7-Eleven’s Impulse Shoppers Fuel Recovery for Hershey, PepsiCo

Publish Date: 
May 6, 2010

Impulse buyers are heading back to convenience stores for sodas and Hershey bars.
PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. say the volume declines at convenience stores slowed last quarter for the first time in at least a year. Hershey Co.’s first-quarter chocolate, mint and gum sales in those stores grew about 6 percent.
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