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March 2024

March 2024

In this issue, we focus on foodservice, and delve into navigating food recalls, food packaging sustainability and stackability and how cookies can change the game. Also, check out the Top 100 retailers list and how to prepare for the upcoming once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse.

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Anatomy of a Food Recall

Convenience retailers need a plan to address food and beverage product recalls.

Lifting the In-store Experience

After $150 million in forecourt and in-store improvements through its LIFT initiative, Cenex® is not slowing down any time soon.

Get Snack Rich

Rich Products offers retailers high-quality food with minimal labor.

Guided by Numbers

Data can drive foodservice success.

In the Bag

What does the food packaging industry look like in 2024—and where does it go from here?

How Sweet a Scent

Fresh-baked cookies offer impulse buys and image boosters for c-stores.

The Top 100 Convenience Retailers

These companies combine to account for nearly 45,000 stores.

Total Eclipse of the Mart

Convenience stores are prepping for a wave of eclipse chasers.

Departments

By the Numbers

Offering Wellness Benefits

These companies combine to account for nearly 45,000 stores.

Category Close-Up

What’s Hot in Foodservice

Strategic planning and diverse menus spice up foodservice sales figures.

Convenience Cares

Rutter’s Donated $1.8 Million in 2023

The company hit a new high mark for its charitable donations.

From the Editor

Foodservice First … and Frontline First

Gas Station Gourmet

A Big Personality in a Small Town

Rock’s Grill & Pizzeria serves everything from quiche to freeze-dried fruit.

Ideas 2 Go

A Store for Themselves

The husband-and-wife team behind Livi’s Market created a place where they love to shop.

Inside Washington

The Battle Over Menthol Persists

The Biden Administration delays its bans but the threat remains.

One Voice: Ron Rutherford

This month, NACS talks to Ron Rutherford, chief operating officer, Apter Industries Inc.

NACS News

NACS Fuels Resource Center

Meet the 2024 NACS Masters of Convenience

THRIVR Adds TikTok to Platform

The Big Question

The Big Question: Elizabeth Hoffer, Vice President Food Service, Weigel’s

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