AUSTIN, Texas, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Vision Group Network is proud to announce its fifth anniversary fostering innovation and collaboration within the Convenience and Mobility sectors. By uniting industry leaders through virtual forums, VGN addresses pressing challenges and anticipates emerging trends, ensuring businesses worldwide are equipped for the future.
“Since 2020, Vision Group Network has been bringing together top industry leaders in virtual forums—spaces where real conversations spark real change,” says VGN co-founder Eva Strasburger. “These sessions aren’t about sticking to the status quo; they’re about tackling challenges head-on, exchanging experiences, and driving bold ideas forward.”
According to VGN co-founder Myra Kressner, “Retailers, site operators and Ally Supporter members together play a crucial role in all Vision Groups, providing resources and expertise that help drive meaningful discussions and innovative solutions for convenience, foodservice and e-mobility industries.”
“Sharing Today to Shape Tomorrow reflects VGN’s mission to keep all industry stakeholders informed through our free Vision Reports,” adds co-founder Roy Strasburger, “enabling the entire convenience and mobility industries to anticipate future trends, events, and disruptions more effectively.”
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GCVG Global Lessons on Regulation, Resilience, and Growth Beyond Fuel
The July GCVG Report examines how convenience retailers worldwide are navigating regulatory pressure, illicit trade, and the decline of legacy categories. The meeting explored strategies around foodservice investment, technology adoption, and non-fuel revenue growth as operators work to build more resilient business models before market disruption forces their hand.
Winning at Foodservice Innovation: Start With Behavior Not Brainstorming
The June CFVG Vision Report examines how c-store operators can build practical, customer-led food programs. Key themes include starting with behavior over brainstorming, using operational guardrails, leaning on supplier and distributor partnerships, and testing small before scaling. Strong execution of the core offer remains the foundation for successful, differentiated foodservice innovation.
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NACS Convenience Summit Europe in Warsaw Poland
Myra Kressner reflects on attending the NACS Convenience Summit Europe in Warsaw, Poland, where networking with VGN members and global retailers, along with store tours across fuel stations, convenience chains, and foodservice concepts, reinforced how customer experience and destination shopping continue to shape convenience retailing worldwide.
Generation Żabka: The Next Wave of Convenience
Lonnie McQuirter recounts a visit to Żabka Group's Warsaw headquarters, examining how the Polish convenience giant built retail media, app-based loyalty, and autonomous Nano stores into new growth engines. McQuirter draws transferable lessons for independent operators, from auditing fixed assets to finding the small, unglamorous gaps in a customer's day worth closing.
EV Arbitrage – Is It for You?
Explores how bidirectional EV batteries could solve the "duck curve," the gap between declining solar production and rising evening electricity demand. Drawing on a discussion with Jose Bueno-Torre of the Center for Community Energy, Strasburger examines electricity arbitrage opportunities for both EV owners and convenience retailers.
