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January 2020

January 2020

In the January issue of NACS Magazine, we take a look at the breakfast daypart and how c-stores can lure in customers with healthy offerings—a popular ask by consumers this time of year.

Features

Rise & Shine

C-stores spotlight healthy breakfast offerings to lure customers inside.

The Flavor Ban Boom

Winners and losers of the uptick in tobacco flavor bans at the local—and potentially federal—level.

In Your Backyard

C-stores take on human trafficking in their stores and communities.

Stop the Leakage

Deliver on the core needs of cleanliness, safety and hospitality—and prevent your customers from switching their loyalty to the competition.

Departments

Back Page

Funny Money

Category Close-Up

Smokin’ Sales

Convenience stores help to shape the other tobacco products category.

The Essentials

The HBC category can pay off in pretty healthy margins.

From the Editor

Time for a Reset

Gas Station Gourmet

Heat and Sweet

Hit-N-Run is an oasis in a busy college town.

Global Trends

AI Powers C-Stores

Retailers around the world are harnessing new digital technologies—specifically AI—to transform operations and drive profitable growth.

Good Work

Calories Out

Inside Washington

Tobacco Policy

What’s on Capitol Hill’s Horizon in 2020

Open Opportunities

NACS lobbies for retailer inclusion in the potentially lucrative sports betting and recreational marijuana markets.

One Voice: Jigar Patel

NACS News

And the Winner Is…

On the Road Again

Design the Employee Experience

Economic Engines

Store Tour

A Welcoming Tradition

The Common Man Roadside downsized its successful welcome center plaza into a c-store concept.

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