COPEC S.A./MAPCO Express

Owned by COPEC, a South American retail company, MAPCO operates convenience stores under several banners, including MAPCO Express, MAPCO Mart, Fast Food and Fuel, Favorite Markets, Delta Express and Discount Food Mart. The stores offer a standard range of convenience items, including cigarettes, snacks, drinks and beer, as well as proprietary made-to-order meals. Some units also feature a branded quick-service restaurant partner. Most of the chain’s stores are located on heavily trafficked intersections.

Store decor elements include state-of-the-art lighting, exposed ceilings, stone overlays and a color scheme of earth tones. Other interior features include oversized bathrooms, up to 18 cooler doors, a beer cave, fresh-food stations, coffee bars, touchscreen ordering terminals and interior seating areas. COPEC is one of the largest companies in Chile, operating in fuel and lubricants distribution and convenience stores. It acquired MAPCO from Delek U.S. Holdings in 2016.

Source: Convenience Digital Resource Library, Technomic. For benchmarking purposes, store counts are year-end 2018.