Eye on Growth

Blueox cited increased difficulty in remaining competitive as a midsize operator as its reasoning for exiting the convenience channel.

Stewart’s Shops Corp. is purchasing the Blueox Neighborhood Market chain of convenience stores in Central New York. The acquisition includes eight locations, seven of which are currently operating.

GPM Investments LLC

closed on its acquisition of the 60-store ExpressStop chain. The purchase complements GPM’s consolidation strategy and adds to its existing network of 165 stores in Michigan and nine stores in Ohio.

Yesway began ringing up customers at new stores in Bangs and Wall, Texas. These stores are the most recent in the company’s announced series of 27 new-to-industry stores and major razeand-rebuilds. Kum & Go LC opened the doors of its newest no-fuel, no-parking, retail walk-up store in Denver. The retailer already operates the urban store concept in Des Moines and Ames, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb.

Love’s Travel Stops is now serving customers in Diamond and Etna, Ohio; Mosheim, Tenn.; and Walsenburg, Colo. The four new travel stops add 372 truck parking spaces to the company’s overall network.

RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. opened its second new build in Alabama this year in late April. The Oxford, Ala., store joins RaceTrac’s first location in Gardendale, Ala., which opened in January. Two more sites will open in the state this year.

Chevron USA Inc. expects to rebrand or open more than 30 compressed natural gas (CNG) sites by 2025. The Allied Clean Fuels Plaza retail station in Napa, Calif., was rebranded as its first CNG site.