Pearson Fuels Opens Its 400th E85 Fueling Site in California

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Pearson Fuels, California’s largest E85 distributor, has opened its 400th retail site. The newest addition to the Pearson Fuels E85 network is at a G&M Oil Co. gas station at 1640 Crenshaw Boulevard in Torrance, California.

Pearson Fuels and G&M Oil have partnered at more than 100 locations in the state to offer E85 – with more stations on the way.

• G&M Oil is No. 41 on CSP’s Top 202 ranking of convenience-store chains by total number of company-owned retail outlets.

G&M Oil is one of California’s largest independently owned fuel retailers with 200 locations throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego and Ventura counties. G&M partners with Chevron and ExtraMile. G&M gas stations offer a wide variety of fueling options including alternatives such as biodiesel, E85, hydrogen and electric vehicle (EV) charging.

E85 is a high-octane, renewable, biomass-based fuel used in flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs), typically dispensed via a yellow pump handle.

“We will continue to add E85 at any retail site we can,” said Adam Sparks, general manager at G&M Oil, Huntington Beach, California. “Our relationship with Pearson Fuels helps us be the most competitive for our customers.”

“As Californians continue to wrestle with higher prices for everything from housing to electricity, we’re proud to offer a more affordable gasoline alternative at our 400 retail E85 stations throughout the state,” said Doug Vind, managing member of San Diego-based Pearson Fuels.

“With the state’s adoption of stricter targets to its low-carbon fuel standard, E85 can play a strategic role in helping California meet its clean air goals,” Vind added. “Governor Newsom has been searching for ways to lower gas prices without minimizing air quality; E85 is the win-win that saves drivers money at the pump while substantially reducing GHG emissions.”

“This is why our partnership with G&M has been so successful,” said Greg Jones, Pearson Fuels director of business development. “G&M understands how to leverage E85’s many benefits and is also one of the most competitively priced retailers in the business.”

Pearson Fuels estimates a typical FFV driver in California would have saved nearly $400 last year by filling up with E85 rather than gasoline.

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Greg Lindenberg has been covering convenience-store news and writing about the c-store and gas station industries for more than a quarter of a century. He specializes in mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) news.

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