The company said Arizona is a core part of its new-store development strategy, along with Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.
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Yesway Continues Texas Growth With New Allsup’s In Odessa
The store marks the 93rd new-to-industry location the company has built over approximately the past five years.
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Parker’s Kitchen Poised To Enter FL, Plans Record Openings In ’27
The company’s goal is 12 new Florida stores, including one truck stop, by the end of next year.
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Toast Survey: Independent Grocers Confident, Efficiency-Focused
The blind survey, conducted in April, included responses from 127 grocery decision-makers.
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Former KDP Exec Takes Over As 7-Eleven CEO Aug. 1
Leyva succeeds longtime CEO Joe DePinto, who retired at the end of 2025 after more than two decades leading 7-Eleven.
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White House Staffer McMullan Joins NACS As VP, Government Relations
Pace McMullan, most recently deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs for the Senate, has joined the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) as VP of government relations. McMullan brings more than a decade of experience in legislative affairs on Capitol Hill to the role. “Bringing […]
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Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop Opens With Weeklong Celebration In Cornersville
Located at Exit 22 off I‑65 in Cornersville, about one hour south of Nashville, the travel stop welcomed travelers with food, live music and giveaways.
Posted inC-Store News, Midwest, News
Casey’s Updated Strategic Plan Focused On Food, Growth, Efficiency
Casey’s General Stores has unveiled its new three-year strategic plan centered on accelerating its food and beverage business, expanding its store base by at least 400 locations, and enhancing operational efficiency through technology. Since introducing its last strategic plan in 2023, the company has exceeded its targets, adding more than 500 stores and joining the […]
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NACS Adds 6 New Hires Across Regulatory, Content, Design Roles
NACS has added six new hires to its team across regulatory and policy, content, design and marketing roles.
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Hy-Vee Selling 21 Fast & Fresh C-Stores To Pump & Pantry
Hy-Vee has agreed to sell 21 standalone Fast & Fresh convenience store locations to Bosselman Pump & Pantry, a Nebraska-based fourth-generation fuel and convenience retailer, the companies announced June 5. The deal is expected to close in July, after which the locations will be rebranded under the Pump & Pantry banner. For Hy-Vee, the divestiture […]
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Yesway Continues Oklahoma Expansion With New Allsup’s Store
Yesway Inc. has opened a new Allsup’s store at 1604 South Dewey Ave. in Wagoner, Oklahoma, continuing its expansion in the state. The store spans 6,277 square feet and operates 24 hours a day. It offers Allsup’s World Famous Burritos, Yesway private‑label snacks, fresh bread, milk and eggs, a beer cave, Western Union services and […]
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U.S. Convenience In-Store Sales Reach Record $341B
Foodservice and merchandise sales for the U.S. convenience retail industry rose to $341.2 billion in 2025, marking a 1.7 percent increase over the previous year. According to new State of the Industry data from the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), this represents the 23rd consecutive year of inside-sales growth for the sector. Total industry […]
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Casey’s Awards $1.3M In Grants To K-12 Schools Nationwide
Casey’s has distributed more than $1.3 million in Cash for Classrooms grants to 100 kindergarten-12th grade public and nonprofit private schools across its 17-state footprint. The annual program provides funding for physical improvements, classroom materials, teacher support and community engagement initiatives. The selected schools received individual grants of up to $50,000. The 2026 grant cycle […]
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NACS Adds Four New Hires To Leadership Teams
NACS, the national association for convenience and fuel retailers, welcomed four new team members in recent weeks across fundraising, accounting, digital marketing and editorial roles. Ali Dunne joined the NACS Foundation on April 8 as director of fundraising and partnerships. She previously served as senior manager of strategic alliances at First Book. Dunne has a […]
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Tote Deploys AI Employee Agent With Loop Neighborhood Markets
Tote, the AI-native point-of-sale platform built for fuel and convenience retail, has deployed its Genie AI agent with Loop Neighborhood Markets, a California-based convenience retailer operating more than 50 locations. Since launch, the tool has handled associate inquiries across customer service, POS operations, maintenance and payments with 100 percent first-contact resolution and zero escalations to […]
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Huck’s Market Becomes First C-Store To Deploy AI-Native POS Chainwide
Huck’s Market has gone live with an artificial intelligence-native point-of-sale system at its flagship location in Carmi, Illinois, becoming the first c-store chain to deploy the technology in-store. The employee-owned 135-store Midwest chain partnered with Tote, an AI-native POS platform built for fuel and convenience retail, with a chainwide rollout planned for completion by the […]
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Spinx Selects Tote.AI For POS, Foodservice Technology
The Spinx Company has selected Tote.AI to provide point-of-sale, self-service kiosks and foodservice technology across all 96 convenience stores in the Carolinas, the Greenville, South Carolina-based retailer announced in early February. The AI-native platform will unify Spinx’s ordering, checkout and kitchen technology into a single system. The rollout will begin in the second half of […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, C-Store News, News, Southeast
ECRS Launches CATAPULT Fuel For Independent Retailers
Boone, N.C.-based ECRS has released CATAPULT Fuel, a fuel management system that integrates operations into the company’s CATAPULT point-of-sale platform. The system allows independent retailers to manage fuel operations through CATAPULT Web Office, creating a single unified platform for store and fuel management. The release marks a departure from complex fuel software systems that require […]
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U.S. Convenience Store Count At 151K, Down From Last Year
There are 151,975 convenience stores in the United States, a slight decrease of 280 stores (0.2 percent) compared to the year prior, according to the 2026 NACS/NIQ TDLinx Convenience Industry Store Count. While the overall store count dipped, the number of convenience stores selling fuel increased by 768 stores (0.6 percent) to 122,620, the highest […]
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Ditsch Opens First U.S. Store As Shop-In-Shop Inside El Paso OXXO
Ditsch, a traditional German bakery, has opened its first dedicated point of sale in the United States with a shop-in-shop location inside an OXXO convenience store in El Paso, Texas. Its product range includes classics such as pretzels, pretzel sticks, pretzel croissants and Ditsch pizza, along with additions tailored to local tastes, such as Jalapeño […]