Jim Fisher

Most of us in Texas fully appreciate all of the great aspects of this state and what it has to offer. Our level of supermarkets is certainly not one of them.

All of us experience many moments when we witness some universal mistakes being made, and we find ourselves trying to decide how to deal with the best methods of correcting the mistakes.

So the year 2015 brings with it the celebration of two silver anniversaries for us: one company and one personal. And actually, it represents one ruby anniversary as well. The year 2015 marks 40 years of my being involved with the convenience retail and petroleum industry.

When you have the opportunity to rekindle relationships long since ended, please do so. Because it truly does turn out that they never ended—they were just waiting for a time to begin again.

I am amazed by the effect a rebirth of existing convenience-store facilities can have on a marketplace, existing and potential customers, and a company itself. It is one of the very few actions that can so dramatically affect a company’s bottom line.

When considering a location for a new convenience store or other business, the blank land must be viewed the same way an artist sees a blank canvas.