Brett Dworski

5 days ago | cstoredive.com | Brett Dworski |Jessica Loder

Parkland Corp.’s future will be decided Tuesday at its annual meeting when shareholders vote on whether or not to accept Sunoco’s $9.1 billion bid for the company. If approved, the combined company will have an enterprise value of about $25.5 billion and become the largest independent fuel distributor in the Americas, Parkland said last month. The deal would also put an end to Parkland’s chaotic battle with shareholder Simpson Oil, which has demanded change atop the company for years.

3 weeks ago | cstoredive.com | Brett Dworski

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Doug New, chief information officer for East Coast c-store chain Nouria, will retire on June 6, the company announced Thursday morning via LinkedIn.New has been CIO of Nouria since joining the company in 2020. The retailer did not mention who his replacement might be, and did not respond by press time when asked for this information.

3 weeks ago | cstoredive.com | Brett Dworski

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Neal Frandsen, vice president of marketing for midwest convenience retailer S&G Stores, is expected to retire next summer, Fransden said in a statement to C-Store Dive. His successor is industry veteran Keith Broviak, who will spend the next several months onboarding. Broviak will officially join S&G — which operates 68 convenience stores across Ohio and Michigan — on June 30, Fransden said.

3 weeks ago | cstoredive.com | Brett Dworski

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Casey’s General Stores is building seven new convenience stores in Texas, according to filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The seven sites will span central and eastern Texas, with two in Abilene and the rest in Tioga, Gladewater, Texarkana, Athens and Burnet. Every location is expected to be built by the end of 2025, according to the filings.

3 weeks ago | cstoredive.com | Brett Dworski

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Stewart’s Shops Chief Operating Officer Chad Kiesow has been promoted to president of the family- and employee-owned convenience store chain, effective June 1, according to a company announcement. Kiesow’s move to president was three years in the making, CEO Gary Dake said. It marks the first time in Stewart’s 80-year history that the convenience retailer has a president who is not part of the founding Dake family.