Lombard

I'm Bill Wilson, Executive Editor of Supermarket News.

And live from CSP and Informa's C-Store Tech in Lombard, Illinois, I'm Chuck Uley, editor at CSP.

Kroger is slipping.

Numerator released its latest retailer market share update on Wednesday, tracking retailers' share of consumer spending across food and beverage and broader consumer packaged goods categories for the latest 12 months every quarter.

This insight comes from Krishna Kaluru.

Global Director of Digital Experience, Personalization, and Loyalty at Circle K owner Alimentation Couchetard.

Kaluru, on Monday, spoke at C-Store Tech by Informa in Lombard, Illinois.

AI is critical if a convenience store retailer wants to be competitive in terms of loyalty, personalization, and other things they do as a brand, Kaluru said.

Circle K, Huck's Market, Quick Trip, with a K, Parker's Kitchen, and Pilot Company were named winners of the inaugural C-Store Tech Awards.

the awards were presented Monday evening, marking the close of the event's first of three days at the Westin Chicago Lombard in Lombard, Illinois.

C-Store Tech by Informa, now in its third year, brings together the people sharing the future of technology in convenience retail.

London-based Informa owns CSP.

An All-American and two-time captain

from Lombard, Illinois, Jordan Westerkamp.

Hey, let's go.

I love it.

The next batter is Oscar Gamble.

Bob Schwab of 336 South Brewster, Lombard, Illinois, is the entrant here.

Go, Bird, go, they're jamming.

There's a slider for a strike call.

You know,

the most famous person from Lombard, Illinois, where Jack and I grew up, is Dan Tanney, an astronaut.

And he's got, like, his own street in Lombard.

He's all we got.

Okay,

now, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

You guys are from Lombard? Yes.

The next batter is Oscar Gamble.

Bob Schwab of 336 South Brewster, Lombard, Illinois, is the entrant here.

Go, Bird, go, they're jamming.

There's a stride for a strike call.

Before we let you go, uh, you have UCLA in your sights.

Uh, that- that's, uh, university closest to the Lombard area.

That's what I call College of DuPage.

I grew up right near College of DuPage.

Nice girl.

Uh, she lived, her parents lived in Lombard, a western suburb of Chicago, of course.

Actually, beautiful, beautiful Butterfield.

And I was with her, gassing up in Butterfield, and the guy in line in front of us was Mike Ditka.

And if we can get them to stay here in Chicago to do that, then it just naturally kind of evolves and hopefully helps the creative community here in Chicago grow.

The College of DuPage Fashion Studies Department's Chicago Fashion Week exhibition will be on display at the Yorktown Shopping Center in Lombard on Friday, October 9th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. You can find more info about that event and everything else taking place during Chicago Fashion Week at chicagofashionweek.com. And a quick reminder, if you listen to The Arts Section on the radio, make sure to check out the show's website over at theartssection.org. You can find past episodes and individual features available to listen to on demand anytime you want.

You can also find my contact info there if you want to drop me a line.

Email me at gzidek at wdcb.org or find me on Instagram with the handle at onairgary.

The ARC selected Dubuque's Riley Johnson as its Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week.

The goalkeeper from Lombard, Illinois returned from injury to anchor to Spartans to a 1-0-1 week on the road, helping Dubuque earn a scoreless draw against the defending Midwest Conference champion Lake Forest.

Johnson scored five saves across 90 minutes to secure the Spartans' first shutout of the season.

In a 4-1 victory over Beloit, Johnson added six saves, finishing the week with 11 saves across 169 minutes 56 seconds in goal.