Local CITGO marketer raises $40,000 to benefit Muscular Dystrophy Association. On Dec. 4, local CITGO Marketer Flash Market Inc., Core Mark and CITGO Petroleum Corp. hosted the 10th annual Passport to a Cure event featuring keynote speaker Zack Arnold, director and producer of GO FAR: The Christopher Rush Story, which follows the life of a…
Pilot Flying J Announces Kyle Cones as 2014 Road Warrior Winner
Professional driver and U.S. Army veteran wins $10,000. Pilot Flying J has announced that Sandia Park, New Mexico, resident and professional driver Kyle Cones is the 2014 Road Warrior winner. As the winner, Cones, a U.S. Army veteran and driver for Pride Transport, will receive a $10,000 check from Pilot Flying J. After months of…
Sheetz Debuts New Store
“We are honored to grow that existing connection with the Lancaster community,” says Sheetz CEO. Sheetz Convenience Store opens a new location in Lancaster, Pa., to increase convenience for customers in Lancaster County. Located at 2425 Old Philadelphia Pike, the new store will give people in Lancaster a new location for great food and drinks.…
TA Opens New Location in Lincoln, Ala.
“We continue to look to add locations to the network that have the space and potential for us to offer drivers a wide variety of amenities and services,” says TravelCenters president and CEO. TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), operator of the TA and Petro Stopping Centers travel center brands, has announced the expansion of its…
Low Oil Prices and U.S. Gasoline Demand Elasticity
By Brian Milne, Energy Editor, Schneider Electric A more than 30% drop in the U.S. retail gasoline price average from the end of June to mid-December has spurred greater gasoline consumption in the U.S., with two of the three highest weekly demand rates in 2014 occurring in November and December. There have been a host…
Empire Petroleum Acquires 13 CST Locations In Colorado
“The acquisition further solidifies our relationship with Valero,” says Empire’s vice president of mergers & acquisitions. Empire Petroleum Partners LLC has successfully acquired 13 former CST Corner Store locations in the State of Colorado from CST Brands Inc. The purchase of these 13 CST locations is in addition to the 28 former CST locations acquired…
Congressional E-Cigarette Opponents Play Grinch
Three Congressional Democrats want State attorneys general to declare vaping products “cigarettes.” Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, issued the following statement: “These representatives are asking state attorneys general to violate both the Constitution and their own state laws. State attorneys general have no power to force e-cigarette companies to become parties to…
Petroleum Marketing Group Funds Playground
Local CITGO marketer provides support to National Center for Children and Families’ Clinton Farm Foster Home. Since its founding in 2001, local CITGO Marketer Petroleum Marketing Group (PMG) has maintained a strong commitment to its surrounding community. After a recent visit to The National Center for Children and Families’ (NCCF) Clinton Farm in Clinton, Md.,…
Shoppers Spending More On Gift Cards This Holiday Season
Some 70% of shoppers plan to buy gift cards, 92% plan to spend more on them. An interim holiday spending report released by Stored Value Solutions (SVS), a global provider of gift cards and stored value services, found that spend on prepaid gift cards is on the rise, and that a significant majority (70%) of…
Roll In Profits With Make-Your-Own Tobacco
A trend over the last year has been the continued decline in cigarette consumption and the growth in OTP. The consumers’ mindset has been that of trying new products and experimenting which has led to the use and growth of pipe tobacco consumption, cigarette rolling papers, cigarette filter tubes, and cigarette making machines. For those…