Convenience Store Decisions

March 07, 2007


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Success Runs in the Family
Piedmont Petroleum and its Corner Mart stores keep customers loyal by keeping things simple.

Different companies have different ideas of what it means to be at their best. To some, it means being the biggest in the market. To others, it could mean having the highest sales. However, to Kenneth Cosgrove and his family, owners of the Piedmont Petroleum Corp. and Corner Mart convenience stores, being at their best simply means offering their loyal customers all the services traditional convenience stores are known for.


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by Michael Ferrari

 
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Industry News
 

The Pantry Picks up 11 Stores
Fast Phil's acquisition boosts company's store count in S.C.

QuikTrip Teams with Tempo
New debit program started to alleviate high credit card costs.

The Skinny on Alon's Latest Acquisition
Dallas chain snaps up 102 stores in Texas, plans to rebrand the units 7-Eleven.

Sheetz Goes Back to Selling Beer
Previous court ruling in appeal allows store to continue selling malt alcohol beverages.

Wooten Unloads 12 Stores
Matrix offers up locations spread across North Carolina.

Berry-Hinckley Sells to Terrible Herbst
Thirty-three Winner's Corners, a Chevron station and three car washes acquired in transaction.

Wilson Farms Raises Dough With Stroehmann
Month-long promotion brings money to Buffalo, N.Y. charities.

 


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