After several years of growth, beer sales in convenience stores have softened.

Cigarettes claimed 10.7% of unit shares and OTP claimed 8.1% in 2024, for a combined 18.8%.

More convenience retailers are building bakery programs and focusing on daylong sales opportunities for baked-in-store goodies.

Fueled by rising demand for protein, customers are powering up on alternative snacks.

Support from convenience retailers ensures that the NACS SOI Report has the benchmarks they need to guide their strategic decision-making process.

From flavors to ways to use AI, here are some of the trends to watch.

Here are the nicotine opportunities, regulations and innovations that industry leaders are watching.

OTP strikes the highest growth rate of top in-store categories.