ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NATSO, representing America’s travel centers, truck stops and off-highway fuel retailers, named Randy Gard – Chief Operations Officer with Bosselman Enterprises of Grand Island, Neb. – as […]
03-18-2026Speed, efficiency and location have long been a competitive advantage for truck stop and travel center operators, but those attributes alone may no longer be enough to drive traffic inside the store.
“The world already sells convenience,” said Frank Beard, head of marketing at Rovertown. “What convenience stores really sell is a better day.”
While speaking during NATSO Connect 2026, Beard said operators need to shift their focus from convenience to emotional value, saying c-stores competes not just with other retailers but with a broader ecosystem of on-demand services that are increasing convenience across nearly every aspect of daily life.
03-18-2026ALEXANDRIA, VA — Ahead of the Senate Agriculture Committee March 10 hearing examining the need to increase domestic production and consumption of U.S. agricultural products, fuel retailers reminded lawmakers that the […]
03-11-2026ALEXANDRIA, VA. — NATSO, representing truck stops and travel centers, is proud to announce the installation of its new slate of officers following its spring 2026 Board of Directors meeting. […]
03-10-2026The Federal Highway Administration on March 4, 2026, held its annual meeting of the National Coalition on Truck Parking. During the meeting, NATSO Vice President of Public Affairs Tiffany Wlazlowski […]
03-05-2026The U.S. Department of Transportation issued federal guidance formalizing truck parking as a required element within state multimodal freight plans. For years, freight plan guidance encouraged states to evaluate truck […]
03-03-2026
NATSO on Feb. 12, 2026, urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to direct resources toward researching and developing policies that promote a reliable, efficient and well capitalized surface transportation system […]
02-18-2026NATSO supported the exclusion of battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles from Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in comments filed February 4 with the National Highway Traffic […]
02-12-2026NATSO and a broad coalition of industry organizations representing retailers, ethanol producers, farmers and refiners urged the newly formed E15 Rural Domestic Energy Council to focus exclusively on E15 and […]
02-05-2026NATSO, representing truck stops and travel plazas, SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) expressed serious concern with the “Section 45Z” Clean Fuel Production […]
02-03-2026The House of Representatives this week passed a package of appropriations bills that now head to the Senate ahead of the Jan. 30 deadline for avoiding a government funding lapse. […]
01-23-2026
