GPM Investments opened a new Pride convenience store in South Windsor, Connecticut, at the end of June. The newest addition to GPM Investments family of community brands is a 4,860-square-foot store that includes Chester’s Chicken and proprietary Pride Kitchen food offerings.
Pride Kitchen offers, among other things, a breakfast menu all day, and grilled-to-order burgers, quesadillas, hotdogs and “create your own” sandwiches and wraps at lunch and dinner.
The new location also includes:
- Indoor and outdoor seating
- A drive-thru window
- Six multiple product gasoline dispensers (with 12 fueling positions)
- Two diesel dispensers (with four nozzles)
- Five high-flow diesel dispensers (with 10 fuels pumps)
- Parking for 40 cars and 12 diesel trucks
GPM Investments, a subsidiary of Arko Corp., acquired Pride Convenience Holdings in December. The acquisition expanded the convenience-store retailer’s portfolio—one of the largest and fastest-growing in the country—into Massachusetts.
- GPM Investments ranks No. 6 on CSP’s2023 Top 202 list of the largest c-store chains in the country.
Richmond, Virginia-based Arko Corp. operates in four reportable segments: retail, wholesale, fleet fueling and GPM Petroleum, which sells and supplies fuel to its retail and wholesale sites. GPM Investments owns and operates c-store brands including Fas Mart, Shore Stop, Scotchman, BreadBox, Young's, Li'l Cricket, Next Door Store, Village Pantry, Apple Market, Jiffi Stop, Admiral, Roadrunner Markets, Jiffy Food Marts, TownStar, ExpressStop, Handy Mart and others.
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