Convenience

Convenient procedures, products and services are those intended to increase ease in accessibility, save resources (such as time, effort and energy) and decrease frustration. Convenience is a relative concept, and depends on context. For example, automobiles were once considered a convenience, yet today are regarded as a normal part of life.

Service conveniences are those that save shoppers time or effort, and includes variables such as credit availability and extended store hours. Service convenience pertains to the facilitation of selling both goods and services, and combinations of the two.

Convenience goods are widely distributed products that "require minimal time and physical and mental effort to purchase."

Examples

Convenience stores at filling stations sell items that have nothing to do with gasoline/petrol, but purchasing at that location can save the consumer time compared to another trip to a grocery store. Conveniences such as direct deposit can save companies and consumers money, though this may or may not be passed along to the consumer.

Convenience (horse)

Convenience (foaled May 29, 1968 in Florida) was a Thoroughbred racing mare. She was sired by Fleet Nasrullah, a son of Nasrullah, and her dam was Moment of Truth. Bred by Caper Hill Farm, Inc. and raced by Glen Hill Farm, she was trained by Willard Proctor.

During her racing career, Convenience won fifteen of thirty-five starts and retired with earnings of $648,933. Among her wins, Convenience twice won the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap and in 1972, under jockey Jerry Lambert defeated Typecast in a $250,000 winner-take-all match race in front of 53,575 fans at Hollywood Park Racetrack.

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Convenience

by: Gentle Giant

Plastic, plastic, take the modern way.
Simulation, for my instant day.
Why should I care, if you say that it's no good.
It's for me, can't you see?
Convenience, everything is clean and easy.
I can't read, but then I watch T.V.
Stimulation, they can do it for me.
How can you say, what is right and what is wrong.
It's for you, for me, too.
Convenience, everything is clean and easy.
Just believe me, it runs like a big machine
It's just for me, can't you see?




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Kent adding lube center alongside new convenience store

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New commercial construction in Memphis: Permits sought for 2 gas station convenience stores

Commercial Appeal 25 Mar 2025
Two new convenience stores have submitted applications for commercial construction permits in Memphis and Shelby County.Both convenience stores will be approximately 5,800 square feet and will have gas and diesel pumps.
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Allsup's convenience store with famous burritos opens near Texas-New Mexico stateline

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Drive-thru convenience store proposed for Kokomo's south side

Kokomo Tribune 24 Mar 2025
A drive-thru convenience store is being proposed for Kokomo’s south side ... .
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Morrisons to close 52 cafes and 17 convenience stores

BBC News 24 Mar 2025
The closures are expected to take place over the next few months, leaving hundreds of jobs at risk ... .
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Full list of Morrisons closures - including 52 cafes, 18 Market Kitchens and 17 convenience stores

Manchester Evening News 24 Mar 2025
The retailer has announced a major shake up as part of plans to 'renew and reinvigorate Morrisons' ... .
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Full list of Morrisons cafés and convenience stores set to close in the UK

York Press 24 Mar 2025
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