Valor Oil acquires Harper Companies of Florence, KY

Valor Oil announces the purchased of Florence, KY based Harper Oil Products, Inc. and Harper Properties, Inc. assets effective April 1, 2018.

Left to right: Josh Emmick SVP, Gary Emmick CEO/President

“We at Valor Oil can’t tell you how excited we are to have this opportunity to continue the work of such well-respected and well -run businesses”, said Valor Senior Vice President Josh Emmick. Adding to this, Emmick tells JobbersWorld, “The acquisition helps advance Valor’s goal to be the petroleum distributor of choice in Kentucky by extending its geographic reach originally from Bowling Green to Louisville, KY on into the northern part of the State and up to Cincinnati. The Harper’s have been life-long friends of mine and I am so glad they entrusted us with this opportunity. We will offer our entire suite of product lines in this market: Branded Stores, Unbranded Stores, Tankwagon Fueling, Transport Fueling, Cardlock Fleet Sites, Chevron Lubricants, Private Label Lubricants, DEF Manufacturing, and Renegade Racing Fuels.”

The Harper family has been a prominent petroleum wholesale distributor and convenience store retailer in the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati market since 1955. Steve and Larry Harper purchased and took over operations from founder Bobby Harper in 1990 and have continued its prominence and growth in the region. Harper Oil Products, Inc. provides services to retail fueling stations, commercial, industrial, agricultural, oil heat and governmental customers with unbranded and branded fuels and lubricants. Harper Properties, Inc. operates nine convenience stores under the HOP Shops brand and one Dairy Queen Grill & Chill fast food restaurant.

Valor Oil is a 3rd generation family owned company based in Owensboro, Kentucky and is a full-line petroleum distributor. Valor will now have physical presence in Owensboro, Bowling Green, Louisville, Florence and Maysville Kentucky. Their services provide fuels, additives, lubricants, racing fuels and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) – as well as innovative, cost-saving services – to gas stations, convenience stores, and a wide variety of businesses in the commercial, industrial, marine, mining, oil heat and farming sectors in Kentucky, Central Tennessee, Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois and Southern Ohio. With products ranging from a full line of Chevron, Petro Canada, and private label lubricants, to top tier branded gas, to high-performance racing fuels and oils, Valor Oil has become one of the premier fuel and lubricant distributors in the region. Through its company operated HOP Shop convenience stores Valor now directly serves the motoring public with clean and inviting stores providing quality gasolines and well stocked facilities at competitive prices.