November 17, 2025 |
Insights
Fresh analysis reveals why 2025 is creating an unprecedented window for convenience store owners to prepare — and profit — from a strategic exit. The convenience store M&A market is entering one of the most strategically important periods in more than a decade. As consolidation accelerates, valuations strengthen, and succession pressures mount, operators who prepare…
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October 29, 2025 |
Press Releases
Jackson, MN – Downstream Energy Group (“DEG”) is pleased to announce that it served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to United Fuels Midwest, LLC in the sale of a multi-state portfolio of downstream energy assets, including thirteen (13) locations across Minnesota and South Dakota, as well as a wholesale commercial fuels distribution business and a…
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September 16, 2025 |
Press Releases
Homer, MI – Downstream Energy Group (“DEG”) is pleased to announce that it served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Toledo 76, Inc. (“PS Food Mart”) in the divestiture of eight (8) convenience store assets in the Toledo, Ohio market to S&G Convenience Stores. Founded in the 1920s by the Folk family, PS Food Mart…
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August 19, 2025 |
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How Six Decades of Downstream Energy Experience Built the Ultimate M&A Expertise In 1956, while most business advisors were learning about industries from textbooks and financial statements, the Griffin family was building something different: authentic expertise earned through decades of hands-on experience in the downstream energy sector. The Foundation: Ruben & Ginny Griffin’s Vision When…
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July 14, 2025 |
Insights
New industry analysis shows unprecedented consolidation trends creating strategic windows for convenience store and fuel distribution businesses The oil and gas industry is experiencing a dramatic shift in 2025, with M&A activity reaching new heights and creating unique opportunities for mid-sized operators. Our latest comprehensive analysis reveals critical trends that every convenience store owner and…
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