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I1977,
The blizzard in Cincinnati shuts down the area. Lykins is the
only company running within 50 miles of Cincinnati. The family
spends three days shuttling fuel to National Guard helicopters
to be transported to homes that had no oil and that trucks
couldn’t reach.
1981,The Company left
Gulf Oil and became a Pennzoil marketer.
1982, Lykins moves to
Milford. It splits into two offices, one that is 700 square feet
and has about 5,000 square feet of truck space and a second in
the remodeled King Kwik store that consists of about 2,600
square feet. At this time, the company employs about 50 people.
Also in this year, Lykins becomes a Unocal marketer by
purchasing Smith Lumber Company.
1985, The first
Lykins-owned convenience store opens in Bethel.
1986, Lykins becomes a
Citgo marketer and expands its transports into Premier Tank
Lines, which operated as a common carrier of petroleum products
in 9 states.
1987, Lykins expands
again and moves to 5,000 square feet of office space in Park 50
TechCenter. The company employs 110 people. The lumber store is
sold during this year.
1989, Lykins founds
Emerald Green Lawn Care, which has 15 franchises in 11 states.
1990, Guy, Jr. sells
his stock in the Company to his son, Ron, and to Don and his two
sons, Jeff and Mike.
1991, The company
expands to 9,500 square feet in Park 50. At this time the
company employs 300 people including those who work for the lawn
care and Premier Tank Lines companies.
1992, Lykins becomes a
lube distributor for Pennzoil and acquires Country Folks
Restaurants, a chain of four family-style restaurants.
1993, Lykins adds the
Amoco brand; consequently, most Lykins convenience stores are
converted to Amoco that same year. Lykins purchases Aurora Oil
Company.
1994,Several changes
occurred: Emerald Green Lawn Care is sold to Benchmark
Associates; Country Folks Restaurants are sold; Lykins Sales &
Service (the power equipment business) is sold and becomes
Clermont County Equipment; and Lykins purchases a Fuelman
franchise – a total fuel management system.
1995, Lykins purchases
Miami Marathon, a small heating oil marketer. Also in that year
Lykins adds the Ashland brand and acquires bulk plants in
Williamsburg and Morrow, Ohio. With those acquisitions, Lykins
increases its heating oil customer base.
1996, Most of the
Lykins convenience stores are re-branded Ashland under its new
branded agreement.
1997, Lykins Oil
Company, Inc. is split into four subsidiaries – Lykins Oil
Company, Lykins C-Store, Inc., Lykins Transportation, Inc. and
Premier Tank Lines, Inc. The name of the parent company is
changed to Lykins Companies, Inc. Lykins Oil becomes one of a
very few marketers to offer the BP brand in Ohio.
1998, The stock of
Premier Tank Lines is sold to allow Lykins to concentrate on its
own fleet in Lykins Transportation. This fleet continues to
grow steadily to deliver the products sold by Lykins Oil and
also other customer products. Lykins also institutes a Board of
Directors to add some outside expertise to the management team.
1999, Jeff Lykins takes
over for Don, as President and Don becomes the Chairman of the
Board. Bob Manning becomes Vice-Present/CFO. The lube business
is sold to Oil Distributing. The C-Stores are again re-branded
because Ashland was sold to Marathon. Lykins stores are branded
with BP, Shell, Exxon, Citgo and Marathon. Lykins also purchases
the petroleum division of Owensville Supply, McCoy Oil Company,
Hamilton Oil Company, and Fetters Oil Company.
2000, Lykins expands
again and moves to its current, 12,000 square foot location in
Milford and employs 250 people. Lykins also sells its Fuelman
fuel management division to Campbell Oil Company.
2001, Lykins
purchases the heating oil and commercial segment of Bruce Miller
Oil Company.
2002, Lykins purchases
Georgetown Oil Company.
2003, Lykins purchases
Steve Krebs Oil Company.
2004, Lykins purchases
Columbia Oil Company.
2005, Lykins converts
its retail convenience stores to independently owned and
operated dealers. Lykins purchases Taylor Oil Company, .
2006, Lykins purchases
Curry Oil Company.
2007, Lykins purchases DeBoard Oil Company.
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