 Greenstone Energy is inviting Bay of Plenty locals to vote for their preferred charity when they fill up at the brand new $3 million Shell branded fuel service station which opened at Bethlehem Oct. 11th.
Greenstone will donate one cent per litre for all fuel
sold at the new site for the first month of operation to five local
charities, based on the number of customer votes they receive.
Greenstone is the wholly New Zealand-owned company which now owns and
operates the retail and distribution assets acquired from Shell.
Greenstone’s General Manager of Retail, Mark Forsyth, said Greenstone
was pleased to be opening such a significant investment at a time when
much of the New Zealand fuel industry was consolidating or retrenching.
“We think this site will be a fantastic contribution to the local
community and economy. Bethlehem is one of the fastest growing
population centres in the country and this development will provide our
world-class fuels and retail convenience offer to both locals as well as
to travellers to the area.”
Mark Forsyth said the opening of the Bethlehem site reinforced Greenstone’s commitment to investing in New Zealand. “We’re a Kiwi owned and operated company and our profits are retained in
New Zealand. What’s more, inviting locals to choose the charities that
matter most to them is a reflection of what matters to us – local
ownership benefiting local people,” he said.
The new service centre will trade under the Shell brand and will sell
quality Shell fuels. As with all Shell-branded service stations, the
site will be operated by locals. In the case of Bethlehem that is going
to be Dave and Lynette Gillies who operate 11 other Greenstone sites
across the Bay of Plenty.
Since Greenstone acquired the Shell retail business in April, the
company has created 40 new jobs, including bringing the call centre back
to New Zealand from the Philippines, built and commissioned a new
commercial truck refueling facility, completed the Bethlehem
development and started construction of two new multi-million dollar
service stations.
PETROLWORLD 10/10/2010 Source: Scoop NZ
Additional news items relating to Greenstone Energy in the Petrolworld archives:
August 13th, 2010 - New Zealand: Greenstone Energy Makes Offer of 7.35% Interest Rate
June 4th, 2010 - New Zealand: Kiwi Challenge Indigenous Rival
April 1st, 2010 - New Zealand Refining Co Announce Shell Share Transfer
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