President Trump and Elon Musk have both advocated for the elimination of the penny. We share insights from customers on whether they agree and how it would affect transactions in convenience stores.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard, NACS Media & Strategic Communications

The gas price sign used to be the most important means of communications to attract drivers to c-stores. Today, digital communications have unleashed many other more effective opportunities to tell customers about your offer by appealing to their known behaviors.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Fred Dimesa, Head of Product for Marketing Solutions, Arity

Fred is head of product for marketing solutions at Arity. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing strategies and launching new businesses in the technology space.

We look at some of the preliminary numbers related to industry performance—and what it means to you.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Chris Rapanick, Managing Director, NACS Research

Chris oversees the day-to-day operations of NACS Research, manages and directs departmental financial and operational performance, and drives strategic development of NACS long-term research capabilities and offerings for the convenience industry.

Beer accounts for about 7% of all dollars spent inside convenience stores. What are some of the trends that could affect sales in 2025?

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard and Chrissy Blasinsky

About our Guest:

Benj Steinman, President, Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS

Benj is the president of Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS Inc., the leading trade publisher for the United States brewing industry since 1970. He is publisher and editor of the flagship newsletter as well as several other online and print media publications.

New policies from the Trump Administration could affect the broader fuels market in 2025 and beyond. Find out what could impact retailers.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Denton Cinquegrana, Chief Oil Analyst, OPIS

Denton has been with OPIS since 2001 and serves as the chief oil analyst, responsible for the day-to-day operations of OPIS’ news and analysis division. In his role, he also provides big picture views to OPIS subscribers on a variety of topics from supply and demand trends to anticipating price moves in the futures, spot and retail markets in North America.

Here are some of the top retail-focused trends seem at the January 2025 NRF Show.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Tim Tang, Director, Business Technologies, Hughes

With 30 years of professional experience in developing enterprise solutions, Tim studies various enterprise markets (e.g. restaurant, retail, and banking/finance) to anticipate trends that will enable enterprise customers to fully unlock the business value of technology.

In just over a half century since the first c-store opened in Tokyo, the definition of convenience has been reshaped over and over throughout Asia. Hear what the big ideas are in Tokyo and which ones could be coming to your market.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Mark Wohltmann, Director, NACS Global

Mark is responsible for the strategic development of NACS Global, a worldwide network that supports convenience retailers and their businesses. He has more than 20 years of experience in research and consulting, with a focus on FMCG/CPG and retail. Mark began his career in the advertising industry, focusing on trade marketing and sales advertising in impulse retail channels at Dorland in Berlin and at Grey and BBDO in Duesseldorf.

Here are the top trends for 2025 that have the potential to shape convenience retail operations and the customer experience.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Lauren Shanesy, Editor/Writer, NACS

Lauren has more than a decade of business journalism experience crafting content for print and online media sites. At NACS she works on operations, strategy and content development for print and digital publications that include NACS Magazine, NACS Daily and Fuels Market News Magazine.

From our most downloaded podcast of 2024, we're revisiting conversations around finding great food at the local gas station. Hear more on these hidden gems.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Stafford Shurden, Creator, Gas Station Tailgate Review

Stafford is a restaurant owner and farmer from Drew, MS. Over the past four years between managing his farm and restaurant, he has traveled the southern United States in search of the best gas station food and filming it from the tailgate of his pickup truck. His popular show "Gas Station Tailgate Review” has amassed millions of views on social media.

Technology is vital for adapting to rapid changes. We're breaking down what it means and what you need to do.

Hosted by:

Jeff Lenard

About our Guest:

Gray Taylor, Executive Director, Conexxus

Gray has been involved with a variety of projects, including heading global product management for three of the world’s largest retail petroleum equipment and systems suppliers, and as vice president of research and technology at NACS. Gray managed product portfolios that included payment platforms for EMV migration markets from Malaysia to Canada, as well as mobile/RFID payments initiatives.