Lists
The most popular products and services in the convenience store industry according to retailers including Hot 100 and NACS Cool New Products.
Hot 100
Convenience Store Products presents the 2015 Hot 100 list that ranks the top 100 retailer-requested, most-popular wholesale c store products of the year.
Rank |
Product | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Guinness The 1759 | DIAGEO-Guinness USA |
| 99 | Refrigerated Chili | Blount Fine Foods Corp. |
| 98 | Airheads/Mentos | Perfetti Van Melle |
| 97 | Red Vines Fruit Vines Bites | American Licorice Co. |
| 96 | Snickers Xtreme | MARS Chocolate North America |
25 Most Popular Product Picks
Convenience Store Products presents the 25 most popular new products of the quarter, from tobacco products to beverages, candy and foodservice items.
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Rank |
Product | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Gehl’s 2.0 advanced cheese sauce dispenser | Gehl Foods |
| 24 | Bud Light Rita Fiesta Pack | Anheuser-Busch InBev |
| 23 | Verifone Apple Pay partnership | VeriFone Inc. |
| 22 | Republic Tobacco JOB Cigarette Paper tin | Republic Tobacco L.P. |
| 21 | Tastykake Mini Cupcakes | Flowers Foods Snack Group/Mrs. Freshley's |
New Product Pacesetters
Convenience Store Products' New Product Pacesetters features the best-selling new products in the convenience store industry from research company IRI.
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Rank |
Product | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Starburst Minis | Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. |
| 19 | Cheetos Mix-Ups | PepsiCo |
| 18 | Snickers Bites | MARS Chocolate North America |
| 17 | Core Power | Fairlife, LLC |
| 16 | Monster Energy Punch | Monster Beverage Co. |
New Product Contest
Convenience Store Products' Retailer Choice Best New Product Contest features retailers' votes for their favorite new food, beverage and merchandise items.
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Rank |
Product | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Vapin Plus Liquid Vaporizer Pen & E-liquids | CB Distributors Inc. |
| 27 | Collector Series Duck Dynasty | Chinook USA |
| 26 | Play At The Pump | Gilbarco Veeder-Root |
| 25 | Comdata SmartSight | Comdata Corporation |
| 24 | Peanut Butter Flavored Swiss Rolls | Flowers Foods Snack Group/Mrs. Freshley's |
NACS Cool New Products
Convenience Store Products presents the NACS Cool New Products of the Year list featuring retailers' favorite products and services from the NACS Show.
| Rank | Product | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gehl’s 2.0 Dispenser | Gehl Foods Inc. |
| 2 | iSee Roller Chill | ISEE Store Innovations LLC |
| 3 | IDC Pro | Marmon Group, a Berkshire Hathaway Co. |
| 4 | Boost HD & Evero Tabs | CAF LLC |
| 5 | Intelli-System | Presence From Innovation |