NACS Show 2026 coverage plan

Las Vegas Convention Center · Conference Oct. 6–9 · Expo Oct. 7–9. Assigned staff files, not a booth walk.

Inside Snack covers the convenience and fuel retailing industry year-round. We are assigning NACS Show coverage as working editorial press. The reporter responsible is Darik Chandler, editor.

Assigned files

Show-open memo on what operators are shopping. Foodservice programs that fit a convenience box. Fuel and energy (gallons, renewable diesel, EV) as one P&L. Nicotine and compliance. One data file pairing EIA weekly retail gasoline with what retailers said about margin on the floor.

90-day publish obligation

All five assigned files will be published on this site, with staff bylines, before the end of December 2026. The first two are expected the week of the show. We will not substitute aggregated competitor headlines for those files.

Full assignment memo: How Inside Snack will cover the 2026 NACS Show.