Independents

Sam L. Susser's Stripes Convenience Stores network has delivered on 25 consecutive years of same-store growth, built a history of paying down debt with profit and consistently produced above-average yields for its investors, a run capped off by a 40% return after last April’s $1.8 billion deal with Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) and its parent Energy Transfer Equity (ETE). In October, Susser was names CSP's Retail Leader of the Year.

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