The most recent 2026 Convenience Voices Annual Study from NACS found that while convenience store loyalty membership for ...

Among the flavors already gaining broad acceptance are hot honey, mojo sauces, mango-habanero combinations and regional barbecue styles. More adventurous flavors such as black garlic and emerging ...

Alisha Black of Huck’s Market discussed how retailers can combat the four reasons employees leave in the first 90 days.

“We integrated our operational teams,” Sanchez said. Now, the merchandise and store teams have a hand in the process “because ...

Lonnie McQuirter, director of operations for 36 Lyn Refuel Station, has been named the 2026-27 NACS chairman. He began his term following the NACS Board of Directors meeting on October 6 during the ...

Sheetz this week officially cut the ribbon on its $169 million food manufacturing and distribution center in Findlay, Ohio, according to a press release sent to NACS. “The new facility, which ...

This article is brought to you by GS1 US. A new kind of barcode showing up on packaging has the potential to benefit retailers and consumers through one big factor: data. Capable of holding ...

In a recent survey from PAR Technology, 80% of respondents said that they have “encountered AI in a convenience store, most commonly a self-checkout kiosk.” The 2026 Industry Report: AI on the C-Store ...

Julie Miller is the former director of personnel for Fat Dogs Travel Centers in Nebraska. She is a people person—a quality she has turned into a full-time role in the convenience industry. She says ...

Fifteen years ago, Jigar “JP” Patel, who runs the three[1]store convenience chain Fastime, and three of his friends were “just a few guys sitting around the table” one night, talking about how hard it ...

Director of NACS International Asia-Pacific George Zheng has a front-row seat to the innovative developments shaping convenience retail around the world. His goal is to bring retailers together to ...

This article is brought to you by Mako Networks. Artificial intelligence is quickly moving from concept to reality across the convenience retail industry. Applications such as video analytics, loss ...