USA Gasoline

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U Save Automatic (also known as USA Gasoline or USA Petroleum) is an American

As of 2024, the remaining USA Gasoline locations are primarily located in Southern California, with a few remaining in Wyoming.

History

1970s

In the 1970s, USA Gasoline became the first gasoline retailer to experiment with self-service pay at the pump technology and entered into an agreement with Allstate Bank of Southern California allowing banking customers to automatically debit their accounts directly from the pump.

• Over the course of 1975 and 1976, all UCO stations became USA Gasoline stations.
• Over the course of 1976-1977, all Sears stations became USA Gasoline stations.

1980s + 1990s

• From 1988 to 1990, USA Petroleum was involved in a lawsuit with ARCO due to fuel prices.
• in 1992, USA Petroleum moved its headquarters from Santa Monica to Ventura.
• in 1993, their headquarters were moved again, this time from Ventura to Agoura Hills.
• in 1994, Marvin Jay Caukin, the ex-Director of Finance, was sentenced 33 months in prison for
  embezzling
  nearly $2.4 million from the company.

2000s

• in 2003, USA Petroleum agreed to pay $325,000 to settle a dispute regarding leaking tanks causing
  Ventura County
  .
• in July 2006, USA Petroleum announced its plan to sell 122 of its California gas stations to Chevron. The deal was finalized in November.
• in 2007,
  Tesoro Corp
  acquired USA Gasoline, and approximately 140 retail stations.

2010s + 2020s

• in 2011, 51
  Mirastar stations (which were typically located outside select Walmart
  locations) were also rebranded as USA Gasoline.
• in 2012, 250
  Thrifty Oil
  stations rebranded as USA Gasoline, because BP did not renew the leases for 250 ARCO or Thrifty stations.
• In 2019, after the acquisition of USA Gasoline’s parent company
  Andeavor by Marathon Petroleum, many USA Gasoline locations were (as of 2020) in the process of being rebranded to Marathon's now-former subsidiary, Speedway, now wholly owned and operated by 7-Eleven.^[1] Some USA Gasoline locations that either lacked a convenience store or were deemed insufficient to operate as a regular Speedway were rebranded as Speedway Express, a branded concept similar to Rich
  , a brand of Speedway that operates lower-volume stores that typically only sell tobacco, snacks, and drinks inside the convenience store (or a booth if no convenience store exists). Unlike Rich, Speedway Express participates in Speedway's Speedy Rewards program.

• Gas stations in the United States
• Oil companies of the United States
• Petroleum in California

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