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TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Sampson-Bladen Oil acquires 15 convenience stores from Cary Oil
Breeze Thru Markets are located in North Carolina, bring chain’s store count to 125

CSP announces finalists in 2025 Retailer Choice Best New Products Contest
Voting is open through July 28, with winners announced at NACS Show in October

bp pulse opens EV charging hub near San Francisco airport
Site has 12 bays with mix of connector types

Supreme Court rules in favor of retailers affected by FDA order
C-stores can challenge premarket tobacco product application denials, seek judicial review

Love’s Travel Stops hires new chief technology officer
Tim Langley-Hawthorne will help retailer foster technical innovation, including deployment of artificial intelligence

Why one independent c-store retailer opted to stay in business
Close to exiting convenience stores, veteran Missouri retailer Brad Juliette of Roy’s Convenience Stores got practical about the future

C&S Wholesale Grocers acquires SpartanNash for $1.77B
SpartanNash CEO Tony Sarsam had previously said the distributor was hungry for M&A opportunities

CATEGORY NEWS

TECHNOLOGY

C-store technology and services news for the convenience-store retail industry

FUELS

The latest news on gasoline, diesel and alternative fuel retailing

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PODCASTS

Podcast: Retail Daily Your first look at the top industry stories from c-stores and supermarkets.

Kathy Williams of Minuteman Food Mart discusses how each planogram differs per convenience store Senior category leader also talks about innovations and trends—and how she sees no end in sight to the growth of subcategories