EG Group opens first rebranded Cumberland Farms stores in the US

Linda Stewart — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:16:35 +0000

EG Group has opened the first three Cumberland Farm stores converted from its Tom Thumb fuel and retail brand in the US.

The UK-based fuel and foodservice giant plans to open 50 Cumberland Farms stores in 2022 and a further 50 in 2023.
EG Group first announced the conversion of 113 Tom Thumb stores to its Cumberland Farms brand in February 2022, a $50m initiative it anticipated would take up to two years.
EG Group acquired Cumberland Farms in 2019, which at the time operated 567 convenience stores across seven northeast states and Florida. The retail and fuel operator has a significant coffee offer, with the new stores offering a revamped food and beverage menu, including the brand’s in-house Farmhouse Blend coffee range.
Coffee and foodservice brands are playing an increasingly central role in EG Group’s global business. In September 2022, the forecourt operator said the strong performance of its foodservice brands in Europe had underpinned second quarter sales growth amid soaring energy costs that had impacted fuel revenues.
The company, which owns UK food-to-go and coffee chain LEON and bakery Cooplands alongside operating licensed branches of Starbucks, Cinnabon and Greggs, said that foodservice profits increased 11% to reach $177m during the period.
In April 2022, the operator announced a recruitment drive to create more than 32,000 jobs around the world to support the expansion of its foodservice brands.
Founded in 2001, EG Group operates a portfolio of more than 6,000 petrol station sites around the world, including 700 in the UK and Ireland.

Its US subsidiary, EG America, operates more than 1,700 locations across the country under the Cumberland Farms, Certified Oil, Fastrac, Kwik Shop, Loaf N’ Jug, Minit Mart, Quik Stop, Sprint, Tom Thumb, and Turkey Hill brands.
In the US, EG Group faces competition from French convenience store and fuel giant, Alimentation Couche-Tard, which operates more than 6,300 Circle K stores with a significant coffee offer across the country.

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Record sales for EG Group’s foodservice in Ireland and UK

Julie Nash — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:15:12 +0000

The EG group reported before tax results for the first quarter was up 5.8%, on the same period a year ago, despite continued lockdown restrictions across the group’s operating regions.

EG said there was “significant strength” in its foodservice operations, with gross profit growing by 141% year-on-year, with increased customer demand for “to-go” and “delivery”.

Record breaking

UK and Ireland foodservice operations, accounted for approximately 7% of group gross profit, and had record-breaking trading levels during Q1 with like-for-like growth of 53%.

It also reported that strong fuel margins have continued to largely offset the decrease in volumes across its markets, with gross profit from fuel down 5.3% from $438m the previous year to $415m.

The group intends to roll-out new Leon Restaurant sites across its portfolio following its takeover over of the fresh fast food restaurant chain, and it would be distributing Leon’s FMCG products across the group’s convenience retail estate.

The group expects its takeover of Asda’s forecourt business to complete in the second half of 2021, subject to the Competition and Mergers Authority accepting its offer to sell 27 Euro Garages sites to remedy competition concerns.

Continued growth

Zuber and Mohsin Issa, co-founders and co-CEOs of EG Group, commented: “We are pleased to report a resilient performance in Q1 2021, which is testament to the ongoing dedication of our colleagues around the world, and underscores the benefits of our scale and diversified business model.

“At the same time, the group has continued to take significant and proactive steps forward in its longer-term development. This includes the recently announced acquisition of Leon Restaurants, along with the previously announced Asda Forecourts and OMV Germany acquisitions.

“These exciting transactions will further strengthen EG’s growth prospects in both fuel and non-fuel operations. Together they highlight the increasing breadth and scale of our portfolio, and the continued growth of our foodservice operations, which are a key element of the group’s growth strategy.”

Global outlook

“Looking ahead, assuming the continued easing of global Covid restrictions, we expect to see more positive trading conditions as we continue to provide an essential service to millions of customers in communities globally.

“Additionally, the continued strengthening of our board and leadership functions demonstrates the group’s commitment to implementing best practice in corporate governance and the importance we attribute to ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance), while helping us to deliver on the significant growth opportunities that lie ahead.”

Cumberland Farms

In October last year the EG Group completed its acquisiation of Cumberland Farms in the US. Based out of Westborough in Massachusetts, Cumberland Farms operates 567 convenience stores in seven northeast states and Florida.

The integration of the Cumberland Farms assets took EG Group’s USA network to 1,680 gas station and convenience stores across 31 states and retailing more than 2.5 billion gallons of fuel with merchandise sales of more than $3 billion on an annualized basis.

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EG Group opens first rebranded Cumberland Farms stores in the US

Record sales for EG Group’s foodservice in Ireland and UK