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Congratulations to Love's Travel Stops for hitting a huge milestone! With two new locations opening in Wichita, Kansas, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Love’s Travel Stops has surpassed the milestone of 650 stores. The Wichita location is one of Love’s largest stores to date at nearly 12,000 sq. ft. and “helps meet a big need for truck parking and other pro driver services in the Wichita metro area,” the company said. The Hattiesburg location "adds pro driver services to an area previously without a national travel stop presence.” The company also noted that its location along a major travel corridor and near recreational attractions such as the De Soto National Forest makes the store a “strategic location for Love’s growing RV network,” with six RV hookups, RV dump service, private showers, Wi-Fi service and more. Read more in #nacsdaily: https://lnkd.in/eh_H2fJX In honor of the grand opening of these travel stops, Love’s will donate $5,000 each to Atwater Neighborhood Resource Center in Wichita and United Way of Southeast Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

Convenience retailers are facing unprecedented levels of crime and safety. To help retailers address these issues, NACS is hosting the first Loss Prevention and Safety Symposium, December 3-4 in Dallas, Texas. The inaugural NACS Loss Prevention and Safety Symposium is the convenience industry’s only and fully dedicated event exclusively for convenience retailers, wholesalers and suppliers who want the latest insights, tools and resources to help them proactively prepare for and mitigate risks. In just 24 hours, attendees will be immersed in the most pressing asset protection, loss prevention and safety issues, and conversations. Learn more and join your peers and register today: https://lnkd.in/eBjTC5dD Lori Stillman | Margaret Hardin Mannion | Michael Junk | Britt Davidson, LPC, CFI | Michael Loox, CFI | Courtney Trieger | Mark Stinde, MBA, LPC | Art Lazo | Ready Training Online (RTO) | OWL Services | LottoShield | Axon | Sensormatic

A record 26,124 attendees experienced four days of education, networking and a look at what’s hot and new in the global convenience and fuel retailing industry last week at the #nacsshow. https://lnkd.in/ezaW-Uj5

Who else caught the celebrity sightings at the #nacsshow? We tried but missed a few…share below!

Brian Hannasch, special advisor to Alimentation Couche-Tard, has been named the 2024-25 NACS Chairman of the Board. The election took place at the NACS Board of Directors meeting during the #NACSShow in Las Vegas. https://lnkd.in/eisQiArG

NACS announced a roadmap to transition its leadership from President & CEO Henry Armour to a new leader in 2026. Armour plans to resign from his position as president and CEO at the end of 2025. The transition plan, developed over the past several years, was set in motion following a NACS Executive Committee meeting in September. https://lnkd.in/e6Kbn_83

THANK You to everyone who proved this week that this is truly the greatest industry with the greatest people. Another successful NACS Show is in the books! 💙💚 Get ready for 2025 in Chicago! www.nacsshow.com. #nacsshow #weareconvenience

What’s in the bag(s)? Find out at tomorrow morning’s General Session (Oct. 10) with Chefs Andrew Zimmern and David Chang - 8:30-9:30 am. #nacsshow

Why does Monday feel like it was a week ago? Must be #NACSShow time! www.nacsshow.com

Huge THANK YOU to our partners Conexxus.org PEI and Energy Marketers of America for helping us make the #nacsshow a huge success. It takes a village! We Are Convenience!