Monday, 14th July 2008
County Cork motorists will 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 Cork as part of its ambitious national re-branding programme.
The re-fitting and re-branding of the Cork network is part of a €50million national investment programme and will see over thirty 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 450 people are employed in Cork.
In total, the re-branding programme will transform 350 service stations, over 40 home heating 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 Cork network is the latest step for one of Ireland’s largest privately owned companies. Every year Topaz owned stations in Cork sell over:
- 455,000 newspapers
- 160,000 sandwiches
- 385,000 cups of coffee
- 1,500,000 confectionary products
Tony Buckley, Retail Dealer Area Manager for Topaz in Cork, said “We are delighted to bring the national re-branding road-show to Cork. 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 fuel 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:
County Cork stations included in the re-branding programme are:
· Castle Filling Station, Blackrock
· Centra Riverstick
· Donagh Hickey Motors, Rathmore
· G & G Hannon, Newmarket
· Galvin’s Service Station, Dunmanway
· Hurley Brothers, Skibbereen
· Joe Cowhig, Leap
· Kevin O’Leary Ltd., Bandon
· Macs Place, Mallow
· Marina Service Station, Cork
· McCarthy’s Supermarket & Service Station, Fermoy
· Michael & Nora McCarthy, Macroom
· Michael Kelleher, Macroom
· O’Leary’s, Lissarda
· O’Sullivan’s Garage, Kildorrery
· O’Reilly’s, Carrigrohane Road
· O’Reilly’s Service Station, Leitrim Street,
· O’Sullivan Service Station, Bandon Rd., Inishannon
· Lee’s Centra, Charleville
· Wilton Motors, Wilton
· Topaz Ballincollig, Ballincollig
· Topaz Bishopstown, Ardarostig, Bandon Road
· Topaz Frankfield, Kinsale Road, Cork
· Topaz Midleton, Old Cork Road, Midleton
· Topaz New Mallow Road, New Mallow Road, Blackpool
· Topaz Tivoli, Lower Road, Tivoli
· Topaz Cork Airport
· Topaz Douglas
· Topaz Lakeview, Whitegate Road, Midleton
· Topaz Polefield, New Mallow Road
· Topaz Mitchelstown
· Topaz Ballincollig, Eastgate
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