ampm

This article is about the convenience store chain. For the timekeeping method, see 12-hour clock.

ampm

200px am/pm at Namba1 Osaka City, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Type	Private (subsidiary of BP)
Parent	BP

ampm is a convenience store chain with branches located in several U.S. states including Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, recently in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, and in several countries worldwide, including Japan. The ampm brand is owned by BP America, Inc., a subsidiary of BP. In the US, the stores are usually attached to an ARCO or BP branded gas station.

Franchised and BP-owned units of ampm are also found in parts of Mexico, usually co-located with a Pemex gas station, Costa Rica and Brazil, usually attached with an Ipiranga station. In Argentina and Chile they can be found in Repsol-YPF/ACA stations.

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A BP with an ampm in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh right off the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

In Spring 2008, U.S. branches of the BP Connect brand of convenience stores rebranded to ampm, which also brought the brand under the BP banner after exclusively being under the ARCO banner. The subsequent decision saw markets with a large BP presence such as Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Orlando, and Pittsburgh instantly have ampm and have subsequently seen TV ads in those respective markets in order to establish the brand.

In August 2008, BP announced its decision to sell the majority of its retail operations in the Orlando area to Apopka-based Medallion Convenience Stores. The ownership change-over is scheduled for a staggered timeline throughout November 2008.

In November 2009, FamilyMart announced its acquisition of am/pm Japan. All am/pm stores will subsequently be rebranded as FamilyMart in Japan only.

External links

• ampm Corporate and U.S. retail stores website
• ampm Japan retail stores website

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