Allied and Gulf will expand the program from 300 assured dealer locations to 1,300 Gulf Oil jobbers, dealers and distributors. The discounted prices are offered exclusively to those dealers participating in the preferred vendor program. Since there are a large number of dealers [image-nocss] participating, there are significant costs savings and discounts derived from their combined buying power, Allied added.
Two years ago, the Wholesale Petroleum Division of Cumberland Farms Inc. rolled out its preferred vendor program, which was designed to help dealers lower operating costs by offering discounted pricing on products and services vital to their business. At the time, CFI chose Allied Electronics for its E-Store, which carries parts from all of the major dispenser manufacturers in addition to receipt paper and ribbons, intercom systems and more.
Gulf, based in Framingham, Mass., is one of the Northeast's largest wholesalers of refined petroleum products. It distributes motor fuels through a network of more than 2,400 Gulf-branded gasoline retail centers, 12 proprietary oil terminals and a network of more than 50 other supply terminals. Gulf Oil supplies heating oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel and kerosene to these branded retail outlets through its Gulf Oil brand. Through its unbranded subsidiary, Great Island Energy, Gulf Oil L.P. also supplies petroleum products as well as risk management and financial services to industrial, commercial and independent retail firms.
Allied, based in Bristol, Pa., has provided the petroleum industry with new technology for station automation since 1975. Allied's primary business is developing and maintaining interface solutions with our forecourt controllers. There are more than 26,000 Allied interface devices installed for customers such as CITGO, BP/ARCO, Chevron USA, Texaco, Shell Oil Products US, Exxon Mobil, Albertson's, Costco Wholesale, Tesoro Petroleum, ConocoPhillips, Army & Air Force Exchange, Husky Energy, Kwik Trip, Pilot, Flash Foods, Flying J, United Dairy Farmers, Irving Oil, Casey's General Stores, Couche-Tard/Circle K, Federated Cooperatives LTD, The Pantry and more.
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