Fine is largest handed down by Department of Justice. BP is set to pay a record U.S. fine to settle criminal claims following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  BP agreed to plead guilty to 11 felony counts involving worker deaths in the 2010 Gulf oil rig blowout and will [...]

Drivers will receive double “I Love Rewards” loyalty points at new sites. Love’s Travel Stops (Love’s) has opened two new travel stops in Williston, N.D., at Highway 2 and 42nd Street, and in Leary, Texas, at Interstate 30, Exit 213. Williston sits in the center of the large Bakken oil formation and has seen rapid [...]

More than $131,000 raised for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Dedicated employees and generous customers from Roadrunner Markets helped to raise $131,441 during the 21st Annual Halloween promotion to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other deadly childhood diseases. Donations [...]

Two Illinois-based companies, servicing the c-store industry, to merge. Eby-Brown Co. LLC, based in Naperville, Ill., has signed a letter of intent to purchase the assets of Dearborn Wholesale Grocers L.P. of Chicago. Servicing retail accounts throughout the Midwest, the Atlantic Coast and the Southeast, Eby-Brown is the largest privately held convenience store distributor in [...]

Donation helps victims of hurricane Sandy. Hoshizaki America Inc. continues to give back to the community by supporting local and national organizations. Recently, Hoshizaki America made a generous financial donation to the American Red Cross to support hurricane Sandy relief efforts along the East Coast. According to the Red Cross, financial donations make the greatest [...]

Jiffy Mart also takes home the 2012 Redevelopment Award at the 6th Annual Carroll County Business Awards. Jiffy Mart & Tevis Motor Fuel, based in Westminster, Md., has been named the 2012 Small Business of the Year by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce. The award was presented Nov. 8 at the 6th Annual Business [...]

Joe Gorder to take the helm in 2013.   San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp. has named Joe Gorder president and chief operating officer, My San Antonio Online reported. Gorder who serves as Valero’s executive vice president and chief operating officer will transition into his new role as president, effective Jan. 1. In his new position, [...]