Marathon is supplying branded fuel to all Tri-State Petroleum locations. Tri-State Petroleum Corp., a family-owned convenience store operator and wholesale distributor of motor fuels in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, is has entered a new brand relationship with Marathon Petroleum Co. (MPC). MPC will be supplying branded fuel to all of Tri-State Petroleum’s convenience store…
Marathon Petroleum Corp. Receives Unsolicited Mini-Tender Offer
MPC urges shareholders to reject tender offer by TRC Capital Corp. Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) has received notification of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Corp. to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares (approximately 0.58%) of MPC’s outstanding common stock at a price of $41.50 per share. The offer price was 4.47% below the closing…
Interchange Reform Continues
Now that the Durbin Amendment, part of the Wall Street reform bill, has been signed into law by President Obama, the industry continues to address issues related to interchange reform. Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association (TPCA) President Chris Newton noted the amendment was “an important first step” in dealing with the negative impacts…
Lessons Learned from Challenging Year
There’s no doubt that 2009 will go down as one of the most challenging years ever for the convenience store and petroleum industry. Combined with the poor economy that plagued marketers all year, credit card fees and tobacco regulations added fuel to a fire that, quite honestly, was already burning out of control. For this…