John Hervey, a former NACS employee and PCATS executive director, with a long and distinguished career in the convenience and petroleum retailing industry passed away on Aug. 5. Hervey’s 40-year-plus career began at Mobil Oil Corp., where he served in a variety of capacities for 25 years, including providing retail automation solutions for its 1,000-plus…

Jimmy Dean, the country star turned sausage king passed away at the age of 81 at his home in Virginia on Sunday evening, June 13, the New York Daily News reported. Born in 1928, Dean was raised in poverty in Plainview, Texas. He dropped out of high school after the ninth grade. After serving in…