AI in Convenience Survey

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* 1. What is your role in the convenience industry?

C-Suite/Executive Leadership

Operations

IT/Technology

Category Manager/Merchandising

Marketing

Store Owner/Independent Operator

Store Management

Store Associate/Team Member

CPG/Brand

Supplier/Vendor

Consultant/Industry Advisor

Other role and/or industry: Please specify

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* 2. How often do you use AI and/or AI-enabled technology in your workday?

Multiple times a day

Daily

A few times per week

A few times per month

Less than once per month

I don’t use AI in my workday

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* 3. How are AI-enabled technologies impacting your workday? Select all that apply.

Boosting efficiency and productivity

Reporting and analysis

Inventory management and optimization

Dynamic pricing (fuel and/or products)

Workforce scheduling and optimization

Back office workflow automation

Supply chain optimization

Equipment and/or energy management

Customer personalization

Automated ordering and/or frictionless checkout

Loss prevention and/or fraud detection

Safety and/or compliance monitoring

I don’t use AI-enabled technologies

I don’t know

Other: Please specify

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* 4. What percentage of the technology systems you use at work are AI-enabled?

0–25%

26–50%

51–75%

76–100%

I don't know

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* 5. What stage best describes your workplace's AI adoption journey?

Exploring/researching AI opportunities

Piloting AI in select areas

Actively implementing AI across our organization

AI is fully embedded in our technology stack

Planning to enable AI within 6-12 months

No current plans for AI adoption

I don't know

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* 6. How confident are you that your workplace's AI investments will deliver measurable ROI within 18 months?

Extremely confident

Very confident

Somewhat confident

Not very confident

Not at all confident

I don't know

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* 7. When evaluating new workplace technologies, I agree that AI capability is an important feature.

Strongly agree

Somewhat agree

Agree

Somewhat disagree

Strongly disagree

I don't know

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* 8. How important is it that your workplace technology can adapt and learn from your operations, rather than requiring you to follow fixed processes?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not very important

Not at all important

I don't know

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* 9. What are the biggest barriers preventing faster AI adoption at your workplace? Select all that apply.

Cost/budget constraints

Lack of technical expertise

Data infrastructure readiness

Uncertainty about ROI

Integration with existing systems

Employee resistance/training needs

Compliance and/or ethics concerns

There are no barriers

AI adoption is not a current priority

I don’t know

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* 10. What business challenge(s) do you hope AI will help solve in the future that it isn't effectively addressing today?

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* 11. How would you rate the convenience industry's progress in AI adoption compared to other retail sectors?

Far ahead

Somewhat ahead

About the same

Somewhat behind

Far behind

I don't know

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Company

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