# Regional independent gas station chains **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577 "2016-04-18T18:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/1 "2016-04-18T18:24:04Z")
Where are you and what is the local independent gas station chain called? Note: looking for _chains_, so no one-off mom-and-pops; they should have at least 2 locations. I’m in Hyattsville, Maryland and very locally there’s **Red Top** with three locations I’m aware of, and peppered throughout Maryland are **Free State** gas stations. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/2 "2016-04-18T18:35:07Z")
[Boyett Petroleum.](http://boyett.net/contact-us/locations/) ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/3 "2016-04-19T04:37:32Z")
lets see, there is [Stinker](http://www.stinker.com/), and … that’s about all I can think of ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/4 "2016-04-19T05:06:32Z")
I’m in central Ohio and I can’t immediately think of any. There used to be one called Duke, but its owner is now a BP franchisee. The convenience stores are still Duchess Shoppes, though, and even years after the switch you still hear people call them “Duke and Duchess.” ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/5 "2016-04-19T06:57:24Z")
Irving, based in New Brunswick with locations throughout New England and eastern Canada. C. N. Brown (doing business as Big Apple), based in Maine with locations there and in New Hampshire and Vermont. Cumberland Farms. Based in Massachusetts, with locations throughout the Northeast, concentrated in New England. They formerly owned the rights to use the Gulf trademark in the Northeast, but they were never part of the Gulf Oil company. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/6 "2016-04-19T16:28:25Z")
Might be a bit bigger than what you’re looking for, but the 9th grader in me always smirks when I see a [Kum and Go.](https://www.kumandgo.com/) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/7 "2016-04-19T17:20:16Z")
There are a couple doing business as Runway Express around the Albany, NY, area. [Stewart’s](http://www.stewartsshops.com/) is a set of convenience stores in the NY Capital District. Some have gas, but not all. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/8 "2016-04-19T20:58:34Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > Might be a bit bigger than what you’re looking for, but the 9th grader in me always smirks when I see a [Kum and Go.](https://www.kumandgo.com/) We have _Pump n Pack_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/9 "2016-04-21T14:03:34Z")
There are a couple of independent stations around me, but as far as I can tell none of them are chains. I thought Kangaroo Express might be one but apparently it’s part of the Circle K brand family. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/10 "2016-04-21T15:01:50Z")
We’ve got Red Star Oil Company, known in signage as RESCO. They’re heroes for distributing ethanol-free juice for us local gear-heads. > **[Red Star Oil Company](https://www.redstaroil.com/)** > > Since 1947 Red Star Oil Company Learn More ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-independent-gas-station-chains/752577/11 "2016-04-21T15:46:38Z")
There’s both Lukoil and Xtramart around here. Both have five locations.