Due to the coronavirus pandemic, some 85 percent of retailers estimate that food safety and sanitization methods will be heightened in foodservice operations in convenience stores in the long-term. In addition, more than half of the sample (53 percent) believe that online ordering and delivery will become more common than in-store purchasing as a result of social distancing measures.
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Retailers' perception of the long-term effects of coronavirus on foodservice operations in convenience stores in the United States in 2020*
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Food safety and sanitization methods will be heightened
85%
Delivery, mobile ordering, curbside pickup and other technologies will become more common than in-store foodservice purchasing
53%
Self-serve programs will become extinct or will permanently become clerk-served
23%
The pandemic will not have any long-term effects on c-store foodservice programs
*The exact survey question was the following: "What long-term effects do you [retailers] think the pandemic will have on the way c-stores operate foodservice programs?"
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CSP. (August 1, 2020). Retailers' perception of the long-term effects of coronavirus on foodservice operations in convenience stores in the United States in 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142821/retailers-perceived-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-c-stores-us/
CSP. "Retailers' perception of the long-term effects of coronavirus on foodservice operations in convenience stores in the United States in 2020*." Chart. August 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142821/retailers-perceived-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-c-stores-us/
CSP. (2020). Retailers' perception of the long-term effects of coronavirus on foodservice operations in convenience stores in the United States in 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142821/retailers-perceived-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-c-stores-us/
CSP. "Retailers' Perception of The Long-term Effects of Coronavirus on Foodservice Operations in Convenience Stores in The United States in 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142821/retailers-perceived-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-c-stores-us/
CSP, Retailers' perception of the long-term effects of coronavirus on foodservice operations in convenience stores in the United States in 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142821/retailers-perceived-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-c-stores-us/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Retailers' perception of the long-term effects of coronavirus on foodservice operations in convenience stores in the United States in 2020* [Graph], CSP, August 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142821/retailers-perceived-long-term-effects-of-covid-19-on-c-stores-us/
