LEESBURG – Today, Freedom Oil LLC announced that they have sold their Freedom Express stores after serving the Kosciusko and Marshall county communities f
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Family Express to Expand Indiana Footprint With Acquisition of Freedom Oil
VALPARAISO, Ind. Family Express is adding six Freedom Oil LLC convenience stores to its Indiana network.
The Cobb Family founded Warsaw-based Freedom Oil in July 2002 after acquiring four stores from Gast Fuel and Oil Inc. Today, the family-operated company s six Freedom Express stores are in Kosciusko and Marshall counties. We are flattered that the Cobb family chose Family Express. The compatible cultures of the two companies will help immensely in the transition process, said Alex Olympidis, president of operations for Family Express.
According to Olympidis, Family Express will roll out NCR/Optic technology to the forecourt at the Freedom Oil locations once the deal closes.
The Examiner
From The Examiner during the week of Jan. 25-30, 1971:
• “BONDS VICTORIOUS” – Citizen approval of a $1.5 million school bond issue Thursday gives the Independence Board of Education authority to go ahead with plans for a the construction and equipment of first units of the new Sycamore Hills elementary school and a vocational-education wing at William Chrisman High School.
The bonds were approved in the special election by a light but decisive vote: 2,336 for and 533 against.
“Barring strikes and prohibitive cost increases, we will move ahead with our building plans as quickly as possible,” said George Berkemeier, board president.
• “IT’LL COST YOU MORE NOW TO ‘BOOZE’ IT UP” – The increase is not much, but the cost of booze – whiskey, wine and beer – has gone up a little bit since the state’s new tax on intoxicants went into effect Jan. 1. Now that local distributors, bars, package goods dispensers, and other dealers have had an op
Holiday travel once moderated as gas prices fluctuated. This year, COVID-19 appears to be having a greater effect. David Proeber
BLOOMINGTON â Gasoline prices are climbing slightly just as some people are turning to road trips for the holidays.
But the reason for increased price is not due to the season, said Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, a phone app that tracks real-time gas prices from âmillions of volunteer price spottersâ and other gas stations across the country.
âThey (gas prices) have been on the rise recently as it relates to the rise in the price of oil, which is going up seemingly on optimism that the coronavirus vaccines that have been released will eventually inspire more confidence in getting out and spur gasoline demand,â De Haan said.