Category: Road Warrior

January 8, 2026 Vehicle Pricing, Motorists Keeping Their Cars Longer The price of consumer goods seems to be ever-increasing in nearly every market segment, but has been especially impactful for the automotive industry. New car pricing has soared in recent years. New technologies, infotainment, engine management software, and other features only add to the total…

January 1, 2026 Welcome to 2026! A very Happy New Year to our members, Member Benefit Partners, friends, allies, and the wider small business community! We hope you enjoyed ringing in the New Year last night, and are looking forward to celebrating throughout the day. Whatever you have planned, here is wishing you, family, and…

December 25, 2025 Protecting USTs from Bad Weather, Avoiding Headaches Winter has certainly arrived in New Jersey, and presents an opportunity to remind members about proper practices before/during/after inclement weather. Last week we saw the first major snowfall of the winter across the Garden State, and a lighter snowfall earlier this week. To add to…

December 18, 2025 Protecting USTs from Bad Decisions Have you ever read a news article headline and think “that didn’t really happen” as you’re reading it? Well, that actually happened to us this week as we read an article about a simple mix-up that will cost tens of thousands of dollars to rectify. The incident…

December 11, 2025 Pricing Regulations Get Hearing in Committee This morning the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee discussed a series of bill that all would force businesses to deal with more red tape, and most of them were related to pricing practices. The most impactful one was the “Tariff Transparency Act”. This would require every business…

December 4, 2025 Motor Fuel Tax to Increase 4.2¢ a gallon January 1  This week the state Treasurer announced that the tax on gasoline and diesel fuel will increase by 4.2¢ a gallon on January 1st, bringing the total to 49.1¢ for gasoline and 56.1¢ for diesel, not including the federal tax (18.4¢/24.4¢).  As you…

November 27, 2025 Bayway Has Huge Impact Last week saw the release of a new report that goes into detail about the huge positive impact of the Bayway Industrial Complex in Linden, and specifically the Phillips 66 Refinery at the heart of it. Given the criticism of fossil fuels over the last few years, it’s…

November 20, 2025 Penny for Your Thoughts Last week, the US Mint formally printed the last new one-cent pennies. Production, however, had already been significantly cut down in June following President Trump’s tweet that the coin should be abolished (it costs 3.69¢ to mint 1¢). In the last few weeks, access to pennies has already…

November 13, 2025 How Food Expertise Can Better Serve You and Your Customers Two weeks ago, we brought you an overview of our visit with Board Member Marty Glick and the NCD’s distribution center in Farmingdale, New York. If you haven’t had an opportunity to read that installment, please take a moment to do so.…

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…