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Why NACS Show Matters for Convenience and fuel retail Brands
NACS Show brings 25,000+ c-store and fuel retail industry professionals and 1,200+ exhibitors across 420,000+ sq ft of exhibit space to Las Vegas, NV for 2026 (October 6–9, 2026).
It’s where CPG brands selling into the convenience channel, foodservice suppliers, and fuel retail technology providers meet retail buyers, distributors, and industry decision-makers - a concentrated few days of the year that drive a disproportionate share of annual distribution outcomes.
For exhibiting brands, the show floor is revenue. But the show floor only matters if your booth, displays, and samples are actually on it when doors open.
That’s what makes trade show shipping a different kind of freight problem. Miss the target move date, pay penalty drayage or lose the show. Let a temperature-sensitive sample shipment sit warm on a dock, lose the booth’s sampling strategy.
Book freight with a generalist who doesn’t coordinate with the venue’s drayage operation, get surprise invoices and last-minute chaos at move-in.
Venue Logistics and Shipping Requirements
NACS Show is held at Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The Las Vegas Convention Center uses a Freeman-managed advance warehouse with target move dates typically falling 10–14 days before show open.
Drayage is billed per hundredweight, and the venue’s union labor rules govern material handling at the booth. For food and beverage brand exhibitors, advance warehouse delivery is almost always the right call - it provides a safety buffer against transit delays and accommodates refrigerated sample staging.
Freightzy coordinates directly with the show’s general contractor, handles drayage paperwork and exhibitor service kit submission, manages bill of lading and target-date booking, and provides real-time tracking from pickup through booth delivery.
Your team sees continuous status updates through the Freightzy customer portal - so you know exactly where the crates are and when they’ll hit the show floor.
Get a NACS Show shipping quote with all venue and drayage costs upfront.
Refrigerated Samples and Cold Chain Shipping for NACS Show
NACS exhibits are heavy on frozen novelties, ice cream, chilled beverages, grab-and-go meals, and energy drinks - all of which require refrigerated LTL shipping, not standard dry freight. If your brand is demonstrating frozen product or serving chilled samples on the show floor, booking refrigerated freight as refrigerated (with continuous cold chain from pickup through booth delivery) is non-negotiable. Freightzy handles this profile routinely for CPG exhibitors heading to the c-store channel.
One logistics partner. One coordinated program. Booth freight and samples handled as a single shipping relationship from pickup through booth delivery.
Our refrigerated LTL program is one of the few trade show freight options that can handle temperature-controlled product samples, demo ingredients, and refrigerated display units - a critical capability for food brand exhibitors.
Cross-Border Shipping to NACS Show from Canada
Canadian CPG brands targeting U.S. convenience store distribution increasingly use NACS as their entry point into the U.S. market.
Freightzy’s cross-border refrigerated LTL program runs from Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia origins into Las Vegas with full CBSA, CBP, and FDA documentation handled as part of the trade show shipping service.
Freightzy’s NACS Show Trade Show Shipping Service
Freightzy provides end-to-end trade show freight management for NACS Show exhibitors, including managed execution and scheduling, venue and contractor coordination.
Both LTL and FTL freight modes, refrigerated shipping for temperature-controlled samples, cross-border documentation and clearance for Canadian exhibitors, real-time tracking and status updates, and proactive issue resolution if anything threatens the schedule.
From target date planning to booth delivery, your team focuses on the show. We focus on the freight.
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