertisers should bet on convenience stores.

05/05/2026

ICYMI: SSCS Blog Post: How Binary Systems came to be, and other stuff about counting.

The Story of Counting (Part 3): The Quiet Revolution Thanks to solid state technology, counting has become invisible, instantaneous, and universal, with unprecedented scope. Welcome to the last part of the SSCS Blog’s trilogy on counting, a topic that sounds basic,

05/04/2026

Big bet on foodservice at Alimentation Couche-Tard:
The retailer just added another food-focused VP, promoting Hélène Drolet as it doubles down on fresh food growth and restructures its “Fresh Food, Fast” strategy.
C-Store Dive Couche-Tard

Helene Drolet moves into the newly created vice president of food and retail for Canada as the retailer continues its foodservice focus.

05/01/2026

Its May Day! Which means time for another SSCS Tip of the Month. Operators that have employees that need a refresher on basic barcode behavior, click on this link and enter you user credentials to access it. https://portal.sscsinc.com/products/tips-of-the-month/202605_barcodes/