Brian Hewitt joined APM in September as the wholesale fuel distributor’s newest sales representative. Hewitt will be responsible for identifying and cultivating potential customers while managing relationships with current APM clients in Missouri and Illinois. Hewitt comes to the company following eight years of employment with Saint Joe Distributing, a full-service convenience store distributor, where…
MFA Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of MFA Oil, opened a new Break Time truck stop in Bolivar, Mo., on Aug. 26. The store is located at 2505 S. Killingsworth Avenue, just off MO Highway 13 in southwest Bolivar. The 5,800-square-foot store is Break Time’s fourth truck stop. It offers many amenities for truck drivers, including…
Customer service representatives from across the company’s bulk fuel and propane plants gathered in Springfield, Mo., on Aug. 18 and 19 for training and inspiration. The meeting featured educational sessions, an awards dinner, and a guest speaker. The educational sessions covered a variety of topics: Jenny Daggett, director of BPLP operations, and Justi Montague, director…
The company’s new intranet site, Pipeline, launches today, Aug. 31. Pipeline will replace MFA Oil Connect, which will be decommissioned on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Employees can log in to Pipeline directly at pipeline.mfaoil.com or through the Okta chicklet apps. All files and resources previously hosted on Connect have been transferred to Pipeline. If you have…
Since joining MFA Oil in 1989, Curtis Franke has been a steady, reliable presence at the company’s LaPlata office. After 33 years of employment, Franke is ready for retirement. His last day will be Thursday, Sept. 1. Franke has served as a plant manager and service technician for the cooperative and is known for being…
MFA Oil congratulates Tim Findling and Virgil Snodgrass on their latest promotions. Tim Findling – Area Manager (Kirksville, Milan and Unionville, Mo. and Centerville, Iowa) Findling has added management of the MFA Oil offices in Milan and Unionville to his current responsibilities in Kirksville and Centerville. In addition to the four plants, Findling has responsibility…
Zach Studer is now part of a select group of experts in the lubricant industry. Studer, senior manager of distribution, procurement and quality control, recently passed a test offered by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) to become a Certified Lubricant Specialist (CLS). He is now one of 1,003 lubricant professionals to hold…
Danny Montgomery is the newest member of the company’s sales team. Montgomery, who had been managing the plants in Unionville and Milan, Mo., will now serve as a business development representative for Kansas and Oklahoma. Montgomery’s responsibilities will include working with bulk fuel and propane plants in his territory to increase sales by identifying new…
The Missouri Propane Gas Association (MPGA) selected new leadership at its annual meeting in July. MFA Oil District Manager Luke Fitzpatrick was elected as the organization’s president. The 2022-23 MPGA board of directors includes two additional MFA Oil employees: Bill Jung, BPLP territory safety and maintenance manager, represents the association’s third district Jason Bond, Neosho, Mo., and…
Jeff Goodwin, Mid-South and Ohio Valley district manager, has announced he plans to retire in February 2023. Goodwin, the company’s longest tenured district manager, has been with MFA Oil for 24 years and has served as a district manager for the entirety of his employment with the company. Kenny Steeves, senior vice president of MFA…
Mechanic Steven Whittenberg has been selected as the 2022 Big O Tires ASE Technician of the Year. Whittenberg, who works at the Big O Tires store on Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City, Mo., will receive a $1,000 cash prize and a trip to the ASE Technician of the Year Awards Banquet at the Sheraton San…
Short supplies and high demand for steel, brass, copper, gauges and valves have made it harder for propane tank manufacturers to satisfy requests from propane companies. To help alleviate the shortage of available tanks, the Arkansas Liquified Petroleum Gas Board issued a rule in 2021 that allows tanks that have lost their nameplate to be…