The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering new guidance to help eliminate confusion prompted by expiration labels on food. Confusion over expiration dates on eggs, [...]

It pays to know the brands that are top sellers in your store. If you give them the best placement, which is usually at or [...]

Winter is coming, and with it, cold weather. Even in traditionally warmer climates, freezing days or even a snowstorm might not be out of the [...]

In business as well as in life, stuff happens. Specifically, incidents happen. Accidents happen. And when they do, it’s important that you document them. What’s [...]

Customers love to save money, and coupons are one of the many ways they can do so. That’s why it pays to encourage coupons at [...]

We’re hearing a lot about new, fresh food offerings in convenience stores, often plugged into existing layouts. But some merchants are expanding the concept of [...]

Putting stuff in the fridge doesn’t seem like much of an art, at least not until you are stocking the extensive coolers of a convenience [...]

If they want to stay competitive, convenience stores need to be able to track consumer needs, sales and inventory, among other measuring sticks, suggests an [...]

The art of displaying products in your convenience store is called merchandising, and it’s critical to your sales. The most important thing is to anticipate [...]

Ready to hire more help for your gas station or convenience store? It’s not enough to like the person you’ve chosen to interview. They need [...]

During the summer storm season, a store owner has to worry about losing power, losing days to hurricane closures, or even flooding. But one of [...]

A free app can help store owners keep track of gas-pump security stickers to help stop skimmers. The app, available from the National Association of [...]

There’s a great source of free advertising for your gas station - your customers’ smart phones. More specifically, the apps on those phones can attract [...]

The last thing you want to hear as a store owner or manager is a complaint when you’re busy doing your best. Yet a complaint [...]

New guides can make it easier for your convenience store to offer and sell more healthful foods, bringing you more customers and enriching the offerings [...]

Safety is always a concern for convenience-store owners. Not only is crime a worry, but other disasters and crises, including the threat of shooters and [...]

Hurricane season is under way, and chances are, your store and service station will be affected in ways both good and bad if one of [...]

Visa is streamlining its technical requirements and making certification of EMV card terminals simpler, pymnts.com reports. Visa announced the changes in hopes of decreasing the [...]

Students’ food purchases from on-campus convenience stores are way up since 2010, according to a study by Y-Pulse. As reported at CSPDailyNews.com in 2010, 22 percent [...]

The primary benefit of leasing a gas station with a convenience store is that it takes a lot less capital to lease than to buy. [...]

Last year saw record sales for convenience stores, pushed by strong growth in food service items, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores. Convenience [...]

As business owners face a wave of letters from lawyers threatening lawsuits — and a bill works its way through Congress intended to address “drive [...]

Proposed eligibility requirements for retailers who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, may make it difficult for some store operators to comply [...]

Kellogg’s revamped its Cheez-It brand offerings last year, growing the salty snacks 23.3 percent and “driving an additional $11.3 million in incremental dollars for convenience [...]

Speedpass+ is a new app that ExxonMobil is rolling out in April of 2016. The app provides consumers with a fast, easy and convenient way [...]

Americans are consuming fewer traditional staples such as cereal, juice and soda, suggesting that convenience-store operators should be on the lookout for alternatives to lure [...]

1st QUARTER NATIONAL FUELS REWARD® CAMPAIGN   Shell is excited to announce the 1st Quarter National Fuel Rewards® Campaign. For a limited time, new members [...]

Consumers want more clarity in food labels that declare products “natural” and “all natural,” according to NPD Group research reported by Convenience Store News. Shoppers [...]