Monday, 11th August 2008
Kerry motorists will soon notice a big change when they go to fill up their cars at their local service station. Topaz, Ireland’s largest retail fuels business, has been busy transforming every Shell and Statoil service station in Kerry as part of its ambitious national re-branding programme.
The refitting and re-branding of the Kerry network is part of a €50million national investment programme and will see ten Kerry service stations, move from Statoil and Shell to the new and striking Topaz brand. Topaz is an Irish owned company. Between its company owned network and the retail dealer network, over 200 people are employed in Kerry.
In total, the re-branding programme will transform 350 service stations, over 40 home heating oil depots and a logistics fleet of almost 300 vehicles.
Set up just three years ago, the company bought the Irish retail and commercial fuels businesses of Shell and Statoil in 2005 and 2006 respectively. It is the largest fuels business in the country. The re-branding of the Kerry network is the latest step for one of Ireland’s largest privately owned companies. Every year Topaz owned stations in Kerry sell over:
- 162,350 newspapers
- 50,000 sandwiches
- 141,100 cups of coffee
- 754,700 confectionary products
Tony Buckley, Retail Dealer Area Manager for Topaz in Kerry said “We are delighted to bring the national re-branding road-show to Kerry. We have had 4 crews of 20 men working on transforming every site in the county. We aim to be much more than just a fuels retailer and hope to increase our service to customers by offering more choice and a variety of hot and cold foods so that we can help them to re-fuel when they pop in to fill up their cars. All Topaz and Statoil Fuel Cards will continue to be accepted at all of our sites during the changeover”
Note to Editor:
Kerry stations included in the re-branding programme are:
· Ann Macs Service Station, Castleisland
· Coleman Cronin Service Station, Castlemaine
· Forest Service Station, Castlemaine
· Killarney Autos, Killarney
· PK's Killorglin
· Hickey’s Service Station, Rathmore.
· Rockfield Service Station, Tralee
· Walsh’s Supervalu, Caherciveen
· Topaz, Fenit Road, Tralee
· Topaz Killarney, Park Road, Killarney
· Topaz Manor, Tralee
Further Information:
Ray Gordon
MRPA KINMAN Communications
Ph: 01 7038619 Mob: 087 241 7373
Eleanor Newman
MRPA KINMAN Communications
Ph: 01 703 8622 Mob: 087 644 0678
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