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Article: Locally owned Gulf Oil will put name on Pike stations
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Gulf Oil LP will begin switching 11 gas stations it operates along
the Massachusetts Turnpike from Exxon to its own Gulf brand this
month, one of its biggest moves yet to promote New England's only
major locally based gas brand.
The move will require shutting down stations between Natick and
Lee for up to 48 hours as new signs - including a new Gulf Express
convenience-store brand - faster-dispensing pumps, and speedier
charge-card processors are installed. But Gulf chief executive Joseph
Petrowski said the Newton company won't close more than one station
on either side of the turnpike at a time to minimize inconvenience.
The conversion should be done by mid-September, Petrowski said.
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