Special Events

Join Outlook Leadership and its spotlight charity, USO of North Carolina, in packing “A Touch of Home Kits” for military members who are being deployed. What better way to extend your reach than to provide support to our nation’s military? We will pack various snacks and personal items in bags, along with notes written by you. All participants will fold small flags that fit into the pockets of service members’ uniforms when they are in the fields and act as a constant reminder that their country is with them and that they are connected to home. This fun event requires no prior experience and will change the way you think about snacks and what flags mean to our warriors when they are away from home. Our goal is make 1,000 kits. These kits are critical elements of building morale and letting our military know how much we appreciate their sacrifice. Please join us.

The convenience-store sector continues to experience a period of rapid consolidation. National and regional operators, foreign strategic buyers and institutional private-equity investors, among others, have had a voracious appetite to grow through acquisition and investment in the space. The evolution of the modern convenience store has come full circle as valuations have reached heightened levels even at a time when industry operators face numerous headwinds, unprecedented competition and potential disruption by Amazon and others. In this timely and informative panel discussion, senior investment bankers will moderate a panel of top industry consolidators as they discuss the current cycle of convenience-store M&A and the future opportunities and challenges facing those looking to invest capital in the industry.