Over 24,000 convenience and fuel retail industry stakeholders gather in Las Vegas starting tomorrow for the NACS Show, where they will spend four days learning, buying, selling, and networking at an event where everything is designed to help your bottom line—and be fun.

On the Expo floor, attendees will have the opportunity to discover thousands of the latest products and services that c-stores sell and use every day on the 430,000 square foot Expo floor. The Expo is split into five categories:

  • Fuel Equipment & Services
  • Food Equipment & Foodservice Programs
  • Facility Development & Store Operations
  • Merchandise
  • Technology

The Expo also features a New Exhibitor Area and the Cool New Products Preview Room. The room is loaded with new innovations, products, services, and other growth opportunities for your business. Each product has product details and exhibitor contact information that you can save to make a to-do list for the rest of the Expo floor.

General Sessions

Four days of NACS Show General Sessions will focus on how your stores can deliver an amazing customer experience. Each session will feature a lively mix of world-class leaders, compelling insights from Ideas 2 Go videos, and industry experts who will examine how our industry can enhance convenience retail through food, technology, design, and people.

These leaders and industry experts include:

  • Juan BendaƱa, internationally recognized keynote speaker and confidence coach to top CEOs, Olympians, and athletes.
  • Doug Lipp, former head of training at Disney University and best-selling author.
  • Victor Paterno, 2023-2024 NACS chairman and president and CEO of Philippine Seven Corp.
  • Brian Gray, managing director at Accenture, where he leads the company’s global and North America fuels and convenience retail practice.
  • Henry Armour, president and CEO of NACS.
  • Andrew Zimmern, Emmy-winning and four-time James Beard Award-winning chef, TV personality, writer, and social justice advocate.
  • David Chang, founder of the Momofuku restaurant group and Majordomo Media.
  • Andrew Kintigh, corporate chef at Casey’s.
  • Annie Gauthier, CFO/Co-CEO, St. Romain Oil Company LLC (dba Y-Not Stop).

On October 10, the final day of the NACS Show, the General Session will feature renowned chefs Andrew Zimmern and David Chang. Both chefs are big fans of convenience stores and their food offers. The pair will share their passion for food and how convenience stores can continue to elevate their foodservice to stand out among the competition. The session includes a live cooking demonstration showcasing a few simple ideas to evolve traditional offerings—plus a recipe challenge to create a unique dish using common c-store items.

Ideas 2 Go

Celebrating its 30th year as part of the NACS Show General Sessions, the NACS Ideas 2 Go video series showcases retail excellence at forward-thinking convenience stores. These videos debut throughout the four days of General Sessions.

The featured retailers for the 2024 NACS Show are:

  • Hop Shops/Valor Oil Co. in Florence, Kentucky.
  • Nouria Energy in Milford, Massachusetts, and Logan International Airport.
  • Family Express in Cedar Lake, Indiana, and its training center in Valparaiso, Indiana.
  • Seasons Corner Market/East Side Enterprises LLC in Cranston, Rhode Island.
  • Dash In/Wills Group in Indian Head, Maryland.
  • Rusty Lantern Markets LLC in Bethel, Maine.
  • RJ WagsPark in Newtown, Ohio.

NACS Show Education Sessions

About 50 Education Sessions, created by your peers to cover a range of issues everyone in the industry is facing, are a highlight of the NACS Show. Check out NACSShow.com for an up-to-date list of Education Sessions, which cover everything from AI applications to store safety to the right liquid fuels mix.

For a comprehensive schedule of the Show, click here.

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