Troutman Pepper Locke advised Vintners Distributors (Vintners), a branded retailer of fuels throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, in the acquisition of National Petroleum, a petroleum marketing and convenience retail business by its affiliate, Poppy Markets, LLC. National Petroleum operates a chain of 11 convenience stores and retail fuel outlets and a wholesale fuels distribution business that supplies more than 100 dealers. For more details, see the press release.

Vintners, which operates the Loop Neighborhood Market and Poppy Market brands, is supported by more than 20 fuel tankers that are visible on the highways throughout the Bay Area, where more than 100 company-operated stores are located.

The Troutman Pepper Locke team advising Vintners in the acquisition was led by partners Michael Whitton and Michael McCann, assisted by associates Ben Gourley and Alexis Herskowitz.