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Sergaz
Ultramar is an Eastern Canada, Eastern Canadian gas and home fuel retailer, with its head office located in Montreal, Quebec. Ultramar operates gas stations and home fuel delivery in Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. History British oil company Ultramar plc established operations in Canada in 1961. Retail stations were originally branded "Golden Eagle".Ultramar: Our history Its Oil refinery, refinery in Lévis, Quebec was built ten years later. From 1979 to 1996, Ultramar grew by acquiring stations from several other companies, including Canadian fuel marketers Texaco Canada, Gulf Canada, Sergaz, Sunoco and Murphy Oil, Spur. In 1981, Ultramar acquired Hanford, California-based Beacon Oil Company. It retained the name. In 1990, it acquired the Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from their parent companies; they are required to follow the laws of where they are incorporated, and they maintain their own executive leadership. Two or more subsidiaries primarily controlled by same entity/group are considered to be sister companies of each other. Subsidiaries are a common feature of modern business, and most multinational corporations organize their operations via the creation and purchase of subsidiary companies. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Citigroup, which have subsidiaries involved in many different Industry (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Canada
Gulf Canada was a Canadian integrated petroleum company that existed between 1944 and 2001. Gulf Oil, Gulf Oil Corporation began operating in Canada in 1942, and two years later formed a Canadian subsidiary called the Canadian Gulf Oil Company. In 1956 Canadian Gulf Oil merged with the British American Oil Company (of which Gulf Oil was the controlling shareholder) and until 1969 operated under the British American name. In 1969, British American amalgamated with its subsidiaries into a new company called Gulf Oil Canada Limited. During the 1970s and 1980s, Gulf Canada was one of the country's "big four" oil companies along with Imperial Oil, Imperial, Shell Canada, and Texaco Canada. Gulf Canada remained in existence after the 1985 acquisition of Gulf Oil by Chevron Corporation, Chevron. However, in 1986 Gulf Canada sold its retail operations, which included 900 gas stations, to Petro-Canada. In 2001, Conoco purchased Gulf Canada for C$6.7 billion in what was then the largest oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loyalty Program
A loyalty program or rewards program is a marketing strategy designed to encourage customers to continue to shop at or use the services of one or more businesses associated with the program. Single-company vs. coalition programs Loyalty programs may be either: * Single-brand programs, which may be for all stores owned by a company, such as Target, or branded stores which may be corporate-owned and franchised to independent business owners, such as McDonalds. *Single-corporation programs, such as the joint Gap Inc. program, work at the stores and digital channels of Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, and Athleta, which are all owned by Gap Inc. *Coalition loyalty programs, provide benefits to customers of multiple otherwise-unrelated businesses. Examples include Rakuten Rewards which, in the U.S. offers cashback at more than 3,500 stores and Air Miles which awards points for purchases from multiple merchants in each market it serves (Canada, The Netherlands, Bahrain, Qatar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Oil
Irving Oil Ltd. is a Canadian privately owned intergenerational gasoline, oil, and natural gas producing and exporting company, a subsidiary of the parent company Irving Group of Companies, one of the largest "private conglomerates" in North America. Irving Oil was established in 1924 by Canadian oil baron and billionaire, K.C. Irving, Kenneth "K.C." Irving, whose family fortune when he died in 1992 was estimated by Forbes at USD$5 billion. His son, Arthur Irving, Arthur, became chairman and president of Irving Oil. Arthur Irving died in 2024. Irving Oil operates Canada's largest refinery, the Irving Oil Refinery, in Saint John, New Brunswick, and Ireland's only Whitegate refinery, refinery, in Whitegate, County Cork, as well as a network of gasoline stations, fleet of oil tankers, real estate and other related assets. Irving Oil's Irving Oil Home Office, Home Office is located in Uptown Saint John and was officially opened in 2019. History Origins In April 1924, K.C. Irving, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alimentation Couche-Tard
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., or simply Couche-Tard, is a Canadian multinational operator of convenience stores. The company operates approximately 16,700 stores across Canada, the United States of America, United States, Mexico, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Japan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. The company operates its corporate stores mainly under the Couche-Tard, Circle K, and On the Run (convenience store), On the Run brands but also under the affiliated brands Mac's Convenience Stores, go! (Go Store), Provi-Soir, 7-jours, Dairy/Daisy Mart, Becker's and Winks. Founded by current chairman Alain Bouchard, the corporation is based in Laval, Quebec, Laval, Quebec, Canada, a suburb of Montreal. The flagship Couche-Tard and Mac's Convenience Stores, Mac's stores, as well as some older Winks outlets, prominently feature a distinctive anthropomorphic red, winking owl. This mascot was inherited from the Provi-Soir / Winks chain when it was abs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valero Energy Corporation
Valero Energy Corporation is an American-based Petroleum industry, fuels producer mostly involved in manufacturing and marketing transportation fuels and other petrochemical, related products. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the company owns and operates 15 Oil refinery, refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.2 million barrels per day, two renewable diesel plants that produce approximately 1.2 billion gallons per year, and 12 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of 1.6 billion gallons as its subsidiaries. According to a number of estimates, Valero has become a major producer of corn ethanol and renewable diesel, both low-carbon liquid transportation fuels. History Valero was established on January 1, 1980, as a spinoff of Coastal States Gas Corporation's Subsidiary, LoVaca Gathering Company. The company took over the natural gas operations of the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In Canada
Events from the year 1997 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government * Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc * Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien * Chief Justice – Antonio Lamer (Quebec) * Parliament – 35th (until 27 April) then 36th (from September 22) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors *Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Bud Olson *Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Garde Gardom *Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Yvon Dumont *Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Margaret McCain (until April 18) then Marilyn Trenholme Counsell *Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Frederick Russell (until February 5) then Arthur Maxwell House *Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – James Kinley *Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Hal Jackman (until January 24) then Hilary Weston *Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gilbert Clements *Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Jean-Louis Roux (until Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Shamrock
Diamond Shamrock (formerly known as the Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation) is an American brand of gasoline stations under the ownership of the Valero Energy Corporation and is currently headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The former company was established on December 1, 1967 when Cleveland-based Diamond Alkali merged with Shamrock Oil of Amarillo, Texas, creating the entity known as the Diamond Shamrock Corporation. The company was the nineteenth largest energy company in the United States in 1985 and had operations in nineteen states, but had a considerable presence in the states of Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, and Ohio, with a notable presence within certain markets of California and New York. Diamond Shamrock also owned and operated its convenience store chain Corner Store, that became the predecessor of the chain CST Brands Inc. (succeeded by Circle K in 2017). In May 1979, Diamond Shamrock announced that it would be moving its corporate headquarters f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 In Canada
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitting December 31. This was due to an adjustment of the International Date Line by the Kiribati government to bring all of its territories into the same calendar day. Events January * January 1 ** The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established. ** Beginning of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico. * January 8 – '' Soyuz TM-18'': Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the Earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit. * January 11 – The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin. * January 14 – U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords, which stop the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (former City)
Dartmouth ( ) ( Scottish-Gaelic: Baile nan Loch) is a built-up community of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has 101,343 residents as of 2024. History 18th century Father Le Loutre's War began when Edward Cornwallis arrived to establish Halifax with 13 transports on June 21, 1749. By unilaterally establishing Halifax, the British were violating earlier treaties with the Miꞌkmaq (1726), which were signed after Father Rale's War. The British quickly began to build other settlements. To guard against Miꞌkmaq, Acadian, and French attacks on the new Protestant settlements, British fortifications were erected in Halifax (1749), Dartmouth (1750), Bedford (Fort Sackville) (1751), Lunenburg (1753), and Lawrencetown (1754). In 1750, the sailing ship ''Alderney'' arrived with 151 immigrants. Municipal officials at Halifax decided that these new arrivals should be settled on the eastern side of Halifa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
