To kick off the cookie season, Uppy's president Steve Uphoff purchased 200 boxes of Girl Scout cookies with plans to send them to U.S. troops serving overseas.
"I am excited and honored to be supporting Girl [image-nocss] Scout troops all across the Richmond area," said Uphoff. "I'm confident that Uppy's can help make this one of the best sales years the Richmond Girl Scouts have seen."
Janice Williams, vice president of marketing and communications for the Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia, said, "The Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program is an integral part of Girl Scouting's Business and Economic Literacy Initiative. The proceeds are a major funding source for the Girl Scout program in central Virginia. We are glad that Uppy's is a business supporter that will help 16,000 Girl Scouts, ages 5 to 17, achieve their goals."
The company has been active and supportive in numerous community projects and sponsorships over the years and strives to be a positive member of each community it serves.
Uppy's Convenience Stores Inc., a Richmond, Va.-owned family business with its home office located in Chester, Va., currently operates 43 locations and employs more than 550 team members. Brands include Exxon, BP, Dairy Queen, Subway, Dominic's of New York and Noble Roman Pizza. In addition to the company-operated stores branded as Uppy's and Exxon On the Run, it has a separate wholesale gasoline distribution company through common ownership, Southside Oil, that has been in business for more than 75 years and currently serves approximately 80 additional dealer-served BP and Exxon locations.
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