ST. PAUL, Minn. – There are approximately 246 million cars on the nation’s roads. One out of every $25 spent in America is spent at a convenience store. From fuel to snacks to coffee, convenience stores are uniquely equipped to meet the needs of Americans on the go.
Cenex, the retail gas station and convenience store brand of CHS Inc., has collected a variety of statistics about how much consumers travel and how they use convenience stores during those trips.
Cenex is a brand of CHS, a global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. The diversified energy and grain-based food company has headquarters in Inver Grove Heights, Minn. The nation’s largest co-operative refiner, CHS operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes refined fuels, renewable fuels, lubricants and propane, primarily under the Cenex brand.
The company's energy products are distributed through a network of more than 1,400 Cenex-branded gas stations and convenience stores in 19 states, including 70 CHS-owned Cenex Zip Trip convenience-store locations. The network of Cenex-branded retailers is among the top 20 largest convenience store chains in North America. CHS also markets petroleum products under private labels for other businesses.
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