WHEELER COUNTY, Texas (KFDA) - Ruben makes his way to Canadian and learns about a restaurant serving the area for a decade.

Circle K, the Tempe-based convenience store chain owned by Canadian retail giant Alimentation Couche-Tard, has partnered with a local Mexican restaurant to add new grab-and-go items at its stores.

Burger King has been clear about the company’s urgency to modernize. It even built a 40,000-square-foot “Royal Innovation ...