EG America convenience stores are installing mobile device trade-in kiosks, which allow consumers to recycle used smart phones for cash.
Westborough, Massachusetts-based EG America began adding kiosks to Cumberland Farms, Fastrac, Loaf 'N Jug and Certified Oil locations across nine states in early 2025. The convenience-store chain has plans to install upwards of 500 kiosks across stores.
EG America is partnering with ecoATM Gazelle, a mobile device re-commerce company with more than 6,000 trade-in kiosks across the United States.
Customers can safely and securely turn in their devices, regardless of condition, in minutes, the company said. The kiosks examine, grade and price each device, and if the price is accepted, payment is dispensed, and the device is then refurbished or recycled.
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“This partnership allows our guests to easily and sustainably turn in their old and used devices and be compensated instantly,” said Nick Unkovic, chief transformation and strategy officer at EG America. “We’re committed to finding new and innovative ways to differentiate our stores while also providing value and convenience to our guests, and ecoATM’s trade-in kiosks do just that.”
While EG America said it is the first c-store with ecoATMs, the kiosks are also located at some Dollar General locations, plus some grocery stores such as Mariano's, Jewel Osco, Walmart, Food 4 Less, Tony’s Fresh Market and more.
“We’re excited to partner with EG America and see our kiosks in convenience stores for the first time,” said Neil Fried, senior vice president of corporate development at ecoATM Gazelle. “With more than 50 million devices collected so far—reducing greenhouse gas emissions similar to removing over 3,300 cars from the road per year—we are expanding rapidly and thrilled to drive our mission of building a sustainable future by eliminating e-waste one device at a time.”
Founded in 2001 by the Issa family, Blackburn, United Kingdom-based EG Group is a gasoline forecourt and retail convenience operator with more than 6,200 sites across the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, the United States and Australia. In 2018, EG Group established itself in the United States as EG America by acquiring Kroger’s 762-site c-store network, which included the Turkey Hill, Loaf 'N Jug, Kwik Shop, Tom Thumb and Quik Stop banners. It acquired TravelCenters of America’s Minit Mart convenience-store business in 2018. The portfolio included 225 c-stores. And in 2019, among other acquisitions, EG Group acquired Cumberland Farms and its nearly 660 c-stores in the Northeast and Florida.
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