Below you'll find the most recent news from both Cumberland Farms and Gulf Oil.
05.17.2012 |
Area students attain Cumberland Farms scholarshipsSixty-eight talented high school seniors from across Massachusetts have been awarded Cumberland Farms Believe and Achieve Scholarships this year. |
05.09.2012 |
Gulf Oil Rolls into DallasJust weeks after announcing its return to Houston, and close on the heels of its return to Austin, Gulf Oil announced today that it is back in Dallas through its partnership with Fuel City, one of the Lone Star State’s best known gas stations. |
04.10.2012 |
GULF OIL EXPANDS ACROSS ITS NATIVE TEXASAGREEMENT WITH HOUSTON’S PETROLEUM WHOLESALE LP SEALS TEN YEAR PARTNERSHIP |
04.03.2012 |
Cumberland Farms Launches PayPal-Powered Payment AppProgram offers five-cents-per-gallon discount |
03.26.2012 |
Gulf Enters Massachusetts Electricity Game With Fenway Park DealGulf Oil LP's latest venture, Gulf Electricity, will power the home of the Boston Red Sox. |
03.02.2012 |
Consumers Buying Less as Fuel Prices RisePetrowski predicting gas to reach "$4.50 range" |
03.02.2012 |
Gulf CEO on CNBCGulf CEO Joe Petrowski on CNBC discussing the increase in gas prices. |
12.28.2011 |
Cumberland Farms Once Again Celebrates the New Year With Free CoffeeCumberland Farms will offer free coffee starting at 5 pm on Saturday, December 31, 2011 until 5 am on Sunday, January 1, 2012 |
12.09.2011 |
Gulf Oil making moves back into Syracuse and Central New YorkSo you think Sunoco is taking over a big piece of the gasoline/C-store biz in Syracuse and CNY? Hang on. |
11.29.2011 |
Cumberland Farms Tests Drive-Thru Concept in MassachusettsCumberland Farms recently opened their second location to feature a drive-thru window |
10.25.2011 |
Cumberland Farms Selects Spacenet's Managed Network Services Solution to Help Meet Expanding Network RequirementsCumberland Farms, Inc. to upgrade and manage its communications infrastructure for over 600 stores across 11 states |
09.13.2011 |
PDI Announces Winners of Doing Business Electronically AwardsThe awards recognize convenience retailers and wholesale petroleum marketers who have shown innovation in using PDI/Enterprise. |
09.13.2011 |
Gulf Oil Going Digital With GoGo Cast DealGulf Oil LP is bringing new digital signage to more than 2,500 convenience stores now that it has inked a deal with GoGo Cast. |
08.22.2011 |
Cumby's 21st Century PullCumberland Farms Stores partner with mobile application company CardStar. |
08.16.2011 |
Gulf Returning to its Retail RootsThe iconic fuel brand is expanding into new markets with a fresh image and a renewed focus on operations. |
08.09.2011 |
With Austin-area distribution deal, Gulf Oil is coming home againMissing from Texas for decades, the Gulf Oil brand is returning to the state of its birth with a handful of stations in the Austin area. |
06.23.2011 |
Gasoline to Keep Falling Through Labor Day: Gulf Oil CEOThe price of oil will drop to "the mid-80s" per barrel and gasoline will fall below $3.50 a gallon across the U.S. |
06.22.2011 |
How Can the Administration Improve its Energy Policies?Gulf Oil CEO Joe Petrowski on what the White House needs to change about its energy policies |
06.20.2011 |
Cumberland Farms Awards Believe & Achieve ScholarshipsRetailer helping 130 students across nine states |
05.23.2011 |
GoGo Cast Partners with Gulf Oil to Offer State-of-the-Art Digital Signage to Over 2,500 Locations on the Eastern SeaboardGoGo Cast Inc., a global leader in dynamic content and digital merchandising in the Digital Out of Home (DOOH) space, today announced an in-store collaboration with Gulf Oil, LP. |
05.09.2011 |
Oil and PoliticsGulf Oil’s CEO Petrowski tackles US energy issues head on |
04.07.2011 |
Weighing In on LeadershipJoe Petrowski shares with NACS State of the Industry Summit attendees what keeps him up at night, and extols virtues of size and scale. |
03.08.2011 |
Cumberland Farms Unveils Free Coffee PromoFramingham-based convenience store chain Cumberland Farms said it will be giving away free cups of its Farmhouse Blend coffee |
01.24.2011 |
Cumberland Farms Opens Drive-thruCumberland Farms has opened the first drive-thru convenience store in Massachusetts. |
01.22.2011 |
MASS. MARKET: Local Firm Returns Gulf Brand to National ProminenceToday, Gulf gas stations can be found in 23 states – including Georgia and Maryland, of course – and the chain is preparing to re-enter Florida and Texas. |
12.28.2010 |
Record High Prices for Oil?Gulf's Petrowski predicts $150 per barrel by Memorial Day as gasoline demand slides |
12.24.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Offers Free CoffeeCumberland Farms locations will be offering free Farmhouse Blend coffee |
12.09.2010 |
SIGMA Confirms New Directors and OfficersThe Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA) confirmed its new board of directors at its Annual Business Meeting in Boston, Mass. |
12.07.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Gets Makeover Inside, Out in MadisonResidents will be able to grab a quick breakfast or a cup of coffee at the newly renovated Cumberland Farms by mid-December. |
11.15.2010 |
Cumberland Farms drive pulls in nearly $2,000 for Framingham High SchoolA fundraiser at Cumberland Farms on Cochituate Road over the past month helped bring in $1,900 for Framingham High School |
11.09.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Sponsors Mass. 4-H Food DriveStores will collect donations, to be delivered to food banks |
11.01.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Celebrates New Store OpeningsCumberland Farms is kicking off a month-long fundraiser Wednesday that will benefit the students of Brookfield Elementary School. |
10.23.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Starts Scholarship ProgramCumberland Farms announces that eligible 2011 high school graduates can now apply for its Believe and Achieve Scholarship |
10.20.2010 |
Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies Selects FuelQuest ForeSite™ for Real-Time, Map-Based Fuel Inventory ManagementFuelQuest, Inc., the leading on-demand software and services company for the global downstream energy industry, announced a new agreement with The Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies |
10.11.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Group CEO Shares InsightsJoseph Petrowski, CEO of Cumberland Farms Group...simultaneously oversees a growing chain of Cumberland Farms convenience stores while growing the Gulf Oil network of fuel retailers... |
09.14.2010 |
nFinanSe Launches $3 Reloadable Prepaid Debit Cards at Cumberland Farms Convenience StoresnFinanSe today announced the launch of its $3 Visa and $3 Discover Reloadable Prepaid Debit Cards at Cumberland Farms convenience store locations in New England, the mid-Atlantic and Florida. |
08.20.2010 |
Widening the GulfGulf Oil's branding efforts hit high gear |
08.05.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Adding 600 Citizens Bank ATMsCumberland Farms is partnering with Citizens Financial Group Inc. and self-service provider EDC to brand nearly 600 ATMs at the retailer's convenience store locations... |
07.28.2010 |
Gulf Oil Reaches Peach StateBrand expands into Georgia with Acree Oil partnership |
07.01.2010 |
Report Indicates Convenience Stores Increase Foodservice SalesA new report by foodservice consultant Technomic finds that the foodservice segment nominally grew by 1.5 percent in convenience stores in 2009. |
06.21.2010 |
CEO Corner: Cumberland Farms PresidentCumberland Farms President Ari Haseotes talks about how to make a 70-year-old company brand new. |
06.21.2010 |
Southborough family raises money to support parents of kids with leukemiaOn Saturday Haseote's nonprofit, One Mission, held a "hair-raising" event - a Kid's Cancer Buzz-Off at the Longwood Medical Center in Boston. |
06.17.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Gives Away Frozen DrinksFans of Cumberland Farms Chill Zone will have their pick of any of the chain's frozen beverages for free today. |
06.08.2010 |
Gulf Oil CEO on Gulf SpillGulf Oil CEO Joe Petrowski on the possibility of a gas tax to pay for BP's continuing spill. |
05.27.2010 |
Gulf Oil Back in N.C.Brand returns to Tar Heel State as part of continuing national expansion |
04.27.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Rolls Out Farmhouse Blend Iced CoffeeFRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Cumberland Farms yesterday announced its kickoff to summer with a brand new Iced Coffee made from its Farmhouse Blend recipe. The company's medium roast is now available chilled. It is also offering any sized coffee, hot or iced, for 99 cents. |
04.20.2010 |
'Carry Me Back to Old Virginny'Gulf Oil LC has signaled its return to Virginia by announcing a branded distributor partnership with Milo C. Cockerham Inc. Cockerham will begin rebranding several former Chevron motor fuel outlets in southwest Virginia to the new Gulf "Sunrise" image. This is the first time since 1986 that a Gulf Oil branded gas station will operate in Virginia. |
03.15.2010 |
Convenience Stores Take A Swipe At Interchange FeesWhen customers pull up to one of Leo Vercollone’s two dozen gas stations across Massachusetts and use a credit card, it may be convenient for the customer, but it equates to money out of Vercollone’s margin. |
03.14.2010 |
CSNews Follow Up: Gulf Aggressive on Nationwide ExpansionGulf Oil L.P. last week inked it first official deal with a petroleum distributor outside its former 11-state region in the Northeast, and company executives say many more agreements are on the way. |
02.12.2010 |
Cumberland Farms Opens Biddeford, ME, Store Fundraiser benefited local high schoolCumberland Farms recently celebrated the grand opening of a convenience store in Biddeford, Maine, with a fundraiser to support the students at Biddeford High School. |
02.01.2010 |
CEO driven to repolish Gulf's lusterGulf Oil was once a Pennsylvania institution, one of the "Seven Sisters" of oil companies and a Pittsburgh-based industrial power. |
01.11.2010 |
Thorntons Sells Four Connecticut C-Stores to Cumberland FarmsThorntons Inc. has announced the closing of the sale of its four Connecticut store locations to Cumberland Farms. Thorntons said it sold these locations to better align with its overall business plan and core operations in the Midwest and South. |
12.21.2009 |
CUMBERLAND FARMS CELEBRATES WILLIAMSTOWNConvenience store marks grand re-opening with donation to the Williamstown Food Pantry |
12.21.2009 |
Cumberland Farms' Reopening Benefits Food PantryThey forgot to bring the ribbon on the long drive from Framingham for the formal reopening of the Cumberland Farms on Main Street. |
11.18.2009 |
Cumberland Farms Celebrates RedesignOn Tuesday, Cumberland Farms' newest remodeled store in Plainville, Mass., donated 20 cents of every ChillZone beverage or cup of coffee sold to King Philip Regional High School, as part of its grand opening celebration, The Sun Chronicle reported. |
11.18.2009 |
Local company sponsors state-wide food driveA Framingham-based convenience store company is sponsoring a state-wide food drive for the second consecutive year aiming to raise 12,000 pounds of non-perishables to benefit local food pantries for the coming holiday season. |
11.18.2009 |
New look for Cumberland Farms' Plainville shop boosts King Philip Regional studentsCumberland Farms might be on King Philip Regional High School sophomores' minds when they take their state MCAS assessment tests. |
11.12.2009 |
Gulf CEO: What's Fueling Gas Prices?Discussing what's behind current gas prices, with Joe Petrowski, Cumberland Farms & Gulf Oil CEO. |
11.12.2009 |
Cumberland Farms Has ClassNew-store grand openings, donations help raise funds for high schools |
11.05.2009 |
Cumberland Farms' New Store Fundraises for Area SchoolNovember 05, 2009 - NORTON, Mass. -- To celebrate the grand opening of its latest remodeled convenience store here, Cumberland Farms kicked off a communitywide fundraiser yesterday to support the students at Norton High School. |
11.03.2009 |
CUMBERLAND FARMS RAISES FUNDS FOR NORTON HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE GRAND OPENING OF ITS NEWLY REVAMPED STORE(Norton, MA –November 3, 2009) - Cumberland Farms celebrated the grand-opening of its newly remodeled concept store here today with a community wide fundraiser to support the students at Norton High School. |
08.19.2009 |
Cumberland Farms launches new store modelFramingham. Mass. - In the spring of 1939, Greek immigrants Vasilios and Aphrodite Haseotes spent almost all of their savings to buy a 110-acre farm in Cumberland, R.I. An additional $84 was spent to purchase a cow and her calf. The result would be a dairy business called Cumberland Farms. |
08.07.2009 |
New Cumberland Farms president looks to take on Dunkin’ and StarbucksIn 1939 Vasilios and Aphrodite Haseotes purchased a farm in Cumberland, R.I., bought a few dairy cows and started to sell milk. |
08.04.2009 |
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08.03.2009 |
Framingham's Cumberland Farms promotes new 'foodcentric' conceptIn the spring of 1939, Greek immigrants Vasilios and Aphrodite Haseotes spent almost all of their savings to buy a 110-acre farm in Cumberland, R.I. |
08.01.2009 |
NECN: This Week in Business with Joe PetrowskiNECN: This Week in Business with Joe Petrowski |
07.21.2009 |
Coffee Fundraiser WHEB TV Video SpotCoffee Fundraiser WHEB TV Video Spot |
07.02.2009 |
Gulf Oil announces lineup of its summer promotionsGulf Oil announces lineup of its summer promotions |
06.26.2009 |
CNBC: Climate Bill Winners & LosersCNBC: Climate Bill Winners & Losers |
06.24.2009 |
Cumby Opens 4th New Concept StoreCumby Opens 4th New Concept Store |
06.17.2009 |
Coffee for a causeGrabbing a cup of coffee at Cumberland Farms in July will support the fight against childhood cancers. |
06.11.2009 |
Clinton teen wins Cumberland Farms scholarship for $1KGraduating Clinton High School senior Paul Zapantis has been awarded a Cumberland Farms Believe and Achieve Scholarship... |
06.04.2009 |
Ware Student Wins $1,000 Scholarship from Cumberland FarmsWare Student Wins $1,000 Scholarship from Cumberland Farms |
04.24.2009 |
New Cumberland Farms president seeks to defend turfNew Cumberland Farms president seeks to defend turf |
03.06.2009 |
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