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Wheels Rolls With OpenStore by GasBuddy

Consumers Petroleum c-store brand launches new website, mobile app

TRUMBULL, Conn. -- Wheels Convenience, with 16 stores in Connecticut, has launched a website wthat includes pages for each store, deals and more. The free Wheels Convenience mobile app launched this month, as well.

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The app showcases updated gasoline prices, locations, in-store promotions and more. Customers can also send feedback from their mobile phone and receive time-sensitive electronic mobile coupons.

"We are proud as a corporation to launch our new website to provide all of our loyal customers with an enhanced experience by utilizing our site, social media platforms and our mobile apps," said Consumers Petroleum, Trumbull, Conn.

"We help our clients identify new opportunities, make choices between those opportunities and optimize their customer experiences to attain and sustain market leadership," said Jason Toews, co-founder and CEO of OpenStore by GasBuddy. "OpenStore is a complete turnkey social technology solution that will support Wheels' strategies to reach their customers with targeted marketing and powerful messaging."

OpenStore by GasBuddy is a powerful solution that increases customer loyalty by providing much needed two-way communication between c-store owners and customers using leading-edge web technologies and custom branded mobile applications. The OpenStore dashboard makes it easy to collect customer feedback, manage social media, deliver mobile coupons and text message campaigns all from one single location. OpenStore makes a brand and a convenience store stronger and more aligned with social media in a new fashioned way, by gaining loyalty from customers in an old fashioned way.

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