Lehigh Gas Partners LP filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $120 million in an initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock to help repay debt and reimburse its general partner. The company this month entered into a master lease agreement with an affiliate of Getty Realty Corp. for 120 more…
VERC Enterprises Presents Grant to North Pembroke Elementary
Through the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Program, Verc Enterprises gives back to the community. VERC Enterprises, a convenience store and Mobil/Gulf gasoline operator with 24 locations throughout eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, recently presented North Pembroke Elementary School with a check for $500, a grant made possible through the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Program. Funded by the…
Big Apple Plants the Seeds for New Growth
After rebranding a number of its locations under the CITGO brand, Big Apple Food Stores looks to expand its retail portfolio in 2012. By Erin Rigik, Associate Editor C.N. Brown’s Big Apple Food Stores has had a busy 12 months. The 82-store chain with locations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, completed an aggressive push…
Tedeschi Acquires Six Munces Stores
Now operated by Tedeschi, the former Munces stores undergo a remodel to accommodate fresh foods. Massachusetts-based Tedeschi Food Shops has acquired six stores in central New Hampshire, two of which are in Plymouth, and one of which is operated in Warren. Former Munces stores located at 22 Main Street and 494 Tenney Mountain Highway in…
Fleming Oil, Dead River Co. Merge
The two family-owned businesses share core values and look to grow in the Vermont, New Hampshire area. Fleming Oil Co. in Brattleboro, Vt., and Dead River Co. have merged, effective Nov. 17, with plans to expand into select markets in New England. Fleming Oil operates at 11 locations in Vermont and New Hampshire. Dead River…
Big Apple Gas Giveaway Celebrates Revamped Stations
Gift card giveaway encourages customers to visit redesigned stations. Maine-based CITGO fuel distributor C.N. Brown Co. is giving away more than $1,000 a day in CITGO Gift Cards valid for fuel and convenience store purchases at 43 Big Apple and other participating locations across Maine and New Hampshire. The contest celebrates C.N. Brown’s 20-year partnership with CITGO…
Putting the Community to Work
With 20% of its staff now made up of challenged and disabled individuals, VERC Enterprises has earned a reputation as a top employer. By Erin Rigik, Associate Editor. VERC Enterprises, an independent convenience store, gasoline station and car wash operator in eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, has reached a new milestone by including challenged/disabled individuals…
Tedeschi Remodels Three Locations
Continuing with its plan to update all of its sites, Tedeschi Food Shops has remodeled three stores in Leominster, Mass., bringing the total of locations remodeled in 2010 to 16. The stores are located at 185 Main Street, 766 Central Street and 782 North Main Street, and now offer a wide variety of fresh, healthy…
New Irving Oil Station Opens in Somersworth
Somersworth, N.H., residents may have noticed a change to one of their local businesses recently. The familiar filling station at 55 Route 108 has a new look and a new brand of gasoline: Irving. “I am excited to expand the Irving Oil brand in New Hampshire and looking forward to serving the members of our…
VERC Enterprises Aims and Delivers
VERC ENTERPRISES AT A GLANCE VERC Enterprises was launched 35 years ago by Paul Vercollone and his father Eugene in 1975 with a single gas station/car wash in Marshfield, Mass. Leo Vercollone, the company’s current president and CEO, joined the team after he graduated from Boston College in 1977. Paul continues to oversee the…