Retail Acquisitions in Louisiana

The Kent Companies, a family-owned convenience store and fuels operator based in Midland, Texas, has acquired B&B Petroleum, LLC — a Ponchatoula, Louisiana-based operator of 15 Chevron-branded convenience stores (including Subway and Red Bird Café locations). The acquisition expands Kent's Kent Kwik footprint into Louisiana as part of a five-year strategy to grow eastward across the Southeast.

Parish Tractor has acquired Ascension Equipment & Rental in Gonzales, Louisiana, marking the company's entry into the Louisiana market and bringing its total locations to eight. The acquisition expands Parish Tractor's footprint and ability to provide sales, parts, service and rental solutions to agriculture and construction customers in the southeast.