May 20, 2025 |
Insights
When I was little, my grandmother taught me how to make a quality cup of coffee. She’d put the percolator on the stove, and I’d hear the familiar bubbling sound that meant she and my grandfather would have coffee soon. I loved the ritualistic aspect of sitting at the table with our cups and saucers…
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January 21, 2025 |
Press Releases
Las Vegas, NV – Downstream Energy Group (“DEG”), a leading advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, is pleased to announce that it acted as the exclusive M&A advisor in the successful acquisition of a multi-site travel center portfolio. The transaction, encompassing two strategically located travel centers in the mid-continent region, represents a significant transaction…
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January 15, 2025 |
Press Releases
LEXINGTON, KY – Downstream Energy Group (“DEG”) is proud to announce its role as the exclusive advisor in the successful sale of Wow! Foodmart LLC (“Company”) and its affiliated retail portfolio to Casey’s General Stores. The transaction includes a diverse portfolio of properties comprising one travel center, seven convenience stores, and four liquor stores, all…
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October 15, 2024 |
Insights
By Steve Griffin, Partner Downstream Energy Group (DEG) and our newest company, Downstream Energy Properties (DEP), are legacy companies born from the ideals of original founders, Ruben and Ginny Griffin. A lot has changed in three generations, but the Griffin standard of “doing business the right way” has remained the cornerstone of every Griffin company….
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August 6, 2024 |
Insights
By Sutton Wester, Senior Associate North of Chouteau on Theresa Avenue in St. Louis: the birthplace of the gas station. In 1905, Harry Grenner and Clem Laessig opened the first drive-in filling station for motorists, consisting of a gravity-fed tank with what looked like a rudimentary garden hose attached to its base.1 When a customer drove…
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