Convenience Store Profiles: Michigan
Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Michigan’s capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Although Michigan has come to develop a diverse economy, it is widely known as the center of the U.S. automotive industry, being home to the country’s three major automobile companies (whose headquarters are all within the Detroit metropolitan area). While sparsely populated, the Upper Peninsula is important for tourism thanks to its abundance of natural resources, while the Lower Peninsula is a center of manufacturing, services, and high-tech industry. The U.S. Economic Development Administration estimated Michigan’s 2014 gross state product to be $417.306 billion, ranking 13th out of the 50 states.
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The Michigan Convenience Store Market
Michigan is home to a number of chains including Meijer C-Stores, Blarney Castle (EZ Mart), Krist Oil, Walters-Dimmick Petroleum Inc. (Johnny’s Market), Wesco, J&H Family Stores, Foster Blue Water Oil (Sunrise Convenience Stores), Folk Oil Co. (PS Food Mart), Express Stop, Mugg and Bopps and many others.
Convenience Store Association of Michigan
The Michigan Association of Convenience Stores (MACS) was established by MPA in 1986 to serve the interests of the state’s c-store industry on the legislative front and in other matters of concern to c-store operators. The Michigan Petroleum Association (MPA) has been serving the state’s independent petroleum marketers since 1934. MPA was incorporated by a group of petroleum distributors who believed that by promoting a cooperative spirit and encouraging group effort, marketers across the state could best achieve their common goals.
www.mpamacs.org/
Michigan Distributors and Vendors Association
The Michigan Distributors and Vendors Association (MDVA) is a non-profit, statewide business association representing two very significant business segments in the grocery and convenience products industry.
MDVA Distributors are the wholesale distributors of grocery and convenience products to the retail market place. With tobacco one of the many items we sell, we are licensed Michigan tobacco wholesalers, and collect the tobacco excise tax on behalf of the state. Last year alone, tobacco wholesalers collected and remitted over $1.2 billion dollars in excise taxes to the state of Michigan. Our wholesaler distributor members service retail accounts in every county of the state.
MDVA Vendors are the vending machine operators. Our vendor members operate snack food machines, as well as office coffee and food programs in facilities and accounts throughout the state.
https://mdva.org/
Michigan Petroleum Association
The Michigan Petroleum Association (MPA) has been serving the state’s independent petroleum marketers since 1934. MPA was incorporated by a group of petroleum distributors who believed that by promoting a cooperative spirit and encouraging group effort, marketers across the state could best achieve their common goals.The Michigan Association of Convenience Stores (MACS) was established by MPA in 1986 to serve the interests of the state’s c-store industry on the legislative front and in other matters of concern to c-store operators.In 1996, truckstop operators, service station operators and retail/wholesale providers of propane were invited to join MPA/MACS and benefit from the Association’s informational services, seminars, group insurance plans and governmental relations expertise.
www.mpamacs.org
MICHIGAN RETAILERS ASSOCIATION
The Michigan Retailers Association is the unified voice of Michigan’s retail industry and a trusted resource for more than 5,000 businesses that own and operate 15,000 stores and websites across the state.
www.retailers.com
Midwest Independent Retailers Association
As the “Voice for the food, beverage and petroleum industry” since 1910, MIRA is a multi-state trade association representing thousands of retailers operating in Michigan, Ohio and surrounding states. Our members include independent supermarkets, convenience stores, petroleum retailers, service stations, and specialty food markets. Our membership also includes wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers who support the retail industry.
MIRA is recognized as a leader in government and industry relations and closely monitors proposed state and federal legislation and how it will affect member retail businesses. Any proposed legislation that will have an adverse impact to food, beverage and petroleum retailers is met with MIRA’s strong lobbying efforts. Any positive proposed legislation is supported and advocated.
www.afpdonline.org
National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS)
Since 1958, NACUFS has supported the college and university foodservice market by providing members with the programs and resources they need to excel, from benchmarking and best practices to educational programming and professional networking.
NACUFS was founded by a group of college and university foodservice professionals from across the United States. The brainchild of Richard Lichtenfelt, then director of dormitory food services at Central Michigan University, NACUFS became the first association solely focused on foodservice in colleges and universities.
The NACUFS institution members span across the U.S. and Canada who partner with industry members from the food, equipment, and consulting market segments. Institutional members include 4-year and 2-year colleges; self-operated, contract and hybrid schools; small and large campuses. Industry members represent a wide spectrum of international, national and regional companies.
www.nacufs.org