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It’s time consumers start expecting new beverages in the freezers of their favorite C-Stores as convenience retailers showcase new offerings with a new C-Store beverage strategy.

"Today, healthier product offerings is not a nice to have, it’s a need to have,” Shelley Balanko, Ph.D., senior vice president of The Hartman Group, told Convenience Store News.

Over the year, the pizza industry has faced sudden changes like lockdowns, merchandise shortages, and supply chain disruptions, but never stopped running. It adapted whatever it needed to grow and continued to evolve.

Federal law does not restrict private businesses from asking for proof of vaccination. But the new would require businesses such as restaurants and retail stores to police vaccination records to allow customers to shop mask free.

The pandemic has accelerated the trend of C-Store digital ordering due to the complete lockdown and inability to access essential items for long periods.

Offering delivery services is becoming less of an option and more of a necessity for C-Stores looking to adapt to the technologically driven transformation of the retail industry.

The world made a significant leap shifting from normal conditions to 'pandemic conditions.' The most significant impact was seen in convenience store behaviors as they struggled to provide people with their everyday needs.

Major retailers across the nation have revised their mask policies as per the new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).