GPM Investments
convenience store owner and operator
GPM Investments LLC (GPM) is a convenience store owner and operator based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 2003, it originally operated the Fas Mart and Shore Stop brands of convenience stores, and decided to expand.
History
Its first major purchase was in 2013 with the purchase of the southeast division of convenience stores of VPS Convenience from Sun Capital Partners. This included 263 c-stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia under the brands Scotchman, Young's, Li’l Cricket, Everyday Shop, Breadbox and Cigarette City.
Also in 2013, GPM purchased five convenience stores from Hurst Harvey Oil under the GET and ZIP brands, all in northern Virginia.
In 2015, GPM purchased the remainder of VPS Convenience with the purchase of VPS Midwest, which included the 161 store chain of Village Pantry and Next Door brands of convenience stores. These are located in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. They also purchased eight One Stop Stores in North and South Carolina Arey Oil, and rebranded them to Scotchman.
Forty-two Road Ranger c-stores were purchased in March 2015 in Illinois, Iowa and Kentucky, bringing the number of convenience stores to about 750. Locations were rebranded to the Fas Mart brand.
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