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December 08, 2021
EPA Seeks to Reduce Biofuel Blend Rules
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The Biden Administration has proposed a cut on the amount of biofuels U.S. oil refiners were required to blend in 2020, reports Reuters. Under the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) proposal, total renewable fuel volumes would be retroactively set at 17...

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December 08, 2021
Pilot Co. Opens New Travel Center in Missouri
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. & OKLAHOMA CITY—Pilot Company announced the opening of its newest location in Faucett, Missouri. The newly built Pilot Travel Center brings to the area a fully modernized facility that includes a Taco Bell, truck parking, spacious restrooms and showers, and a wid...

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December 08, 2021
Employers Plan to Lift Wages in 2022
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—U.S. companies are planning to use an average of 3.9% of total payroll for wage increases next year, which is the most since 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal. The amount is according to a survey by the Conference Board, which also found that companies are pla...

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December 08, 2021
NACS Files Brief Against Vaccine Mandate
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NACS has filed a brief opposing the Biden Administration’s emergency court motion with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to reinstate the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) requirement that private-sector businesses with 100 o...

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December 09, 2021
Why Your C-Store May Be Lost, but You Don’t Know It
By Chrissy Blasinsky ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Searching the web is something most people do multiple times a day. According to Hubspot, it's estimated that Google processes about 63,000 search queries every second, translating to 5.6 billion searches per day and about 2 trillion global se...

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December 09, 2021
Hershey Opens New Hershey Insights Centers
HERSHEY, Pa.—The Hershey Company has unveiled its new Hershey Insights Centers, which are facilities designed to offer retailers across every channel the opportunity to develop strategic plans based on retail growth initiatives and Hershey’s shopper insights, according to a news ...

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December 09, 2021
Traffic Has Not Returned to Prepandemic Levels
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Traffic is still down in the U.S., due to many employees still working from home, reports the Wall Street Journal. Although traffic is increasing, U.S. commuters will spend 36 hours in traffic congestion this year, which is 10 hours more than last year but 63 hour...

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December 09, 2021
Multicultural Audiences Increasingly Seek Plant-Based Food
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. and BROOMFIELD, Colo.—A new study from Danone North America found that plant-based eating is on the rise among multicultural audiences, especially the younger millennial and Gen Z populations. "Plant-based eating has the potential to be a real beacon of healthy...

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December 09, 2021
Biometric Screening Use on the Rise at U.S. Airports
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—U.S. airports are increasingly utilizing biometric screening to automate processes, reports the New York Times. Many of the latest biometric developments use facial recognition, which is 99.5% accurate, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technolo...

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December 09, 2021
U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Block Vaccine Mandate
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) mandatory vaccine and testing rule by a bipartisan vote of 52 to 48. The resolution, allowed under the Congressional Review Act, has the power to nu...

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