EnsembleIQ’s Convenience Store News Canada today unveils the 2024 Star Women in Convenience (SWIC) award winners. SWIC is the first and only awards program in Canada that recognizes exceptional women leaders in the convenience and gas channel.

Founded in 2018, the program recognizes and celebrates the exceptional women making a difference and demonstrating commitment, innovation and leadership in the convenience industry. Winners were selected based on innovation, leadership, financial and strategic accomplishments, as well as exceptional performance.

The SWIC winners include 52 women in three categories: senior-level stars, shining stars and store-level stars. The honourees come from a variety of backgrounds—from independent entrepreneurs to leaders in retail, distribution, consumer packaged goods (CPG), manufacturing, petroleum, and C-suite executives. For the full list of winners, click here.

Michelle Warren, Convenience Store News Canada editor and associate publisher said, “Our awards program showcases the amazing leaders across the country. Now in its seventh year, the program is marking another record-breaking year for nominations featuring the outstanding women who drive success across the convenience and gas industry. We congratulate them all on their innovations and success.”

The winners will be featured in the July/August issue of Convenience Store News Canada and on the Convenience Store News Canada website, https://ccentral.ca.

Winners will be honoured at the annual Star Women in Convenience Awards Ceremony at the International Centre in Toronto on October 1, 2024. Register to attend here.

Contact Sandra Parente at sparente@ensembleiq.com for Star Women in Convenience Awards Event sponsorship opportunities.

About Convenience Store News Canada + OCTANEConvenience Store News Canada + OCTANE is the leading national multi-platform source for industry insights, original business intelligence, product and category reports, trends, expert columns and best practices for convenience retailers, gas bars, and car wash operators. As thought leaders, our goal is to deliver comprehensive and critical content that informs the distribution channel, retail chain head offices, and store-level owners/operators on the best ways to grow profit and sales. In addition to six magazines a year and the twice weekly All Convenience digital newsletter, we bring the industry together for high-profile events, including The Convenience U CARWACS Show, the Star Women in Convenience Awards and the Future Leaders in Convenience + Car Wash Awards.

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Media ContactMichelle WarrenEditor and Associate PublisherConvenience Store News Canada mwarren@ensembleiq.com