April 5/Chicago/CSP Daily News -- Convenience store sales, both at the pump and inside the store, set new records in 2011, according to data released by NACS.
In-store convenience store sales grew 2.4%, reaching a record $195.0 billion. Combined with $486.9 billion in motor fuel sales, total convenience store sales in 2011 were $681.9 billion, or one out of every 22 dollars of the overall $15.04 trillion U.S. gross domestic product.