MESA, Ariz. --The staff of CSPedia, CSP Business Media's online encyclopedia of convenience store chains, gathers new insights and news and updates the listings for the nearly 500 retailers in its database on a daily basis. CSPedia delivers a monthly summary of these reports, often news not yet announced publicly, to its subscribers.
Here is a collection of some of the news and people updates from November 2014.
People on the Move
- Casey's General Stores Inc. Anthony Gross has joined the category management team. He handles energy shots, lottery, newspapers, liquor and wine.
- CEFCO. Dennis Kelley, vice president of field merchandising, is retiring in December but will work through the transition with his replacement, who has not yet been named.
- Chevron Canada Ltd. dba Town Pantry. Category manager Kelly Rand handles car washes and financial services in addition to tobacco/OTP and non-alcohol packaged beverages.
- Country Fair Inc. Jim Kupniewski, director of marketing, is the primary vendor contact. Chuck Campbell has left the company.
- Gasamat Oil Corp. (Smoker Friendly). Tim Greene is an area manager and category manager for the Colorado-based chain with 90 Gasamat stores.
- Martin Eagle Oil. Sandy Apple has replaced Bill Meek as operations manager/controller of the Texas company. Meek retired in July.
- Petr-All Petroleum Corp. (Express Mart). Travis MacDowell has joined the company as brand manager. The chain operates or franchises 75 stores in New York.
- Toot'n Totum Food Stores LLP. Dwayne Edwards is manager of foodservice, replacing David Wilson, who has left the company.
- Triumph Energy (Hawkstone & Associates). Rodney Wise has replaced Steve Rohe as manager of direct operations.
- Shell Oil Products U.S. dba Shell-branded stations. Gregg Weaver is retail business manager with Shell Oil Co. Jim Perkins is North American Alliance Manager.
In the News
- Pennsylvania chain Country Fair Inc. has completed the rollout of Retalix POS systems in all 71 of its stores.
- San Antonio-based CST Brands Inc. completed the purchase of Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, but the stores keep the Nice N Easy Brand, and all employees have been retained.
- Holmes Oil Co. (Cruizers) has taken on 17 addition dealer stores, bringing the North Carolina chain's total locations to 61.
- Litco Petroleum Inc. dba Exxon Express Shops is selling all 17 of its c-stores and expects the sale to be final in January 2015. The Mississippi chain also has 10 dealer-jobber sites.
- *Ohio's Ottawa Oil Co. dba Party Mart has added Schlotzsky's Deli to some stores and is introducing f'real milkshakes at some locations. The chain has 33 stores.
- Canadian chain Quickie Convenience Stores has changed its primary wholesaler to Sobey's from Tannis Food Distributors. The Ontario chain has 50 locations.
- Robinson Oil (Rotten Robbie) plans two new stores in 2015 as well as remodels and rebuilds. The California chain has 35 stores.
- Wisconsin-based Stop-N-Go of Madison has engaged Eby-Brown as its wholesale supplier. The chain has 36 locations.
- Western Refining Inc. has informed suppliers that it is the buyer of Arizona's Reay's Ranch Investors LLC dba Minit Mart, Super Stop, Gordon's Market stores in Tucson, Ariz. Pending all due diligence, the sale is expected to close this year.
- Giant Oil, a Florida wholesale fuel distributor with about 200 leased sites, has been added to CSPedia.
- GPM Investments (Fas Mart, Shore Stop), based in Richmond, Va., is selling 16 locations in five states. The company also expects to complete its acquisition of VPS Midwest stores late this year or early 2015, adding to its 472 company-operated sites. It previously acquired the VPS stores in the Southeast.
- Grace Energy (Fastrip) of Missouri is exiting the business, with all 42 stores expected to be sold by the end of the year.
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