Allsup's
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | Roswell, New Mexico (1956, as "Lonnie's Drive-In Grocery") |
| Headquarters | Clovis, New Mexico, USA |
| Industry | Retail (Convenience stores) |
| Website | [1] |
Allsup's, sometimes misspelled as Allsups, is a family-owned chain of convenience stores that serves New Mexico and Texas. Its corporate offices are located in Clovis, New Mexico, and it is ranked as New Mexico's #1 privately owned corporation.[1] It is also the largest convenience store chain in the state of New Mexico.[2]
Allsup's is a 24 hour chain that sells fuel under the Shell, FINA, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Allsup's On the Go brands. It also sells traditional convenience store items and prepared food items including burritos and barbecue beef sandwiches. The company's main competitors are Circle K, Town & Country Food Stores, and 7-Eleven.
[edit] Security
In April, 2008, a settlement was reached in the wrongful death suit of a clerk who was kidnapped from a Hobbs, New Mexico Allsup's store. The clerk had been working the overnight shift when she was abducted, raped and murdered. As a result of the settlement, efforts to protect convenience-store clerks working night shifts have escalated. The New Mexico Environmental Health Board ordered that all stores open between 11pm and 7am must either have no fewer than 2 clerks on duty, station a security guard with a clerk working that shift alone, or place clerks in an enclosure behind bulletproof glass.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Allsup's Corporation. Allsup's Convenience Stores. Retrieved on 05-09-2008.
- ^ The Associated Press. "Family seeks millions in killing of Allsup's clerk", KOB-TV, 04-10-2008. Retrieved on 05-09-2008.
- ^ The Associated Press. "Settlement reached in lawsuit over death of Allsup's clerk", Las Cruces Sun-News, 05-08-2008. Retrieved on 05-09-2008.
