Press Releases

Below you'll find the most recent press releases from both Cumberland Farms and Gulf Oil.

04.25.2013
Cumberland Farms Announces Fundraiser to Benefit Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund

Convenience stores will donate a portion of Chill Zone, Farmhouse Blend Coffee and brewed tea sales to help relief efforts

02.27.2013
GULF OIL PARTNERSHIP WITH JEFFERSON CITY OIL BRINGS NOSTALGIC BRAND BACK TO “THE SHOW ME STATE”

Gulf Oil today announced a new branded partnership with Jefferson City Oil Co., Inc., a distributor of petroleum products throughout Missouri for over 85 years. The ten-year agreement returns the iconic motor fuel brand to communities in “The Show Me State” for the first time in two decades.

02.06.2013
THE POWER OF SWITCHING: GULF ELECTRICITY REDUCES RATES FOR MAINE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES

Switching to Gulf Electricity Will Save Maine Residents Even More in 2013; New Power Points Program Earns Customers Free Gas, Further Lowering their Overall Energy Costs

02.06.2013
THE POWER OF SWITCHING: GULF ELECTRICITY REDUCES RATES FOR CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES

Switching to Gulf Electricity Will Save Connecticut Residents Even More in 2013; New Power Points Program Earns Customers Free Gas, Further Lowering their Overall Energy Costs

01.29.2013
CUMBERLAND FARMS LAUNCHES SMARTPAY CHECK-LINK℠

Save 10 Cents on Every Gallon of Gas With New Payment Program

10.04.2012
GULF OIL GIVING FOUNDATION SUPPORTS BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND AWARENESS THROUGH NATIONAL COLLABORATION

Fastest growing branded marketer of petroleum products in the U.S. goes national to support the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® campaign

08.30.2012
GULF OIL OPENS FIRST E85 FUELING STATIONS ON MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE

New locations expand availability of alternative, affordable, and environmentally friendly fuels across the state

08.29.2012
GULF OIL ADDS LNG-POWERED TRUCKS TO ITS TRANSPORTATION FLEET

Gulf to Supply and Distribute LNG to Transportation Sector Customers as a Cost-Effective, Clean Alternative Fuel

05.30.2012
Gulf Oil Expands in Ohio through Partnership with R & R Takhar Oil Company

Gulf’s Iconic Orange Disk to Appear at Gas Stations in Columbus and Other Cities

05.14.2012
GULF OIL SUPPORTS BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND AWARENESS WITH NEW “PINK RIBBON” LOGO IN MLB BALLPARKS

Gulf also donating 400 tickets to Red Sox Home Games in May to the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Cancer” Campaign and the Hope Lodge in Boston

03.27.2012
Gulf Oil Comes Back to Arkansas in a Partnership with Satterfield Oil Company

Gulf Oil CEO Joseph Petrowski to address state industry conference

01.26.2012
CUMBERLAND FARMS LAUNCHES PEDIATRIC CARE CAMPAIGN

New corporate giving initiative allows convenience store retailer to raise funds for hospitals helping to heal children

01.26.2012
GULF OIL LP LAUNCHES GULF ELECTRICITY

As an alternative electricity provider, Gulf delivers competitive pricing and convenience

11.08.2011
Cumberland Farms Brings Back Free Coffee Fridays

Free Coffee Fridays for the rest of November

10.05.2011
High Achieving Students Wanted! Cumberland Farms Opens Application Period for Its Believe and Achieve Scholarship

Cumberland Farms today opened the application period for its sixth annual Believe and Achieve Scholarship program.

07.19.2011
The Legend is Back: Gulf Oil Returns to its Texas Roots

Partnership with MTG Management plus a sponsorship of the Texas Rangers brings Gulf Oil Brand back to the Lone Star State for the first time in two decades

07.13.2011
Scan It Please! Cumberland Farms Rolls Out a New Mobile App to Replace Cash and Credit Cards

Cumberland Farms today launched a new Mobile Cash Card, its latest innovation to make life easier every day for the convenience store retailer's customers.

06.01.2011
Matrix Announces the Successful Sales of 29 Retail Assets Owned By Cumberland Farms

Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. ("Matrix") announces the successful sale of twenty-nine (29) retail assets of Framingham, MA based Cumberland Farms, Inc. ("Cumberland" or "Company").

04.11.2011
Gulf Oil and the Cardinals Team Up at Busch Stadium

Gulf Adds the St. Louis Cardinals to Its Major League Baseball Line-up

01.18.2011
Gulf Oil Expands Into 12 States, Rebrands 400 Stations in One Year Since Announcing its National Expansion

Pace of development to continue at record speed in 2011

01.06.2011
Gulf Oil Returns to Music City in a Partnership With Nashville's Tri Star Energy

Gulf Oil today announced a new branded partnership agreement with Tri Star Energy of Nashville

10.05.2010
CSI Fleet Fuel Card Adds Cumberland Farms to CSI Fuel Discount Program

CSI Fleet Fuel Card, a leader in cost savings features for fleet businesses, announces the addition of Cumberland Farms convenience stores to its consortium of vendors participating in CSI's fuel discount program.

09.14.2010
Cumberland Gulf Group Acquires Rights to 75 Mobil Stations on Long Island

The Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies today announced the purchase of ExxonMobil’s real and contractual interests in 75 properties and a petroleum distribution fleet located in Suffolk and Nassau Counties, New York.

07.27.2010
Gulf Oil Flag to Fly in Georgia

Gulf Oil today announced a branded partnership agreement with Mountain Express Oil Company

07.26.2010
Gulf Oil Expands in Georgia with Acree Oil Partnership

Gulf Oil today announced a new branded partnership agreement with Acree Oil Company of Toccoa, Georgia.

06.17.2010
Cumberland Farms Gives Portland's Youth Something Fun To Do This Summer

Convenience Store donates over $3,000 to Portland Police Department program

04.05.2010
Gulf Oil Now “At Home” with the Atlanta Braves

Gulf Oil today announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves.

04.05.2010
Cumberland Farms Opens Their Doors to the Red Cross

Recent torrential rainfall on the already saturated East Coast has forced the Red Cross to open several disaster headquarters to provide emergency flood relief. One such operation is located in the warehouse of Cumberland Farms in Westborough, MA.

03.10.2010
Gulf Oil Returns to the Bluegrass State

Kentucky Gas Stations Will Fly the Gulf Flag for the First Time in 20 Years Somerset, KY and Framingham, MA – March 10, 2010 – Gulf Oil today announced an enthusiastic return to the Bluegrass State with the initial signing of a branded distributor agreement with Southern Petroleum of Somerset, Kentucky.

01.13.2010
Gulf Oil Acquires Brand Rights for Entire U.S.

Consolidation Drives National Expansion Opportunity Framingham, MA – January 13, 2010 – Gulf Oil, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cumberland Farms, Inc., today announced its intentions to execute a significant geographic brand expansion.

12.21.2009
Stay Awake at the Wheel with Cumberland Farms Free Coffee for New Year’s Eve Revelers

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - (Business Wire) This New Year’s Eve Cumberland Farms is making life a little bit easier for revelers, as we bid so-long to 2009 and ring in 2010. From 5 pm on December 31, 2009 until 5 am on January 1, 2010, all Cumberland Farms locations will be offering free piping hot Farmhouse Blend coffee for the third year in a row.

11.30.2009
Gulf Oil Launches "Get Spotted" Promotion

November 30, 2009 - FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Gulf Oil LP is offering a new promotion in its "Get Spotted" program.

11.18.2009
CUMBERLAND FOODS, 4-H CONDUCT FOOD DRIVE

Throughout November, Cumberland Farms is sponsoring a state-wide food drive led by the Massachusetts 4H Club.

11.17.2009
CUMBERLAND FARMS CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF NEWEST MODEL STORE WITH FUNDRAISER FOR PLAINVILLE, MA KING PHILIP REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

(Plainville, MA –November 17, 2009) - Cumberland Farms kicked off the opening of its newest model store in Plainville, MA with a fundraiser to support the students at King Philip Regional High School.

11.09.2009
Cumberland Farms Sponsors Massachusetts-Wide Food Drive with 4H

(Framingham, MA – November 9, 2009) — Throughout November, Cumberland Farms is sponsoring a state-wide food drive led by Massachusetts 4H.

10.15.2009
Cumby's offers scholarships for high school graduates

Cumberland Farms yesterday announced that eligible 2010 high school graduates can apply for its Believe and Achieve Scholarship program starting today.

10.15.2009
Framingham-based retail company annonces scholarship program for graduating seniors

Applications opened today for a high school senior scholarship program now in its fourth year offered by Cumberland Farms, which relocated its headquarters from Canton to Framingham earlier this year.

10.09.2009
4-H launches food drive

Massachusetts 4-H is seeking food donations to benefit area shelters and pantries as part of it's "4-H Cares About Community" food drive through October.

10.01.2009
Making Strides

Joseph Petrowski, CEO of Framingham-based Cumberland Gulf Group and Donald J. Gudaitis, CEO of American Cancer Society's New England division, display the first pink ribbon placards designed to help support the society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

08.09.2009
Convenient Donation

Cumberland Farms President Ari Haseotes donates $1,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest

08.05.2009
Gulf Oil Announces Partnership With Sportsline Distributors, Inc. to Provide Unique Collectables at Gulf-branded Sites

Gulf Oil Announces Partnership With Sportsline Distributors, Inc. to Provide Unique Collectables at Gulf-branded Sites

06.25.2009
Gulf Oil Announces Summer Promotions

Framingham, MA – This summer Gulf Oil L.P. is offering several promotional programs to show its thanks to the driving public, as well as to support its network of gasoline retail centers.

06.22.2009
C.F. Kicks Off Drive To Aid Children’s Hospital; Gulf Oil Announces New Utility Vendor

Last week Cumberland Farms announced that for July, the company will donate five cents per cup of coffee, sold in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, to Children's Hospital Boston to fund pediatric cancer research.

06.18.2009
Cumberland Farms Makes Life Easier for Hopkinton Residents With Its New Concept Store

Cumberland Farms’ first new concept store in Massachusetts

06.16.2009
CUMBERLAND FARMS TO GIVE FIVE CENTS FOR EVERY COFFEE SOLD TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD CANCER

New England Convenience Store Chain’s plans to help fight childhood cancer

05.18.2009
Cumberland Farms Consolidates Executive Leadership at New Headquarters

Cumberland Farms and Gulf Oil proudly announce the opening of their new business support campus at 100 Crossing Boulevard in Framingham

03.16.2009
Gulf Oil Joins Fuel Savings Network to Help Consumers Pay Less Gas savings program now available all over New England

NEWTON, Mass. – Gulf Oil L.P., one of the world's most recognized fuel brands, announced today that it will offer consumers the ability to lower their price of gas through a powerful new retail partner program.