The first Sam’s Food Store opened on August 11, 1992. Since then, the company has grown to more than 200 locations across the East Coast and Canada.

Founded in 2010 by Mark Jordan, Refuel Operating Company has grown into a network of 185 convenience store across five states. Refuel’s consolidation strategy targets high-traffic stores and seeks to enhance them through operational efficiencies and the benefits of scale. In November 2020, the company acquired 26 stores from Cruizers in the Raleigh-Durham, NC metropolitan…

Founded in 2003 and owned by parent company MYOBZ LLC, ARS West operates more than 100 convenience stores in eight western states under the ARS and Porter’s brands. In 2021, Alimentation Couche-Tard agreed to acquire 35 of the Porter’s stores.

Vitners Distributors operates the Loop Neighborhood brand of convenience stores in Southern California. Founded in 1978, the company is well-known for its distinctive approach to foodservice, retail technology, store design, and the overall customer experience.

Family-owned since 1929, Quality Oil Company operates more than 125 convenience stores under the Quality Mart and Quality Plus brands across three states. Initially, the company had been created to launch a distributorship for the then unheard-of Shell Oil Company. Today, Quality Oil also offers a diverse range of products and services including propane, commercial…

True North Energy offers fuel and convenience items through its truenorth branded stores, in addition to supplying fuel to approximate 200 dealers. True North Energy was founded in 1999 through a 50/50 partnership between the Lyden family and Shell Oil Us. The Lyden family has been in business since 1919 with the third and fourth…

Blarney Castle Oil Co. is a petroleum and propane distribution company that owns and operates more than 140 EZ Mart brand convenience stores and 10 branch offices in Michigan. The company traces its history back to the opening of the Blarney Castle #2 gas station in 1933.

Nouria Energy Corporation was founded in 1989 when Tony El-Namr purchased an underperforming convenience store. Today, the company operates more than 170 convenience stores — 150 of which are company owned and operated–across six states. Recent years have seen the introduction of a robust foodservice program and the addition of a flagship store near Boston…

Terrible Herbst Oil Company, is an American privately held gas station company. In 2022, the chain rebranded its Terrible Herbst convenience stores to Terrible’s. Today, Terrible’s operates 176 stores across Nevada, California, Arizona and Utah, with around 80% of the stores located in southern Nevada. Terrible’s can trace its roots to 1938, when founder Ed…

Par Mar Stores operates more than 200 convenience stores in four states. The company traces its history back to the founding of Par Mar Oil Company in 1967. Their first convenience store opened in 1979, and today the company has become a major operator of stores that often feature national quick-service restaurant brands.