ampm
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ampm is a convenience store chain with branches located in several U.S. states including Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, recently in Illinois, Indiana, Georgia and Florida, and in several countries worldwide such as Japan. The ampm brand is owned by BP America, Inc. (Formerly BP West Coast, Inc.), a subsidiary of oil giant BP. In the US, the stores are usually attached to an ARCO gas station. Franchised units of ampm are also found in parts of Mexico, usually co-located with a Pemex gas station, and in Brazil, usually attached with an Ipiranga station. In Argentina they can be found in Repsol-YPF/ACA stations.
In Spring 2008, the BP Connect brand of convenience stores rebranded to ampm.
[edit] Pop culture
- The rap song Midnight (by gangsta rapper Ice-T) opens with the line: "Midnight chillin' at am/pm..."
- In the movie Die Hard, you can see an ampm gas station when Reginald VelJohnson came into the movie, as he was buying Twinkies from the store.
- In the movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Arnold Schwarzenegger steals various items, including a pair of sunglasses, from an ampm gas station
- In the song 40 oz. to Freedom by Sublime, there is a voice during the spoken part in the middle that says: "Anyone wanna make a run down to the am/pm with me?"
