Grace Energy Corporate Information

Corporate Information

Our Beginning!

Sign from our First Fastrip Store! Our purpose is to provide superior products and service and fair prices; to be totally pleasant, courteous, and attentive to customer needs; to maintain an inviting appearance and tasteful merchandise displays which reflect current and changing product choices. Every facet of Grace Energy and affiliates knows the customer truly is "King".! Showing appreciation of their patronage and thanking them for each visit is important. This company also acknowledges the employee's importance and tries to be fair with all and reward those who achieve superior levels of performance.

Fastrip One opened its doors September 18, 1975. The price of gasoline was $.46.9 per gallon, a loaf of bread $.25, a gallon of milk $.75, and a carton of cigarettes was $2.50.

In 1998, there are 40 convenience stores throughout our four state region, along with two Taco Bell Express and two A & W Restaurants. Congratulations GRACE ENERGY CORPORATION AND FASTRIP CONVENIENCE STORES for twenty three wonderful years!

Grace Energy Corp. Formally incorporated in 1952 as Ray Grace Oil is the founding company for Fastrip Corporation and Simpson- Perry Corporation.
Grace Energy Corp primary products and Services is distributing light oil products from the pipelines to their customers. We are the largest gasoline distributor in Southwest Missouri.
Fastrip Corporation was established in August 1980 with the purchase of Fastrip Stores #9, #10 and #11 from Bowden Convenience Stores. Under the same management as Grace Energy Corporation, it also grew through acquisition and new developments into a chain of convenience stores located in Missouri and Arkansas. Click here for Store Locations.
Simpson-Perry Corporation was established in March of 1985. It has convenience stores located in Southwest Missouri.

The corporate Office is located at:

Grace Energy Corporation
2485 W. Old 66 Boulevard
P.O. Box 514
Carthage, Missouri 64836

Although all three companies share the same corporate offices, policies, goals and management philosophies, each one is an independent entity!

NANCY PERRY
Executive VP/CFO

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

If you had asked me this question fifteen years ago I would not have replied "I think we will have 40 stores, be the largest oil jobber in Southern Missouri, have our own wholesale grocery supply warehouse, not to mention a training center. To reach twenty stores was an enormous goal. I still cannot believe God has blessed us with such tremendous growth.

I also believe we have become a better organization over the years. We now have our own Director of Human Resources, Director of Loss Prevention, Director or Corporate Merchandising and a Training Coordinator! Our growth has not been focused on the 'increase in the number of stores but rather on increasing the quality of our entire operation. Store numbers are impressive, but we believe each store is not simply a number on a chart. Each store must be profitable and be a store that meets our company standards.

I once told a Conoco Vice President in Houston that I wanted to be their biggest distributor. Fortunately for me I have become wiser and I now want to be their most profitable and most impressive. Image is very important and we continually work towards improving ours.

I believe our future will continue to be determined by our employees. Growth is a lot of hard work and only accomplished by a lot of good people working towards a common goal. It will be exciting to see where the employees of this company will take it in the future. I am always amazed but then I really shouldn't be we have a lot of great employees! THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!

Trade Memberships:

National Association of Convenience Stores.

Grace Energy are also members of the Chamber of Commerce in all store locations.