TOKYO—Japanese convenience store FamilyMart Co. is opening unmanned convenience stores in Japanese post offices throughout the country. The first c-store market is opening by the end of this month at a post office in the city of Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture. FamilyMart plans to ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The United States Postal Service has finalized a rule that will no longer allow vaping products to be delivered through the U.S. mail, according to Vaping360. The ruling applies to both nicotine and cannabis products and takes effect immediately. The rule was requ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—ENERGY STAR day is next Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, and according to ENERGY STAR, the day is a “celebration of our collective efforts to bring the benefits of energy savings and climate protection to all—helping Americans save today, save tomorrow and save for good.” ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Coca-Cola said it has created a beverage bottle made from 100% plant-based plastic, excluding the cap and label. Dubbed “PlantBottle,” the bottle looks, functions and recycles like traditional PET but has a lighter footprint on the planet and its resources. A limi...

By Jerry Soverinsky This article is brought to you by American Security, a NACS member. ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Kalpesh Patek had a problem. As the sole owner of a Southern California gas station, his work was never ending—certainly far more than a full-time job. He faced a cascade of ta...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Thorntons opened a new location in the Crystal Lake community of Chicagoland late last week. This is Thorntons’ 85th store in Illinois and its 65th in Chicagoland, according to a news release. This Thornton’s location includes technologies and services to help the...

SEATTLE—Amazon is allowing local sellers to offer both in-store pickup and fast delivery to local customers, according to a news release. Amazon Local Selling allows sellers to list products in Amazon’s physical locations and allow local customers in designated areas to pick up t...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Consumers, particularly younger generations, want soft drink flavors with a “shock factor,” according to research from GlobalData, reports Beverage Daily. Particularly, flavors that are unique, unusual and LTOs play into younger generations’ FOMO (fear of missing ...

AUSTIN—Texas has placed a marijuana extract known as delta-8 on its list of illegal drugs—three years after the federal government removed the extract from the nation's list of controlled substances, according to the Texas Tribune. Delta-8 is now a Schedule I controlled substance...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Michigan grocer Meijer opened a neighborhood market, focused on bringing a mix of local, fresh food to customers in the region. It’s the company’s second small format store in Metro Detroit and the fourth neighborhood market opened by Meijer. The market featur...