Fuels

Global Partners Selects Kalibrate Pricing Solution

Managed hosting services complement MLP's existing IT infrastructure

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Global Partners LP has selected Kalibrate Pricing to support pricing strategy and execution across its network of more than 800 gas stations, Kalibrate, a leading provider of strategy and technology solutions to the global fuel retail industry, has announced.

Global Partners Kalibrate technology (CSP Daily News / Convenience Stores / Gas Stations)

With the continued expansion of its gas station-related business, Global Partners will use Kalibrate's comprehensive, end-to-end pricing solution to support its daily fuel-pricing and management operations.

"Kalibrate Pricing will help us further enhance efficiencies and enable us to quickly make optimal pricing decisions in response to changing market conditions," said Global Partners executive vice president Andrew Slifka. "It is an effective pricing tool to support the ongoing growth of our retail fuel business."

Global Partners will use the capabilities of Kalibrate Pricing, including automation of pricing, integration to store systems such as point of sale (POS), analytics, map-based visualization and mobile functionality on smart devices and tablets. Global Partners also will use Kalibrate's secure managed hosting services to provide full software application and IT support.

"We are excited that Global Partners has selected Kalibrate's retail fuel pricing program," said Bob Stein, president and CEO of Kalibrate. "We are also delighted that Global Partners has chosen to take advantage of our managed hosting services to complement its existing IT infrastructure."

Kalibrate is based in Manchester, U.K., and Florham Park, N.J.

A publicly traded master limited partnership (MLP), Waltham, Mass.-based Global Partners is a midstream logistics and marketing company with one of the largest terminal networks of petroleum products and renewable fuels in the Northeast. It also is one of the largest distributors of gasoline, distillates, residual oil and renewable fuels to wholesalers, retailers and commercial customers in New England and New York. With nearly 1,500 locations, primarily in the Northeast, it also is one of the largest independent owners, suppliers and operators of gas stations and convenience stores.

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