Investors News Careers GlobalCONNECT Portal About Retail Stations Wholesale & Commercial Fuel Supply Terminals Search Home / About / The Global Partners Story The Global Partners Story Global delivers the energy, products, and services people need every day to make life easier. As one of the Northeast’s largest independent owners, suppliers, and operators of gasoline stations and convenience stores, reliability, quality, and community are key to everything we do. We are proud to support the communities where we live and work. Our efforts to be a good neighbor began more than 75 years ago, when our company began delivering heating oil – door to door – in the neighborhoods around Greater Boston. These efforts continue through our active giving program, which enhances good works in communities across the country. Today, Global owns, controls, or has access to one of the largest terminal networks in New England and New York. We source and transport petroleum products and renewable fuels through our vertically integrated, adaptive distribution network across the U.S. and Canada. In addition, we are a leading wholesale distributor of petroleum products in New England and New York. Through our network, approximately 1M automobile tanks are filled per day. Customers stop at one of our gasoline stations to fill their tanks, recharge with a fresh cup of coffee, or grab a snack. Our vertically integrated model gives us the unique ability to adapt when markets change, creating stability for our customers, all while conducting a business that’s been guided by family, with integrity and respect, since 1933. Our history More than 75 years ago, the company began with a single truck. In 1933, Abraham Slifka opened Slifky’s Reliable Oil Burner Service, delivering heating oil that provided warmth to Boston businesses and families during the Great Depression. As America turned to heating oil from coal and other fuel sources, the company grew. The next generation, Slifka’s sons, Fred and Richie, expanded into wholesale fuel distribution and trading, buying their first terminal in Revere, Massachusetts, and eventually buying and storing heating oil and other products from all over the world. During the 1980s and 90s, the company expanded into the retail gasoline business with the purchase of several chains throughout the Northeast. In 2005, founder Abraham Slifka’s grandson, Eric Slifka, became President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Partners LP. Global Partners today Today, we are the adaptive distribution energy company. Fueled by investments in our vertically integrated network, adaptive distribution enables Global to respond to market changes efficiently, ensure the balance of supply and demand, reduce uncertainty and preserve strategic independence. Whether you’re driving the kids to school, picking up a healthy snack on the go, heating your home, or using fuel to operate your business, our network supports you. As a third-generation, family-founded business, in everything we do, we retain the values Abraham Slifka instilled in his children and grandchildren — integrity, generosity, and a strong work ethic. Richard Slifka, Eric Slifka, and Andrew Slifka at the Global Partners LP headquarters in Boston. About COVID-19 Response Global Partners says Thank You to our employees! The Global Partners Story Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance Community Giving Environment, Health, & Safety Sustainability Corporate Governance Working at Global Global at a Glance Community Giving News Global Supports The Genesis Foundation with The Giving Pump Global Partners has been a consistent supporter of The Genesis Foundation for Children » and their mission to fund programs… Full story … With an extensive network of terminals, gas stations, and retail stations, Global Partners helps people heat their homes, operate their businesses, and get where they’re going conveniently and quickly. Centered in the Northeast, the company is a third-generation, family-founded business with operations throughout the U.S. About Retail Stations Wholesale & Commercial Fuel Supply Terminals GlobalCONNECT Portal Investors » News Careers Privacy Policy Terms of Use Sitemap Global Companies LLC, Global Montello Group Corp., and Alliance Energy LLC are subsidiaries of Global Partners LP 800 South Street, Suite 500, P.O. Box 9161, Waltham, MA 02454-9161 | 781-894-8800 © 2020 Global Partners LP, All rights reserved.