Troy, our newest addition to CNC Connection in the fall of 2017, has 30 years in the Wholesale and Retail Business arena.  His experience includes working at various companies including, McLane, Fleming, Core-Mark and most recently Merrill Distributing Inc in Merrill Wisconsin for the past 13 years.  He headed up the Convenience Store division.  Now he specializes in our Wholesale customer chains

Can your Meat Snack section improve? These days Meat Snacks are all the rage. We at CNC certainly sell a lot of Old Trapper Beef Jerky. These next few weeks I want to discuss strategies to help you improve your Meat Snack Sales and Profits! While you are reading this, I would like you to picture your Meat Snack Section.   Dead SKU’s The Biggest Problem I see with most Retailers is

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This is the latest information from a periodical that discusses the value of the Big Bag jerky and who is doing what in the Convenience store world. This is based off scan data! While traditional jerky still dominates the category, consumers are starting to move towards extra-large sized bags. Large bag jerky (representing 5 ounces or more) is a big contributor to driving growth within the meat

We are attending the NACS Show again this year. This is one of the highlights of our year! All our Manufacturers are in one location, and we love to see them! The show this year is in Chicago IL, at McCormick Place on Chicago’s south side. The show is October 17 through the 19th. Everything Convenience Store is at the show from Snacks to full operational car washes, it’s amazing. Of course, we