Petroleum Company of Jamaica (Petcom) has entered into a dealership arrangement with the family of the late Lloyd ‘LG’ Brown to operate a service station at the intersection of Dunrobin and Constant Spring roads in St Andrew.
It’s part of the state-owned gasoline retailer’s strategy to procure a greater share of the overall petroleum retail market of which it now controls only 12 per cent. Petcom increases its service station chain to 29 with the deal.
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Acquisition of the former LG Service Station puts Petcom in a position to profit at one of the major intersections in St Andrew (Photo: Naphtali Junior) |
“Petcom is currently on a drive to expand our service station network and therefore we have been actively looking for strategic locations, particularly in the Corporate Area,” said the company’s general manager, Courtney Lawes.
“Our new location, Petcom Dunrobin, is not only a popular service station but it has the additional advantage of being situated in a high-traffic area,” said Lawes.
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