Category: Road Warrior

November 6, 2025 Election Breakdown After much anticipation and speculation, the election results are in and just like 4 years ago, the polls were wrong—but this time they were wrong in favor of the Democrats rather than the Republicans. Democrat Mikie Sherrill leads Republican Jack Ciattarelli 56%-43%, a 13% margin that is well above almost…

October 30, 2025 Greetings from Long Island – A visit with NCD and Marty Glick Last week NJGCA traveled to Long Island for a unique business outing. Our board member Marty Glick invited us to tour the National Convenience Distributors (NCD) distribution facility in Farmingdale, New York.  As you know, NCD (and its predecessor entity,…

October 23, 2025 Life Hazard Use Fees—Update Earlier this year we heard that several members were being asked to pay allegedly unpaid life hazard use fees from prior years, in several cases going back to the 1990s.  Life hazard use fees are required to be paid by certain business owners (including service stations) based on…

October 16, 2025 Statewide Elections & the 2025 NJGCA Voter Guide This year, Election Day is Tuesday, November 4th. It might seem a bit premature to dive into something that is still a few weeks away, but it is an important election cycle and our members should be well-informed before casting their vote.  This year…

October 9, 2025 DC Advocacy The federal government may be shut down as the two parties fight with each other over government funding, but Congressional offices are still open, and NJGCA was down in DC on Tuesday to meet with our Senators. The meetings were arranged by the Merchant Payments Coalition, a group that combines…

October 2, 2025 Pennies Starting to Disappear Not long after taking office earlier this year, President Trump tweeted that the US should eliminate the penny from production, owing to the fact that it costs more to produce a penny than the face value of the coin, and that therefore the federal government lost money for…

September 25, 2025 Maintenance & Preventative Can Help You Avoid Fines This week we heard from our colleagues at the NJ Department of Weights & Measures (W&M) concerning a number of issues they are finding in the field.  While we can't go into every issue discussed, we did want to share one finding that has…

Notice of Association Bylaws Changes As required by our association’s bylaws, this email is notice of proposed changes to the rules governing the association. They were approved by the Board of Directors unanimously last week. We invite all members to read this letter from NJGCA Board President Ebbie Ashabi detailing at length the exciting changes…

September 18, 2025 Watching Competitors, Playing Fairly Competition often brings out the best in people, and leads to good outcomes for consumers and the marketplace. That is, if all competitors are playing by the same set of rules. When the rulebook is abandoned, it often leads to bad decisions, poor behavior, and warping the playing…

September 11, 2025 Market Place Realities Cause Automakers to Change EV Plans The automotive industry is continually changing. Yesteryear’s cutting-edge technologies yield to newer innovations. State-of-the-art factories become inefficient and obsolete. And even seemingly foundational market segments (like the formerly ubiquitous family sedan) lose significant segment volume to newer trends (crossovers and unibody SUVs).  Such changes, however, pale…