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VPS Convenience is an American convenience store chain, currently headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.
History
Village Pantry was founded as a convenience store chain division of Marsh Supermarkets, founded in Yorktown, Indiana.
Village Pantry sold Marathon branded fuels, and had 190 convenience stores in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan as of June 2009.[1]
In 2006, Sun Capital Partners purchased Marsh and its divisions, including Village Pantry.[2]
In May 2007, Sun announced that they were splitting Village Pantry from Marsh, making it its own company reporting directly to Sun Capital.[3]
In October 2007, Village Pantry purchased 33 Next Door Store locations in Michigan and Indiana.
In Spring 2009, Village Pantry and three other Sun-owned convenience store chains—Young's, Li'l Cricket, and Scotchman—began reorganizing to consolidate accounting and administration with Young's and Scotchman parent company Worsley Operating Corporation.[4][5][6] As of June 2009, the combined operation runs a total of 400 convenience stores as VPS Convenience Store Group.[1][4]
Notes and references
- ^ a b Olson, Scott (2009-06-22). "Village Pantry moving HQ out of Indianapolis". Indianapolis Business Journal. http://cms.ibj.com/ASPXPages/6iframes/FrontEndArticlesDetailPage.aspx?ArticleID=40136&NoFrame=1.
- ^ "Sun Capital Partners Affiliate Completes Acquisition of Marsh Supermarkets". PR Newswire. Sun Capital Partners. 2006-09-27. http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-27-2006/0004440871&EDATE=.
- ^ "Village Pantry Disconnects from Marsh". Convenience Store Decisions. 2007-05-07. http://www.suncappart.com/index.php?page=news3&article=204.
- ^ a b Holtz, Steve (2009-06-08). "Sun Capital Chains Regroup". CSP Daily News (CSP Information Group). http://cspnet.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&tier=4&id=986FB778E5E947EE983694D48D4D19D8. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ Abcede, Angel (2009-09-05). "Bright Investment". CSP Daily News (CSP Information Group). http://cspnet.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&tier=4&id=4147F51551CC45B48CA23DB9BFDBF176. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ Abcede, Angel (2009-09-08). "Southeast Sun". CSP Daily News (CSP Information Group). http://cspnet.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&tier=4&id=301A87487D9F49EFA32C6CE4D30F1566. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
External links
- Village Pantry / Worsley profile at Sun Capital Partners website
- VPS C-Store Group Website
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- Convenience stores of the United States
- Companies based in Wilmington, North Carolina
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