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  • TravelCenters of America
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    TA teases 2024 growth plans

    As the travel center chain opens its 300th location this week, parent company BP has outlined several additions to the brand coming this year.

    By Feb. 26, 2024
  • CrossAmerica to acquire 59 Applegreen c-stores for $16.9M

    The deal comes six years after the two companies partnered to have Applegreen operate over 60 CrossAmerica locations in Florida.

    By Feb. 23, 2024
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    Top 5 stories from C-Store Dive

    Top 5 stories from C-Store Dive 2023/2024

    By C-Store Dive staff
  • Clipper Petroleum
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    Clipper Petroleum names new CFO

    Craig Peters, who previously held leadership positions with Delek US Holdings and Mountain Express Oil, will start in the role next week.

    By Feb. 23, 2024
  • A photo of a Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores sign on a building.
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    Q&A

    Shane Warton talks Love’s 2024 growth plans and beyond

    As the c-store and truck stop chain turns 60, its president breaks down the company's M&A strategy, EV charging plans and more.

    By Feb. 22, 2024
  • Wawa storefront in downtown Philadelphia
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    Wawa gets approval in Georgia as 2024 plans come into focus

    The c-store company received the okay for a store in Pooler, Georgia, weeks after saying it will open 70 new stores this year, including debuts in three states. 

    By Feb. 21, 2024
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    Murphy USA names first COO, shuffles exec team

    In addition to promoting former CFO Mindy West to the new role, the c-store retailer hired Dollar Tree and Walmart veteran Galagher Jeff to take over as finance chief.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
  • Twice Daily
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    Tri Star Energy names new COO

    The parent company of Twice Daily c-stores and White Bison coffee shops has promoted a new executive as it builds on a year of acquisitions and integrations.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
  • Murphy USA
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    Longtime Murphy USA board member to step down

    Fred Holliger, who has been on the retailer’s board since 2013, will retire as of the company’s 2024 annual shareholders meeting.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
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    How c-stores should handle their big expansion plans

    Operators are regularly arriving in new regions. Doing so requires painstaking due diligence and enough uniqueness to stand out, experts say.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
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    Sheetz promotes three new EVPs

    The Pennsylvania-based retailer has promoted leaders to its executive team who work across its strategy, marketing and fuels departments.

    By Feb. 16, 2024
  • TA names new SVP of corporate development

    The travel center chain appointed its newest senior executive earlier this month as it continues to bring on talent from parent company BP.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
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    Foxtrot parent company names new CEO

    Rob Twyman, a grocery veteran who worked for decades at Whole Foods, succeeds Liz Williams, who will become the next CEO at restaurant chain El Pollo Loco.

    By Feb. 14, 2024
  • A green store banner says "Dollar Tree" against a hazy blue sky.
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    Dollar Tree expands COO role

    Mike Creedon will add leadership of Dollar Tree and Family Dollar merchandising and supply chain to his scope of responsibilities.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 13, 2024
  • A Cumberland Farms store in Colorado
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    EG America names Pilot veteran as CMO

    Brian Ferguson brings experience in digital transformation and working with AI to a retailer that has undergone numerous changes over the past year.

    By Feb. 12, 2024
  • Brewer Oil
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    Shell to acquire Brewer Oil Company’s retail arm

    The deal, which includes 45 convenience stores in New Mexico, underscores Shell’s broader growth plans in the U.S.

    By Feb. 12, 2024
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    Chevron Phillips Chemical names new CEO

    Steve Prusak takes over as president and CEO on March 1 following the retirement of current leader Bruce Chinn. Several other promotions were also announced. 

    By Feb. 9, 2024
  • BP
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    BP begins rebranding TA forecourts

    Seventy TA locations already had the BP or Amoco banner when the oil giant acquired the travel center chain last year, and now more conversions are rolling out across the country.

    By Feb. 9, 2024
  • Murphy USA
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    Murphy USA looks to rebound after store growth ‘disappointment’ in 2023

    The company came up short on its new stores goal last calendar year, but has plans in place to help it add up to 35 locations in 2024.

    By Feb. 9, 2024
  • SQRL
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    SQRL continues layoffs as it pivots operating strategy

    The company’s CEO said Thursday that it has terminated more than 100 employees over the past month as it shifts to an owner-operated store model.

    By Feb. 9, 2024
  • A photo of the exterior of a Kum & Go bistro store format.
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    Top Kum & Go foodservice executive departs

    Jac Moskalik’s exit comes as Maverik begins to rebrand Kum & Go’s stores and remove its fresh food and mobile ordering programs.

    By Feb. 8, 2024
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    6 notable c-store executive changes from January

    The new year rang in leadership shifts atop some of the largest companies in the industry. Here are some of the most impactful moves.

    By Feb. 8, 2024
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    Construction begins on a new Wawa in Indiana

    The city of Clarksville posted that land is being cleared for what appears to be the first location the Hoosier State.

    By Feb. 6, 2024
  • Enmarket
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    Enmarket debuts car wash mobile app

    The c-store retailer now offers two apps for customers as it looks to build its Markwetwash business.

    By Feb. 6, 2024
  • Walgreens revamps its app.
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    Walgreens lays off another 145 employees

    The drugstore retailer said it still has “significant cost savings and growth goals to deliver” as it confirmed further downsizing of its workforce.

    By Daphne Howland • Feb. 5, 2024
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    BP makes interim CFO permanent

    With Kate Thomson’s appointment, the London-based oil giant holds a spot in the still relatively rarefied ranks of major companies with women in the top finance seat.

    By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 2, 2024