Interpreting FDA’s New Tobacco Deeming Rules
NACS has created an updated memo for members to provide additional clarification on the final rule, which went into effect last month By NACS Online On August 8, the FDA’s…
Good Samaritan Laws: 20 Years Protecting you for Doing What’s Right
By Dan Papineau // MIRA Director, Government Relations This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Federal Good Samaritan law. Passed in 1996 and officially titled “The Federal Bill Emerson…
Marijuana to remain illegal under federal law, DEA says
By Donna Leinwand Leger // USA Today Marijuana advocates who hoped the cascade of states moving to legalize medical marijuana would soften the federal stance on the drug faced disappointment as the Drug…
The Double-Speak of Big Banks
What the largest financial institutions won’t reveal about swipe fees NACS Online George Orwell’s 1984 novel has nothing on banks these days in terms of double-speak, wrote Lyle Beckwith, NACS…
Proposed Snap Rule Will Harm Convenience Stores
NACS cautions that prohibiting convenience stores from accepting SNAP benefits will negatively affect not only retailers but their customers and communities NACS Online The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants…
U.S. Court Rejects Visa, MasterCard Settlement
NACS Daily The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today overturned the class-action settlement in the case In Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation. That case led…
Students Encouraged to Connect and Continue Their Education Beyond the Classroom at 8th Annual Scholarship Luncheon
Students Encouraged to Connect and Continue Their Education Beyond the Classroom at 8th Annual Scholarship Luncheon MIRA Foundation’s Joseph D. Sarafa Scholarship Program invests more than $700,000 in tomorrow’s leaders…
Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks Model Expands Across U.S.
Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks Model Expands Across U.S. Double Up programs in 9 states receive USDA funding to improve healthy food access, support farmers For Immediate Release—June…
House Financial Services Chairman Proposes Repeal of Swipe Fee Reform
Chairman Jeb Hensarling proposed a repeal of debit swipe fee reform as part of his Wall Street reform package NACS Online Recently, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)…
Retailers Benefit from Cigarette Price Increases
Nearly 90% of the respondents to a Wells Fargo Securities LLC survey of tobacco retailer and wholesale trade contacts, representing more than 10,000 U.S. convenience stores, say the recent major…