VPS Convenience
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VPS Convenience Store Group was an American convenience store chain headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina that could trace its roots to the founding of the first Village Pantry convenience store in 1966. VPS was sold in two parts in 2013 and 2015 to GPM Investments.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Convenience store |
Founded | 1966; 58 years ago (1966) in Muncie, Indiana as Village Pantry |
Founder | Don Marsh |
Defunct | June 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06) |
Fate | Acquired by GPM Investments |
Successor | GPM Investments |
Headquarters | Wilmington, North Carolina |
Number of locations | 400 (in 2011) |
Area served | Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia |
Products | Grocery, Gasoline |
Brands | Village Pantry, Next Door, Scotchman, Young's, Li'L Cricket |
Owner | Sun Capital Partners |
Website | Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
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