SAN FRANCISCO and TEMPE, Ariz.—Circle K has partnered with Standard AI, a checkout technology company, to install an AI-powered checkout-free system in one of its stores in Tempe, Ariz. Using AI-powered cameras mounted throughout the store, the system identifies the products shop...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued final guidance to drastically reduce the amount of sodium in the American diet, reports NBC News. The FDA is asking food manufacturers and restaurants to voluntarily cut the salt in their products over the coming t...
PITTSBURGH—GetGo Café + Market has expanded its Thanksgiving dinner-themed offerings to include the Pilgrim Go Bowl and the Pilgrim Go Ritto. The c-store already offers the Pilgrim Sub, which is a Thanksgiving dinner on a sandwich roll, but now customers can get a Pilgrim Go Bowl...
WASHINGTON—Sales of chocolate in 2020 were strong, according to a new report by the National Confectioners Association, with chocolate accounting for about 60% of all confectionery sales in the U.S. The report, “Getting to Know Chocolate Consumers 2021: Exploring Consumer Demogra...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NACS, along with five other retail associations, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking the agency to release the names of the R.J. Reynolds products for which it issued marketing denial orders (MDOs). The letter follows yesterday’s FDA app...
This article is brought to you by Invenco, a NACS Hunter Club member. ALEXANDRIA, Va.—With the April 2021 EMV upgrade deadline past, many retailers still have not upgraded their outdoor payment terminals to be EMV compliant. Lower-volume, independently owned sites are upgrading a...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Shipt, an online delivery company owned by Target, is differentiating itself in the delivery industry through customer relations and the gig workers it employs, according to CNBC. Same-day service sales for Shipt more than quadrupled year over year in the fiscal y...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Kevin Smith admits that he has “an obsession with convenience stores”—one that has been going on since the debut of his movie “Clerks” in 1994. The iconic movie, largely set at a Quick Stop Groceries in Leonardo, N.J., is probably the best-known movie about conven...
COLUMBUS, Ga.—A Georgia police department is warning its community about a scam alert specifically targeting convenience stores, reports WMTV. Columbus, Ga., c-stores are receiving phone calls from scammers posing as law enforcement officers and tricking the businesses out of tho...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—"We Card now more than ever” is the message from retailers who participated in September’s We Card Awareness Month. We Card—now in its 26th year—reminded retailers of four key action steps to make sure they’re doing all they can do to prevent underage sales of tob...
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