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TOP OF THE NEWS of convenience store merchandise, as well as freshly prepared foods in most units. Originally founded in 1950, the company was taken over by Raymond and Jean Lewis in 1973, and has been family owned and operated ever since. Hurst Harvey entered the convenience store business when it acquired its first store in 1985 from Frank Bradley, the original owner of Fas Mart. Melinda Lewis commented on the sale, "As a family operated company for over 28 years, it was a very difficult decision to sell our retail units. We are confident we selected the best help with Spencer Cavalier, Sean Dooley and the Matrix team. Their professionalism, industry knowledge and patience led to a smooth acquisition." Matrix provided merger and acquisition advisory services to Hurst Harvey, which included valuation advisory, transaction structuring, marketing and assistance in the negotiation of the purchase agreement. The transaction was managed by Spencer Cavalier, Director at Matrix who was assisted by Sean Dooley, Associate and Andrew LoPresti, Senior Analyst. Mr. Cavalier commented, "We feel very fortunate to have served as a trusted advisor to the Hurst Harvey shareholders since 2007, and we are honored to have structured and executed the successful sale of the company on behalf of the family." n ulf Oil Partnership with G HYPERFUELS Gulf Oil (Framingham, Mass.), a leading branded marketer of energy products, announced a new partnership with HYPERFUELS (Houston), a distributor of high performance race fuels throughout the United States. The multi-year agreement returns the iconic Gulf brand to race tracks and performance retailers throughout the country. Through this new partnership, HYPERFUELS will be developing and marketing Gulf Racing Fuel in various grades of unleaded, non-ethanol blends, including 105 and 110 octane. These products will soon be available throughout the United States in both a bulk and packaged format. "The Gulf brand brings tremendous 8 SEPTEMBER 2013 value to our company – Gulf has a storied history in racing, and the recognition and respect that the Gulf brand receives in the racing world gives us an immediate leg up when marketing our new line of Gulf Racing Fuels," said Jess Hewett, president of HYPERFUELS. "The decision to partner with Gulf was an easy one. Anyone who goes to any race track today will see that Gulf's blue and orange racing colors are everywhere. The popularity of Gulf is unquestioned – it's a brand that everyone trusts." "This new partnership furthers our commitment to continue our market expansion, and to serve America's drivers with high performance fuels, wherever they happen to drive, including our nation's country roads, highways and now our race tracks," said Gulf Oil President Ron Sabia. "We are delighted to be working with HYPERFUELS, and to be delivering Gulf products to speedways and performance retailers throughout the U.S." n ybera and Titan Cloud C Software collaborate Cybera, Inc. and Titan Cloud Software announced that they have teamed up to provide convenience fuel retailers with secure access to Titan's advanced remote fuel monitoring and environmental compliance software through Cybera's secure application platform, Cybera ONE. Benefits from the combined solution, include: • Plug-and-play installation that can be completed by in-store personnel • High availability for business continuity with 3G/4G wireless backup • Secure 24/7 access to tank information, including inventory and alarms • Fuel run-out projections based on historical trending • On-demand inventory reconciliation and reporting • Ability to subscribe to additional cloud apps to meet environmental compliance and facility maintenance needs The Cybera/Titan solution is available immediately for Ethernet-enabled tank gauge systems. An embedded serial interface solution will be available soon to reduce serial to IP conversion costs. "Cybera is excited to add Titan Cloud Software's cloud applications to our Cybera ONE platform," said Cliff Duffey, Cybera president and CEO. "This is another valuable suite of industry solutions now available to convenience store retailers who want to improve their business operations and reduce their network costs." n ACS launches multi-events N mobile app and NACS Show Planner NACS has launched a new multi-events mobile app that streamlines all NACS events into one, easy-to-navigate mobile application. The NACS Events mobile app, now available for download, allows attendees to easily access and organize critical event information. The new app features the latest information about the 2013 NACS Show, which will take place Oct 12 to 15. "We continue to refine how we launch apps to best meet attendee needs at events. The new NACS Events mobile app delivers the best experience yet for NACS Show attendees — both in advance and onsite — and this experience will be replicated for other NACS events throughout the year," said Donovan Woods, NACS manager of strategic sales initiatives. In addition, NACS has launched the NACS Show MyShow Planner, which gives NACS Show attendees the ability to pre-plan their event schedules from their desktop computer. By logging onto www.nacsshow.com/myshowplanner, attendees can search and bookmark events they want to attend while onsite at the NACS Show, including educational and general sessions and evening events hosted by NACS. Attendees can also view an interactive map of the NACS Show expo the largest in event history and bookmark booths they would like to visit, as well as search the full list of exhibitors and session speakers. After completing their pre-Show planning, attendees can sync the schedules they created through MyShow Planner with the NACS Events Mobile app. The free NACS Events mobile app is compatible with all IOS, Android and NPN Magazine n www.npnweb.com