Convenience Stores Sales, Profits Edged Higher in 2017

Convenience store sales and profits were up in 2017. Stores attract 165 million customers a day -- half of the U.S. population -- and stores account for one in 31 dollars spent in the country.CHICAGO, April 11, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. convenience stores experienced a 15th straight year of record in-store sales and a 4th straight year of $10 billion-plus in pretax profits, according to newly released State of the Industry data from the National Association of...