Employees recently sent in questions they would like to see addressed by the management team. Due to the volume of questions that were sent in, we have sorted them into five posts related to the following categories: general business, technology, BPLP operations, growth and human resources. Is it possible for CSRs to do ride-alongs with…
Employees recently sent in questions they would like to see addressed by the management team. Due to the volume of questions that were sent in, we have sorted them into five posts related to the following categories: general business, technology, BPLP operations, growth and human resources. Will we roll out the E1 upgrade this year?…
Employees recently sent in questions they would like to see addressed by the management team. Due to the volume of questions that were sent in, we have sorted them into five posts related to the following categories: general business, technology, BPLP operations, growth and human resources. What are we doing to attract new customers and…
The MFA Oil Company Board of Directors has named Jon Ihler interim chief executive officer effective April 25, 2019. Ihler will be responsible for overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations of the refined fuel, propane, Petro-Card 24, Break Time, Big O Tires and Jiffy Lube operations across an eight-state region. Ihler succeeds Mark Fenner, who had…
A series of district meetings aimed at informing MFA Oil delegates about the company’s performance, products, pricing outlook and other news recently concluded. Each of the six district managers discussed their region’s fuel volume, patronage, key performance indicators they are monitoring to improve delivery efficiency, and the company’s ongoing search for acquisition opportunities. Biodiesel Guest…
Winners of MFA Oil Company’s 2019 college scholarships have been selected: Trenton Bargfrede, son of Randall Bargfrede, plant manager of the Salisbury, Carrollton, Brunswick and Glasgow bulk/propane plants for the BP/LP division, is a winner of the C.F. Robertson Scholarship. Trenton attended Sweet Springs R-7 High School, where he was the valedictorian and has been…
Charlie Alexander has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the MFA Oil Executive MBA scholarship. The scholarship is granted through the MFA Oil Foundation to one employee per year in conjunction with the University of Missouri’s Trulaske execMBA program. Alexander, who serves as the company’s Big O Tires operations director, joined MFA Oil in…
All of the 2018 Peer Awards have been handed out, and we wanted to publicize the remaining list of recipients. The awards were given to employees based on co-worker feedback to Mark Fenner, president and CEO, and Janice Serpico, chief human resources officer, during last year’s Facetime with Fenner sessions. Congratulations to those who received…
The following column is written by MFA Oil President and CEO Mark Fenner and was originally published in the Winter 2019 issue of Momentum magazine. How often have you thanked the good Lord above for the challenges you face daily? I’ll be the first to admit that it may seem counterintuitive to be thankful for…
A tour of the more than 170 Petro-Card 24 sites throughout Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Kansas was recently completed by Dean Inskip, senior compliance administrator, to upgrade the physical security of the payment systems. As part of the company’s efforts to strengthen its security stance related to new Payment Card Industry (PCI) regulations, Inskip replaced…
On Jan. 26, 2019, Big O Tires employees, managers and executives gathered at the Lodge at Old Kinderhook in Camdenton, Mo., to attend the Big O Tires Annual Awards Banquet. The event honored individual Big O Tires stores and managers that demonstrated fiscal and operational success. Awards were presented for 12 categories, and the Jefferson…
After careful consideration, a decision was recently made to sell the company-owned property at 1214 Eugenia Street in Columbia, which included a bulk plant and Petro-Card 24 facility. The bulk plant will be relocating to 2304 Business Loop 70 East in Columbia on February 25. The new address is in the same building where the…