EG America LLC

EG America LLC, an established growth-by-acquisition platform, did more shedding than gathering in 2024, with a couple of notable selloffs in 2024. Both went to Houston-based Breaktime Corner Market, which purchased 23 Loaf N' Jug stores in June and 39 Minit Mart locations in December.

The chain's parent company, Blackburn, England-based EG Group, was founded in 2001 by Mohsin and Zuber Issa. The brothers grew the business into a leading independent convenience retailer, which has established partnerships with global brands, as well as a focused portfolio of proprietary brands. EG Group currently employs more than 50,000 colleagues working in over 6,600 sites across Australia, Europe, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The business is regularly recognized for innovation and investment in convenience-retail assets, employees and systems.

In June, EG Group decided to sell its more than 550-unit U.K. c-store and gas station business to co-founder Zuber Issa for $290.117 million. With that transaction, Zuber Issa stepped down as co-CEO of EG Group, with his brother continuing to lead the business as sole CEO. 

EG America began with an initial acquisition in the United States of Cincinnati-based Kroger Co.'s 762 convenience stores in April 2018. That same year, EG Group acquired Westlake, Ohio-based TravelCenters of America's 225 standalone Minit Mart c-stores. Then in 2019, EG Group acquired 54 locations from East Syracuse, New York-based Fastrac; 69 locations from Columbus, Ohio-based Certified Oil; and 566 locations from Westborough, Massachusetts-based Cumberland Farms.

In 2022, EG Group began rebranding its Tom Thumb locations to the Cumberland Farms brand. The $50 million project spanned two years and included 113 Tom Thumb locations and new locations across Florida and Alabama. 

In 2023, EG America sold 63 stores to Ankeny, Iowa-based Casey's General Stores Inc. The sites were located in Kentucky and Tennessee and operated under the Minit Mart and Certified Oil banners. 

EG Group was founded as Euro Garages in 2001, when it acquired a single gas station near Manchester, England. Euro Garages acquired sites over the next decade until it was merged with European Forecourt Retail Group, with more than 1,100 sites split between Belgium and France, in 2014. The combined companies became EG Group.

For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2025.