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TOP OF THE NEWS lock sites located along trucking routes or industrial parks that allow trucking and commercial fleets to buy fuel 24 hours a day. CST plans to build eight new company-operated stores and add 15 new dealer sites in Canada in 2013. CST employs nearly 12,000 people throughout the Southwestern United States and Eastern Canada, including 270 at the CST Customer Service Center in San Antonio, Texas, and 285 at the CST Service Center in Montreal, Canada. CST intends to continue to focus on building larger stores from the ground up with ample parking, colorful and spacious design, and a wider variety of food options. In 2012, the company sold more than 4 million kolaches and 1.3 million whoopie pies baked fresh in its U.S. stores. On May 19, CST will open its largest store to date, a 10,100-square foot Travel Center with a Subway in Three Rivers, Texas, which is in an area where a shale oil boom is ongoing. Giving back to the CST communities through volunteer work and philanthropic giving will continue to be a significant part of the CST company culture, the company said. INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS n The Fuels Institute fills Board of Directors The National Association of Convenience Stores Fuels Institute (Alexandria, Va.) announced that it has filled its 11 Board of Directors seats. The board has already begun to recruit candidates to serve on the Board of Advisors and to define and develop potential research projects. Founded in February 2013, the Fuels Institute is a non-profit, research-oriented think tank dedicated to evaluating the market issues related to consumer vehicles and the fuels that power them. Its governing structure incorporates a diverse set of stakeholders including, but not limited to, fuel retailers, fuel producers and refiners, alternative and renewable fuel pro8 MAY/June 2013 ducers, automobile manufacturers, environmental advocates, consumer organizations, academics, government entities and others with expertise in the fuels and automotive industries. The Fuels Institute's complete board of directors are: Bill Douglass (chairman), managing partner, Douglass Distributing Co. (Sherman, TX) Jay Ricker (treasurer), chair/owner, Ricker's (Anderson, IN) Mark DeVries, director of business development, POET LLC (Wichita, KS) Norman Herrera, manager of corporate development, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (Oklahoma City, OK) Max McBrayer, senior vice president, RaceTrac Petroleum (Atlanta, GA) Jeff Morris, vice chairman of the board of directors, Alon USA (Dallas, TX) Ron Sabia, president, Gulf Oil LP (Framingham, MA) Norman Turiano, principal, Turiano Strategic Consulting LLC (Cape Coral, FL) Michael Whatley, executive vice president, Consumer Energy Alliance (Washington, DC) Andy Viens, president of U.S. marketing, Phillips 66 Co. (Houston, TX) Bob Wimmer, director of energy & environmental research group, Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Washington, DC) The Fuels Institute commissions and publishes comprehensive, fact-based research projects that address the issues identified by the affected stakeholders. These projects help to inform both business owners considering long-term investment decisions and policymakers considering legislation and regulations affecting the market. Additional information about the Fuels Institute is available at fuelsinstitute.org. n Southern Petroleum embraces fuel, alarm and compliance management with MyTankInfo Southern Petroleum Inc.(Somerset, Ky.), with fueling facilities throughout Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, has teamed up with MyTankInfo by 4thRight Technologies for fuel management and fuel site monitoring. MyTankInfo's breakthrough technology connects Automatic Tank Gauges (ATGs) to the Internet to easily monitor fuel sites at an affordable price. MyTankInfo gives access to fuel levels, ATG alarms, reconciliation and compliance data anywhere there is an Internet connection via your PC, laptop, iPad or mobile phone. "We are excited that MyTankInfo will assist us with solving complexities within our fueling operation. The ability to remotely connect to our sites, as well as receive immediate notification of alarms, are key capabilities that will save us money and reduce risk," said Chad Ross, vice president of marketing at Southern Petroleum. "We are thrilled to work with a forward-thinking company such as Southern Petroleum. Beyond the value the software provides, our hardware components will literally save them tens of thousands of dollars in investment costs. The MyTankInfo team provides them with a perfect blend of technology and fuel expertise, a combination rarely found in our industry," said John Nesbit, vice president of sales and marketing at 4thRight Technologies. n 7-Eleven, Inc. Retains NRC Realty & Capital Advisors to Sell 139 Convenience Store Properties in Texas, Florida and Four Other States NRC Realty & Capital Advisors, LLC (Chicago, Il.) has announced that it has been retained again by 7-Eleven, Inc. to coordinate the sale of 139 gasoline stations and/or convenience stores, 83 of which are located in Texas, 31 in Florida, 11 in Ohio, eight in Pennsylvania, five in Utah and one in Wisconsin. Of the 83 Texas sites, 43 are located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, 10 are in the San Antonio market, 10 are near Austin, and the remainder are located throughout east Texas. Of the 31 Florida sites, 12 are located in South Florida, 12 are located in the NPN Magazine n www.npnweb.com