Growth Energy, in partnership with the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE), released a new curriculum aimed at educating high school students on biofuels. This is the first industry-supported biofuels curriculum that provides students a guided in-classroom experience and offers educators the tools needed to provide students with technical skills and historical knowledge in biofuels.…
Energy North Group Announces C-Store Acquisitions, Among Others
Energy North Group (ENG), parent company of Haffner’s, acquired six gas stations and c-store locations, two oil companies, one car wash and one property. Gas station and c-store purchases, all in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, include: Mobil brands, Groton Exchange (now Haffner’s brand) and Gulf brand. Oil company purchases include: Ayer Oil and Jenkins Oil.…
GasBuddy Study Provides Insights on C-Store Foot Traffic After Fueling
GasBuddy’s new study shows which fuel and convenience brands have the highest foot traffic — and offers insight on what keeps customers around after filling up the tank. GasBuddy’s quarterly study examines foot traffic in the $654 billion fuel and convenience retailing industry across the U.S. — analyzing more than 20.3 million consumer visits between January…
Flyers Energy Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Flyers Energy LLC, which now has locations or holdings in 20 states, is celebrating 40 years in business. Flyers operations include transportation, commercial fueling on the Commercial Fueling Network (CFN), Quick Fuel Advantage, Voyager and Pacific Pride networks, distribution of Mobil brand passenger car, heavy duty, and industrial lubricants, supply of wholesale and branded fuel and generation…
Chevron to Acquire Anadarko Petroleum
Chevron Corporation announced that it has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Chevron will acquire $33 billion, or $65 per share, in a stock and cash transaction. Anadarko shareholders will receive 0.3869 shares of Chevron and $16.25 in cash for each Anadarko share. The total enterprise value of the transaction…
Love’s Opens Travel Stop in Northern California
Love’s Travel Stops announced a new travel stop in Williams, California. The new stop adds 60 new jobs to Colusa County and 103 truck parking spaces. “Williams is situated along the busy I-5 corridor that connects heavily traveled locations throughout California,” said Tom Love, founder and executive chairman of Love’s. “This location allows us to…
D&H United Names New VP of Growth Strategy
Reichhold has a deep knowledge of both petroleum retail dispensing systems and the impact on retailers of the upcoming October 2020 EMV liability shift. D&H United Fueling Solutions announced that Bill Reichhold is the company’s new VP of Growth Strategy. Reichhold adds more than 30 years of industry experience to the D&H United team. “We…
Maryland High’s Offers E85 and 88 Octane
The company will add E85 and 88 Octane products to more stores in the future. High’s convenience store will offer lower emissions E85 Flex Fuel and 88 Octane at their location in Jessup, Maryland. Flex fuel vehicles, which use E85, make up approximately 10% of the cars in Maryland. This marks the company’s first step…
Marathon Petroleum to Buy, Rebrand 33 NOCO Stores
Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) plans to buy 33 NOCO Energy Corporation c-stores around Buffalo, New York, and rebrand them as Speedway, according to The Buffalo News. The deal is expected to close in late spring or early summer, an anonymous source told the news outlet. Buffalo, New York-based NOCO will remain active in its other…
VERC Enterprises Receives May Institute President’s Award
VERC Enterprises received the May Institute President’s Award during “An Evening of Hope & Possibility” on April 4. VERC Enterprises, an independent chain of convenience stores and gasoline stations, with locations throughout eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, has committed to 20% of its workforce being individuals who are intellectually and developmentally disabled. Massachusetts-based May Institute…