ASSOCIATIONS

www.nacsonline.com

NACS, The Association for Convenience and Petroleum Retailing, is an international trade association representing more than 2,100 retail and 1,500 supplier company members. NACS member companies do business in nearly 50 countries worldwide, with the majority of members based in the United States. The U.S. convenience store industry, with more than 146,000 stores across the country, posted $511 billion in total sales in 2009, with $328 billion in motor fuels sales.

NACS serves the convenience and petroleum retailing industry by providing industry knowledge, connections and advocacy to ensure the competitive viability of its members' businesses.

The Pinnacle Corporation has been a supplier member of NACS since 1991. Throughout the years, Pinnacle has had representation on the NACS Technology Standards Committee and the NACS Supplier Committees, including Board of Director positions on each. In 1998, The Pinnacle Corporation received the honor of being the supplier inductee into the Convenience Store Hall of Fame at the annual NACS meeting in Atlanta. Pinnacle was the first technology and service company ever named to the Hall of Fame. Pinnacle is also a member of the NACS Hunter Club, participating and presenting at several meetings throughout each year.

The National Association of Shell Marketers (NASM) is a brand specific trade association which represents the interests of those companies which have wholesale contracts with Shell Oil. NASM represents approximately 250 wholesale marketers with nearly 7500 retail locations in virtually every state in the U.S., and over 120 suppliers of goods and services to the industry.  NASM works to foster identity and brand loyalty among Shell wholesalers. NASM is active in the Washington, DC policy arena to ensure that the voices of Shell marketers are heard on such issues as anti-price gouging legislation, alternative fuels, temperature compensation, credit card fees, and below-cost selling.

The Pinnacle Corporation is a Supplier Associate member of NASM.

www.pcats.org

The Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) is a non-profit organization devoted to the development, maintenance, and implementation of standards, education, and best practices for the convenience store and petroleum industries. 

The Pinnacle Corporation has been heavily involved with PCATS since its beginnings in 1995 as a NACS technology committee. Pinnacle is an active participant in NAXML standards development, and has been involved at every level of the organization including committee participation, committee chair, Board of Advisors, and Board of Directors. Currently, Pinnacle represents the following PCATS roles:

• Brian Reynolds, Director of Fuel Solutions – EB2B Fuel Committee Chair

• Drew Mize, VP Product Management & Marketing – Director of Membership & Marketing, Board of Advisors, and Board of Directors

http://www.sigma.org/

SIGMA is a non-profit, national trade association representing the most successful, progressive, and innovative independent motor fuel marketers and chain retailers in the US. From their position of collective strength, approximately 270 corporate members command 37 percent of the petroleum retail market, selling over 59 billion gallons of motor fuel a year.

Leading the industry through lobbying and political action on every major regulatory battle facing motor fuel marketers, SIGMA has grown into a respected association with a reputation for integrity. Our work focuses on maintaining a free, fully competitive marketplace to help keep consumer fuel costs down.

The Pinnacle Corporation has been an active member and participant in SIGMA since 2001.

The Texas Food and Fuel Association, formerly Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association (TPCA), was formed in 1949 under the name Texas Oil Jobbers Association (TOJA) to serve the common regulatory, legislative, and educational needs of businesses engaged in the distribution of wholesale fuel, retail fuel, and lube oils. To better reflect the services the association provides their members, the name was changed to Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association in 1995.

One of the largest state trade associations of its kind, this 500-member organization represents petroleum marketers and convenience store owners and operators who own, operate, or supply approximately 16,000 convenience stores, service stations, and other retail motor fuel outlets in Texas and the southwest United States. Collectively, these petroleum marketers and convenience store companies supply nearly 9,000,000,000 gallons of fuel and tons of related products annually to Texas motorists.

The Pinnacle Corporation has been an associate member of TPCA since 1992. Currently, Pinnacle is actively involved with TFFA as a supplier member, participating in legislative lobbying efforts on behalf of the organization in Austin, TX. Several Pinnacle employees also serve on the WRANGLERS, a group of associate members whose voluntary efforts support the activities of the TFFA staff to enhance TFFA events. The WRANGLERS are instrumental during the Annual Convention, Southwest Petroleum and Convenience Expo, and the Fall Management Conference, assisting with:

• TFFA PAC Golf Tournaments

• Convention Sponsorship

• TFFA PAC Silent and Live Auction

• Education Sponsorship

• Convention and Trade Show Registration

Current WRANGLER members:

• Brian Reynolds, Director of Fuel Solutions

• Rosemary Waldrip, Marketing Manager (WRANGLER Membership Chair)