C-Store News In Brief…
Global Partners LP in Waltham, Massachusetts, plans to sell 31 non-strategic gasoline stations and convenience stores in New York and Pennsylvania to Mirabito Holdings, Binghamton, New York. The parties also will enter into long-term supply contracts for branded and unbranded gasoline and other petroleum products. The retail assets were acquired by Global Partners in January 2015 in connection with the purchase of Warren Equities. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016. Eric Slifka, president and CEO of Global Partners, said, “This transaction, together with our previously announced plan to sell non-strategic retail locations in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic through NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, is part of the approximately 125-site strategic divestiture program we outlined to investors earlier this year.”…
In celebration of May 20 as National Pizza Day, VERC Enterprises surprised employees in all 26 of its locations in eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire with a noontime pizza delivery from Papa Gino’s. Decorated tables and balloons added to the fun atmosphere…
Stewart’s Shops of Saratoga Springs, New York, recalled all bags of its private label Stewart Shops Sunshine Cranberry Delite snacks. This product includes sunflower kernels that are part of the USDA recall, and the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria.
