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Cover Story | You’re Under Arrest!
The food police — public interest groups and state and national government — are actively pursuing programs and policy to make it criminal (or at least more difficult) to sell certain products in your stores.

Feature | Convenience Store Growth
Convenience store count reaches highest level in history.

Feature | The Strength of Customer Loyalty
Consumer loyalty programs leverage mobile technologies in gathering comprehensive consumer data.

Feature | Background Check
Checking a job applicant’s background can protect against theft and violence in your stores.

Feature | We Card. You Bet.
With the FDA placing tobacco retailers at the center of its new enforcement regime, We Card is a more important resource than ever.

NACS News | NACStech Registration Is Open!
The industry’s premier technology event takes place May 21 to 23 in Nashville.

Ideas 2 Go | The Wright Gasoline Station
More than 80 years ago, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a gasoline station that was never built — until now.

Category Close-Up | Burning the Cigarette at Both Ends
Retailers are working harder for every tobacco dollar today.

Global Trends | Power to the People
Private label development trends in Europe take on a new twist with retailers actively involving customers.

Bits & Bytes | Stacking the Technology Odds
Many IT professionals know they are pretty much on their own when constructing and maintaining an enterprise IT system. At The Pantry, however, we don’t go it alone.