Episode 459

#456: Casey's Digital Transformation (and Pizza's) Driving Customer Loyalty and Retail Success

Published on: 9th November, 2023

This episode is also available in video format on www.Loyalty TV.

Today's episode features a loyal listener and friend of the show, Mike Templeton, Head of Digital at Casey’s.

Casey's is an award-winning convenience retail chain in the US, which has grown from its small-town origins in Iowa, to now operate the third largest convenience retail business and the 5th largest pizza chain in the country, with over 2,500 stores nationwide.

Mike shares the role of digital for Casey’s and some of the key principles for its success, as well as the latest important changes to the overall loyalty proposition for the seven million members of Casey’s Rewards.

He also shares how he thinks about evolving the program, given the endless opportunities and possibilities that exist to continually develop it in ways that can add complexity when most consumers really crave simplicity.

Listen to enjoy our conversation with Mike Templeton from Casey’s.


Show Notes:

1) Mike Templeton⁠

2) Casey's⁠

3) Casey’s Rewards⁠

4) Casey's Investor Deck

5) www.Loyalty TV⁠

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Paula Thomas

Paula Thomas is the Founder and CEO of Let’s Talk Loyalty and Loyalty TV

Paula Thomas is an award-winning podcaster who founded the “Let’s Talk Loyalty” podcast and business in 2019, and Loyalty TV in 2023.

She has over twenty-five years blue-chip marketing experience, including almost a decade leading consumer loyalty programmes in multiple sectors including telecommunications, the energy sector, banking and airline loyalty programmes.

She is from Ireland and lives in Dubai.

Paula is a former judge for the “International Loyalty Awards”, and the author of the book “Driving Loyalty in Convenience Retail”.

She holds an Executive MBA from Smurfit Business College, one of Ireland’s top universities, and is a “Certified Loyalty Marketing Professional”.