NORWOOD, Mass. -- In a move to solidify its presence in the region, 7-Eleven has acquired New England Pantry, which operates 58 c-stores under the White Hen Pantry brand in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, from affiliates of wealth management firm Sanders Morris Harris Group. The company said it anticipates that stores will begin converting to the 7-Eleven brand in 2010.

OAK BROOK, Ill. -- "Open & Shut" is CSP Daily News' occasional roundup of some of the many new-store openings, reopenings, groundbreakings, raze and rebuilds, rebrandings, closures and sales taking place around the country by chains small, medium and large that have not otherwise been reported.

NEW YORK -- "Big Oil" is having trouble with some of its "little guys," according to The Wall Street Journal. Dozens of gas station dealers are lodging complaints with the major petroleum refiners over changes big producers want to make in the way they do business, it said.