Objective This study was designed to investigate the mistreatment of women during childbirth and its determining factors in a selected maternity hospital in Mazandaran/Iran. Design This ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Kim’s Convenience” may not win points for originality, but originality isn’t really the point of an immigrant ...

Buc-ee's is suing yet another convenience store, this time in Ohio, for a cheerful mascot the travel stop giant claims is too similar to its own. Buc-ee's filed a lawsuit against Coles IP Holdings, ...

There’s not much to a good convenience store — snacks, lottery tickets, a few home necessities, maybe birthday cards. But to an immigrant small business-owner, a humble corner store can be an outlet ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a new rallying cry: Eat real food. It’s an intuitive piece of advice—snack on some grapes instead of potato chips, trade that microwavable mystery meat for a grilled chicken ...

If you're someone who rejoices at self-serve checkouts, automated banking, or online shopping—and I'll admit, I tick two out of three of these boxes—have you ever stopped to think about how taxing ...

The phrase “inconvenience is the cost of community” has become a popular slogan online, referring to the effort required to maintain meaningful connections with others – effort which, some suggest, we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit another record high in 2025, ...

A select group of super-regional convenience store chains including Wawa, Sheetz, QuikTrip and Kwik Trip are reinventing the convenience store narrative. These retailers are proving that loyalty isn’t ...

“Convenience culture has conditioned us to find our joy in stuff, but the reality is that the stuff we’re being sold isn’t that good. And it doesn’t make us happy for very long, if at all. So what do ...

It was a real Kwik takeover. Wawa is no longer the king of America’s convenience store scene. Kwik Trip dethroned the Pennsylvania mart to take the top spot, per a recent survey by the American ...