LP Gas, February 2019
TOP RETAILERS Continued from page 43 Mike Sargent Dave Ives Marty Huerta Enrique Silva Jesse Allen Kelly Starner Sid Wise Evergreen Propane Location Macon Georgia Phone 478 476 4558 Web evergreenpropane com Founded 2012 Owners Tommy Debbie Busbee 2018 FY retail gallons 2700000 Outlets 5 States 1 Customers 12000 Employees 30 Bobtails 11 Acquisitions 1 Pierson Propane 600000 gallons Officers Tommy Busbee president Farmers Union Oil Co of Lake Bronson Location Lake Bronson Minnesota Phone 218 754 4300 Fax 218 754 7961 Web lbfarmersunion com Founded 1935 2018 FY retail gallons 1097330 Outlets 2 States 1 Customers 1000 Employees 3 propane Bobtails 3 Storage volume 63000 gallons Federated Co ops Inc Location Princeton Minnesota Phone 763 389 2582 Web federatedcoops com Founded 1942 Owner Federated Co ops Inc 2018 FY retail gallons 30160000 Outlets 21 States 2 Customers 36700 Employees 73 Bobtails 52 Transports 7 Storage volume 1490000 gallons Officers Craig Mold president Mike McMahon CEO Operations managers Mark Grave director of energy Ferrellgas Partners LP Location Overland Park Kansas Phone 913 661 1500 Web ferrellgas com Founded 1939 Owner Publicly held 2018 FY retail gallons 636698000 Outlets 931 States 50 states Washington D C and Puerto Rico Employees 4037 Bobtails 1500 Transports 260 Acquisitions 4 Lindsey Propane Sevier County Propane Service Plus Propane Diamond Propane Officers James E Ferrell chairman interim CEO president William E Ruisinger Ohio based Lindens Propane is an affiliate of Energy Distribution Partners No 12 in the overall rankings interim CFO Bryan J Wright interim COO Operations managers Kirt Brasseaux VP of retail operations Central Ray Galan VP of retail operations West Marcin Grucela VP of retail operations Southeast Ben Guzzi VP of retail operations North Central Jim Rushing VP of retail operations Central Tim Sayers VP of retail operations Northeast Kevin Tobolski VP of retail operations South Joe Westby VP of retail operations Northwest Foster Fuels Inc Location Brookneal Virginia Phone 434 376 2322 Fax 434 376 5969 Web fosterfuels com Founded 1921 Owner Watt R Foster Jr 2018 FY retail gallons 11165663 Outlets 7 States 2 Customers 20000 Storage volume 894000 Employees 186 Bobtails 25 Transports 8 Storage volume 360000 gallons Officers Watt R Foster Jr president CEO Dale Henderson SVP COO E C Tibbs Jr SVP secretary CFO Darrell St John SVP CIO Operations managers Tim Spicer VP propane operations Rick Tate VP technical operations Chelsea Harrison VP marketing Growmark Inc Location Bloomington Illinois Phone 309 557 6000 Web growmark com Founded 1927 Owner Agricultural cooperative 2018 FY retail gallons 282344098 States 18 Transports 313 Officers John Reifsteck chairman of the KEY Master Limited Partnerships Multi State Independents Single State Independents Retailer Challenges 44 LPGas February 2019 LPGasmagazine com PHOTO BY JOE MCCARTHY Natural gas expansion competitors aggressive marketing campaigns and keeping up with technology We stay consistent and fair with our customers We focus on details and keep offering our customers what they are asking for COLE OIL PROPANE Finding trained qualified CDL hazmat employees for our industry We radically changed our recruiting efforts moving away from newspaper and large recruiting companies DEITER BROS Price volatility We executed appropriate hedging FEDERATED CO OPS Attracting younger employees FREEDOM PROPANE
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