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Over the past 20 years, there has been progress toward item-level scan audits, in which every SKU in the convenience store is scanned as a unique auditable item. Our experience indicates about 70% of c-store operators have not chosen to implement full-store item-level scanned inventory audits. They rely on the industry standard of financial audits, which count categories of products (such as “soda”) rather than very specific individual items (Diet Coke vs. Cherry Coke vs. Coke Classic, etc).
