The future of convenience stores: Fewer smokes; more healthy food, upscale jerky
CHICAGO - Long known as late-night outposts of roller hot dogs and greasy pizza, convenience stores now also want to sell you healthier food, preferably lots of it.
This shift in the $550 billion industry was on display at the National Association of Convenience Stores trade show in Chicago this month, a massive and labyrinthine convention of grab-and-go commerce. What began as a few bananas by the cash register is now a full-blown movement aimed at selling healthier
