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CHICAGO  On this episode of the “At Your Convenience” podcast, Brett Dworski, CSP’s center-store editor, sits down with Leo Vercollone, CEO of VERC Enterprises, Duxbury, Mass., to discuss the trials and tribulations of selling CBD products in convenience stores.

VERC, a regional independent chain of 30 convenience stores and gas stations with locations in eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, began selling CBD products in early 2019. Its items include gummy bears, topical creams and tinctures.

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