Haywood Oil Co. dba Peak Energy sold its convenience retail, petroleum marketing and wholesale fuels business to Majors Management. Haywood Oil is headquartered in Waynesville, N.C. and operates retail stores and serves wholesale customers throughout western North Carolina, as well as parts of South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. Incorporated in 1952, Haywood Oil Co. has…
Couche-Tard Acquires Pic Quik
Alimentation Couche-Tard announced that it has acquired 19 convenience stores and two non-operating properties from Pic Quik across New Mexico. The sites, located predominantly in southern New Mexico, are a strategic fit with Couche-Tard’s existing network. “We are very pleased to welcome the Pic Quik locations and team to our Circle K family in New…
Thorntons Commits to Aid in Disaster Recovery
In response to the recent deadly and devastating storms, Thorntons is committing up to $100,000 to support disaster recovery efforts in some of the hardest hit communities, including in the company’s home state of Kentucky. Thorntons cares about its communities and is inviting guests to join them in raising funds to help the areas that…
Love’s Opens Five New Locations
Love’s Travel Stops opened five stores in Heflin, Ala.; Kimball, S.D.; Fillmore, Utah; Leavenworth, Ind.; and Klamath Falls, Ore. The stores combined will add more than 380 truck parking spaces and more than 280 jobs to the communities they are located in. “For only the second time in the history of Love’s, we’re opening five…
Couche-Tard Acquires Slidell Oil’s Purple Cow C-Stores, Wholesale Fuel Accounts
Alimentation Couche-Tard has acquired 17 convenience stores operating primarily under the Purple Cow banner as well as 23 wholesale fuel accounts across three southeastern states in an agreement with Slidell Oil Co. and related entities. The assets and accounts are owned and operated by Slidell Oil Co. of Slidell, La. The acquisition closed on Dec.…
White Castle Debuts Sliderverse Generative Art NFT Collection
White Castle has partnered with Doodle Labs Corp. to release a generative art NFT collection on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection celebrates White Castle’s 100th birthday with a series of 5,001 NFTs by the celebrated digital media artist Che-Yu Wu. The NFT collection will launch on Dec. 17, at noon EST, on Doodle Labs and…
Diversified Energy Sells Propane Distribution Business to Sharp Energy
Diversified Energy has sold its propane distribution business to Sharp Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities Corp. Diversified Energy serves approximately 19,000 residential, agriculture and commercial customers throughout 44 counties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as a smaller footprint in southeastern Pennsylvania. Diversified Energy was founded in 2000 by…
Sheetz Partners With DoorDash
Sheetz recently partnered with DoorDash to provide on-demand delivery of convenience essentials and more from 560 Sheetz stores across Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. Customers can place a Sheetz order for delivery through DoorDash’s website or mobile app. In late January 2022, Sheetz customers will also be able to order from…
American Airlines Joining Shell Fuel Rewards Program
Shell Oil Co. and PDI, the management software company in charge of the Fuel Rewards program, have announced AAdvantage, the American Airlines loyalty program, is joining the Fuel Rewards program as its first airline partner. The addition of AAdvantage means that its members will now be able to earn two AAdvantage miles for every gallon…
Alta Convenience Acquires Western Oil
Alta Convenience announced that it has acquired Western Oil’s 46 Petro-Mart stores and 39 wholesale dealers. Western Oil, founded by George Eble, Jr. over 30 years ago, has grown as a petroleum marketer and convenience-store retailer in the greater St. Louis region, with more than 50 locations in Missouri and Illinois. “It’s rare to have…