ALEXANDRIA, VA – Tom Robinson, president of Santa Clara, California-based Robinson Oil Corp., has been named vice chairman-treasurer of the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). He was named to this position on Oct. 8 at the conclusion of the association’s NACS Show in Atlanta. The NACS Show is ranked as one of the 50 largest annual tradeshows in the United States.
A member-driven organization, NACS is lead by its 30-member Board of Directors.
As NACS treasurer, Robinson is responsible for overseeing the association’s financial plan. He previously served as NACS vice chairman of government relations.
Robinson Oil Corporation operates 34 Rotten Robbie stores throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area and markets fuel to commercial customers through the Pacific Pride and CFN commercial fueling networks. Robinson has been with the company since 1974. The fourth-generation company was founded in the 1930s and has been operating under the Rotten Robbie brand since 1973.
Robinson earned a B.S. in economics from Santa Clara University. He is past president of the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA) and is active in the California Independent Oil Marketers Association. He also is a life member of the 25 Year Club of the Petroleum Industry. Robinson resides in Los Gatos, Calif.
In 2009, U.S. convenience stores had $511 billion in sales – nearly equal the sales of the country’s supermarkets ($556 billion) and the predicted 2010 sales in restaurants ($580 billion), and far greater than and drug stores ($218 billion). Overall, convenience stores accounted for one of every $28 spent in the country last year. In addition, there are 144,541 convenience stores in the United States – one per every 2,100 people. Other competing channels have far fewer stores, according to Nielsen TDLinx, such as supermarkets (35,612 stores), drug stores (37,654 stores) and mass merchandiser/dollar stores mass dollar stores (27,247).
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