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Carlyle Baker opened the first Certified Gasoline Station in Piqua, Ohio. The station sold gasoline and offered limited automobile repairs to the motoring public. In the past 67 years the company has grown into a regional competitor that features superior service and products to customers. Certified Oil Company has 110 locations with 750 employees and nearly 70 convenience stores that operate in locations in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The company has stations under the names of Certified, Sunoco and Citgo. Its stores supply bottled water, soft drinks, snacks, energy drinks, gift cards, tobacco, and beer and wine. Certified Oil Company is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Quik Stop Markets is a chain of convenience stores with more than 100 locations in California and Nevada. The company is a subsidiary of The Kroger Company. Headquartered in Cincinnati, The Kroger Company is primarily a chain of retail grocery stores. It operates more than 2,400 supermarkets and multidepartment stores in 30-plus states. The company operates supermarkets under such names as Kroger and Kroger Marketplace, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, King Soopers, Smith s and Smith s Marketplace, Fry s and Fry s Marketplace, Dillons, QFC, Bell Markets, Baker s and City Market. It is also the holder of several jewelry stores, including Fred Meyer Jewelers, Littman Jewelers and Barclay Jewelers. Quik Stop Markets is headquartered in Fremont, Calif.