Convenience Matters

Michael Rogers, former Futurist-In-Residence for the New York Times and media-acclaimed journalist, looks into the future of personal and business technology and tells us what it means for convenience stores and their customers.

NACS and Keep America Beautiful are helping convenience stores learn to manage trash and improve recycling. Convenience stores are more than just "America's Trash Cans," they can be valuable community environmental neighbors.

The Blue Campaign and NACS are working together to raise public awareness about human trafficking. Tune in to learn how you can educate customers and employees to recognize human trafficking, report suspected instances and save lives.

There are roughly 34 million trucks registered for commercial use in the United States hauling about 10.5 billion tons of freight and logging almost 450 billion miles each year. Hear what keeps them moving when we talked with experts from the American Trucking Associations.

Massachusetts-based Pride Stores is well known in the area for their community giving and made national headlines selling the winning $336 million Powerball ticket in August 2017. Company Founder, Bob Bolduc, talks about the importance of giving back to neighbors and supporting customers.

Internationally, governments have pledged to end liquid fuels dominance by going all-in on electric vehicles (EVs). Will we see the U.S. go this route? We discuss a recent Fuels Institute study that might tell us what this means for the traditional gas station.

A year ago, Frank Beard devised a unique experiment to eat nothing but gas station food for 30 days. The experience caught the media's attention and now Frank still eats at gas stations – but with a job that pays him to do just that.

Today's mobility system is centered around privately-owned, individually-driven, gas-powered personal vehicles that sit unused 95% of the day accounting for 15% of U.S. emissions that increase pollution, traffic congestion and infrastructure pressure. What emerging technologies and societal trends could create opportunities for a re-envisioned mobility future?

Disasters – large or small – can strike anytime and anywhere devastating homes, families and communities and American Red Cross volunteers are always ready to help. In search of donations of money, goods and gratitude, hear how you can make a difference and get involved with the Red Cross.

Regulations affecting vehicles in the United States and Canada have the potential to dramatically reshape the transporta­tion industry by 2025. The manufactured vehicles and required fuels could influence the landscape of the fuel supply and distribution industry in the coming decade.