VPS Convenience
VPS Convenience Store Group was an American convenience store chain headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.
History
Village Pantry was founded as a convenience store chain division of Marsh Supermarkets, founded in Yorktown, Indiana.
In 2006, Sun Capital Partners purchased Marsh and its divisions, including Village Pantry.[1]
In May 2007, Sun announced that they were splitting Village Pantry from Marsh, making it its own company reporting directly to Sun Capital.[2]
In October 2007, Village Pantry purchased 33 Next Door Store locations in Michigan and Indiana.
In Spring 2009, Village Pantry and three other Sun-owned convenience store chains—Young's, Li'l Cricket, and Scotchman—began reorganizing to consolidate accounting and administration with Young's and Scotchman parent company Worsley Operating Corporation.[3][4][5] As of May 2013, the combined operation runs a total of 430 convenience stores as VPS Convenience Store Group.[6][3]
GPM Investments (operator of the Fas Mart and Shore Stop convenience stores) acquired the Southeast operations of VPS in August 2013 and the Midwestern division in 2015.[7]
Notes and references
- ↑ "Sun Capital Partners Affiliate Completes Acquisition of Marsh Supermarkets". Sun Capital Partners. PR Newswire. 2006-09-27.
- ↑ "Village Pantry Disconnects from Marsh". Convenience Store Decisions. 2007-05-07.
- 1 2 Holtz, Steve (2009-06-08). "Sun Capital Chains Regroup". CSP Daily News. CSP Information Group. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ Abcede, Angel (2009-09-05). "Bright Investment". CSP Daily News. CSP Information Group. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ Abcede, Angel (2009-09-08). "Southeast Sun". CSP Daily News. CSP Information Group. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ↑ Olson, Scott (2009-06-22). "Village Pantry moving HQ out of Indianapolis". Indianapolis Business Journal.
- ↑ How Sun Capital Positioned VPS for Sale to GPM
External links
- Village Pantry / Worsley profile at Sun Capital Partners website
- VPS C-Store Group Website