VERC Enterprises Receives Social Media Award from Convenience Store Decisions

March 18, 2013 - PRLog -- VERC Enterprises, a leading convenience store and Mobil/Gulf gasoline operator with locations throughout Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, is the recipient of a 2013 Social Media Award from Convenience Store Decisions (CSD).

CSD is a print and online publication with an audience of more than 40,000 retailers within convenience chains, non-traditional convenience environments and wholesalers serving convenience stores.

The 2013 Social Media Awards is the CSD’s first annual look at those convenience store chains that are doing a superior job of connecting with their customers via the Internet and social media.

VERC Enterprises was named winner of the Best Customer Service Engagement for Facebook Engagement.

“When CSD looked at the Facebook engagement of 51 chains on December 10, 2012, some 91 of VERC’s 235 Facebook fans – or 38.7% -- were ‘talking about’ VERC,” said Erin Rigik, Associate Editor at Convenience Store Decisions.  “VERC Enterprises managed to keep a higher percentage of its fan base interested, active and sharing at the time the results were tallied.”

“We’re delighted to be a recipient of the CSD Social Media award,” said Leo Vercollone, President of VERC Enterprises. “It gives us great pleasure to know that we are top of mind to our Facebook fans.”

About VERC Enterprises

VERC Enterprises is the region’s leading, independent chain of convenience stores and gasoline stations, with locations throughout Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  The company began 35 years ago with a single car wash in Marshfield, in a business founded by Eugene Vercollone. Today two of Mr. Vercollone’s sons operate the company, with Leo as President and Paul as Vice President. The firm has more than 230 employees and is a leader in hiring those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. In 2011 VERC Enterprises was recognized by the Boston Business Journal as a Best Place to Work in Massachusetts and as a Leader in Diversity and in 2011 and 2012 by the Boston Globe as a Best Place to Work in Massachusetts. For additional information, please visit the website, www.vercenterprises.com, or call 781-934-7300.