The best convenience store POS systems include industry-specific and retail solutions from POS Nation, IT Retail, Loyverse, Square and Clover.

Many convenience stores devote an entire section of the store to a range of candy products, both in single servings and bulk, chips, dried meat snacks, chewing gum canned puddings and sweet cakes.

Overall, the industry paid or collected $208 billion in taxes, which is 24% of total sales dollars at convenience stores in 2023. On a per-store basis, taxes collected averaged nearly $1.4 million.

Last year, convenience store sales eclipsed $140 billion, up 11.5 percent from $125.9 billion in 2012 sales.

Today, the U.S. convenience store industry alone conducts about 160 million transactions per day, which equates to just under half of the U.S. population dropping in to buy something.

When convenience stores offer items such as vape kits, CBD products and trending beverages—like caffeinated waters or energy drinks—they incentivize local patronage by providing higher-end ...

The traditional competitive advantage for convenience stores (c-stores) is right there in the name: convenience. But the nature of convenience is changing, and the entire market, particularly the ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Convenience stores accounted for 11.1% of Millennial food and beverage stops in 2014, compared to 7.7% in 2006.

The average convenience store size is around 2400 ft.² – whereas the average grocery store in the United States is around 45,000 ft.² It should be noted, however, that store sizes vary, and ...

The U.S. convenience store industry, with more than 154,000 stores nationwide selling fuel, food and merchandise, serves 165 million customers daily—half of the U.S. population—and has sales ...

The convenience store market remains heavily fragmented and widely dispersed, which lends itself to additional consolidation. The U.S. had 152,396 convenience stores in 2024, a 1.5% year-over-year ...