Union 76 Service Stations in Ohio (Dayton, Oregon: shops, oil, station)

[PerryMason614]

I saw a Union 76 Station on the south side of Baltimore, Ohio today on Ohio 158. Looks like Union 76 is making a comeback?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEwYx5U0zkM

[wrightflyer]

Interesting. I thought they were mainly out west. Might be a former Sunoco Station. Many of those have been disappearing. I've seen one in the Dayton area re-branded as Shell, which has been doing a big remodel of its True North convenience stores lately.

Speedway and Marathon (which owns Speedway) are still the largest players by far in much of South and Central Ohio. BP is still big though with Duke/Duchess Shops and Shell, again with True North. Don't see too many Mobil's, though a few Exxon's in more rural areas off the interstates. Mobil was more common when they used to anchor the UDF stores with gas stations. Now UDF just brands the gas as UDF. Then you have your Wal Mart/Murphy Expresses, Giant Eagle Get Go, Kroger/Turkey Hill and Sams/Costco member-only stations.

On a side note, I remember meeting someone from out west in the Atlanta area who had never seen a or heard of BP gas stations. That was surprising.

[PerryMason614]

Originally Posted by wrightflyer

Interesting. I thought they were mainly out west. Might be a former Sunoco Station. Many of those have been disappearing. I've seen one in the Dayton area re-branded as Shell, which has been doing a big remodel of its True North convenience stores lately.

Speedway and Marathon (which owns Speedway) are still the largest players by far in much of South and Central Ohio. BP is still big though with Duke/Duchess Shops and Shell, again with True North. Don't see too many Mobil's, though a few Exxon's in more rural areas off the interstates. Mobil was more common when they used to anchor the UDF stores with gas stations. Now UDF just brands the gas as UDF. Then you have your Wal Mart/Murphy Expresses, Giant Eagle Get Go, Kroger/Turkey Hill and Sams/Costco member-only stations.

On a side note, I remember meeting someone from out west in the Atlanta area who had never seen a or heard of BP gas stations. That was surprising.

Giant Eagle/Get Go gets their gasoline from the Sunoco terminals. BP has stations in the West, but they stayed with Arco name there. They sold off the stations in Southern California and Arizona but retain the stations in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. They are still called Arco. They really should bring back the Sohio brand, IMO. It would be very popular here.

There are a handful of Mobils here, but most of them are in second-tier locations. I always thought of Mobil as a fancier brand, like Shell. But I guess that was in the old days when they had stations that were nicer than everybody else. Shell/True North stations still look pretty good, though, although they've also signed up a couple of crummy independent stations. Exxon is stronger in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic states and in the South; Mobil is stronger in New York, Florida, California and the Great Lakes.

I noticed recently on their website that if you want information about their gas stations regardless of brand, you go to Exxon.com. Mobil.com takes you to a page that is semi dead. They don't sell Exxon or Esso Oil anymore, only Mobil Oil. Maybe what this means is that Exxon is going to be their gas brand and Mobil their brand for oil?

On another note, Esso may be making a comeback, which makes all the sense in the world. It looks like ExxonMobil paid BP for the right to use Esso in BP's old Standard Oil territory and a court rubber stamped the agreement (based on the old Standard Oil restrictons). I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have another agreement with Chevron that didn't have to go through the courts. Esso is a great brand that should be used worldwide. I wouldn't be surprised if the Exxon and Mobil stations didn't all become Esso stations within a pretty short period of time.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...ite:law360.com

[Cbus76]

It was Sohio for many Ohioans growing up. They were bought out by BP in the early 90's.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVOJ2RqNYzg