EAST MEADOW, N.Y. -- Getty Petroleum Marketing said that it has completed the sale of 164 station properties, contracts to supply 339 other stations and other assets to LUKOIL North America for $195.5 million. The move is part of Getty's restructuring that includes exiting the direct-supplied retail gasoline business. Under the restructuring, Getty has sold all assets unrelated to the 890 properties leased from Getty Realty.

CHICAGO -- C-stores accounted for more than $14 billion in beer sales in the past year, or more than 30% of overall beer sales, and they are one of the most profitable sectors for brewers because of high margins on single bottles and six-packs. That is why MillerCoors CEO Leo Kiely has made c-stores a priority.

CHICAGO -- Attendees of SIGMA's 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago got a less-than-optimistic update on the Employee Free Choice Act during the always-crowded Legislative Meeting. Noting that the White House is now driving the debate, attorney Steve Wheeless of Steptoe & Johnson LLP said he expects the bill will be presented to the full Senate in the first quarter of 2010.