Tracking Cumberland Farms' Growth

A timeline of the retailers' history and the naming of Ari Haseotes as CSP's 2017 Retail Leader of the Year By Samantha Oller on Dec. 07, 2017

CHICAGO -- CSP charts Cumberland Farms rise from a one-cow dairy in 1939 to the 600-convenience-store chain it is today and the naming of Ari Haseotes as CSP's 2017 Retail Leader of the Year.

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Samantha Oller is the former managing editor, CSP/Winsight. She joined CSP in 2004 as fuels editor and continues to cover this beat for the magazine and online. In addition, Samantha oversees the C...

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