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May 2020

May 2020

Check out our May issue in a new digital format that offers the look and page-turning feel of the print version.

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Features

Picture Perfect

Surveillance video aggregation helps retailers aid their communities.

Uncharted Territory

As the novel coronavirus began its spread, convenience retailers changed course to protect employees and customers.

Good Food From Small Kitchens

How to satisfy customers’ food cravings in limited kitchen space.

Drink Up

With beverage trends shifting quickly, retailers see opportunity with emerging products.

Redefining ‘Normal’ Foodservice

Retailers shift focus to amplifying safe food-handling procedures, site cleanliness and keeping doors open.

Not Your Average Joe

New coffee options, equipment and flavor trends are percolating.

Test Kitchen

Idea labs let manufacturers and retailers collaborate, strategize and build a better convenience business.

Departments

Back Page

Glove Me

Category Close-Up

Sweet Reign

Candy continues to perform well at convenience stores.

Made Onsite

Prepared foodservice can be a profitable differentiator.

From the Editor

Better Together

A letter from Henry Armour, NACS president and CEO

Gas Station Gourmet

Fine Dining at the BP

+add food: The New Convenience is an upstart bowl concept with a global flavor.

Global Trends

Containment in Hong Kong

An interview with Richard Yeung, CEO at Circle K Hong Kong.

Good Work

Retailers Recognize Frontline Employees

Ideas 2 Go

A Modern Spin

Basecamp Wilson pleases both tourists and locals with eclectic items and restaurant-quality fresh food.

Inside Washington

Convenience Stores Are Essential

Congress deems convenience stores essential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Telling Our Story

It’s one that Capitol Hill needs to hear.

One Voice: Samuel Bayless

NACS News

Hove Joins the Fuels Institute

Kimmel Promoted to NACS Executive Vice President, COO, CFO

FUELS2020 Virtual Experience Announced

Taking Care of What Matters

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