7-11 parts Company With Citco
The Chicago Tribune has the press release.
Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. is dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo as its gasoline supplier at more than 2,100 locations and switching to its own brand of fuel.
The retailer said Wednesday it will purchase fuel from several distributors, including Tower Energy Group of Torrance, Calif., Sinclair Oil of Salt Lake City, and Houston-based Frontier Oil Corp.
A spokeswoman for Dallas-based 7-Eleven said its 20-year contract with Citgo Petroleum Corp. ends next week. About 2,100 of 7-Eleven’s 5,300 U.S. stores sell gasoline.
7-Eleven spokesman Margaret Chabris said that, “Regardless of politics, we sympathize with many Americans’ concern over derogatory comments about our country and its leadership recently made by Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez.”
Chabris said a boycott of Citgo gasoline would hurt the 4,000 employees of the U.S. subsidiary, who have no connection to Venezuela.
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September 27, 2006 - 12:43 PM on September 27th, 2006
Frankly i dont care for 7-11 but i say kudos for them for dropping CITGO
September 27, 2006 - 01:32 PM on September 27th, 2006
Good for them! And as for “…would hurt the 4,000 employees of the U.S. subsidiary, who have no connection to Venezuela”, there just migght be jobs at Tower Energy Group of Torrance, Calif., Sinclair Oil of Salt Lake City, and Houston-based Frontier Oil Corp.
Screw Hugo Tinpot and Shitgo.
September 28, 2006 - 08:39 AM on September 28th, 2006
Boycott Citgo?
Citgo is a well known brand that has been around since the 70’s. I have never known Citgo was owned by a foriegn country, not to mention Venezuela.
I think us patriotic americans need to “stand for something” and boycott Citgo in the …