Last updated on September 5th, 2012 at 04:21 pm
As convenience stores continue offering busy consumers more options for meals and snacks, new research by Technomic finds consumers are taking advantage of the expanding foodservice options, many times at the expense of quick-service restaurants.
Of consumers polled on their most recent convenience store foodservice purchase, 27 percent indicated that if they had not bought their meal from the convenience store in question, they would have purchased it from a fast-food restaurant. Interestingly, that number is nearly identical to those who said they would have ordered from another convenience store.
“Convenience stores are increasingly falling into the same consideration set as fast-food restaurants,” says Technomic Director Tim Powell. “This really speaks to the enhanced foodservice offerings in convenience stores as well as evolving consumer behaviors. In our recent survey of more than 3,700 consumers who visit convenience stores, 82 percent said they purchase prepared foods from them at least once a month, while 52 percent do so at least once per week.”
