Domo Corporation Ltd. (

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: Domo) is a private Canadian gas retailer based in

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. The company is owned by the Everett family of Winnipeg. Operating over 90 retail outlets across

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, Domo has 18

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in Winnipeg—4 self-service stations and 14 full-service stations—as well as locations in

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, and

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. The company also sponsors a free public transit service (called the ''Domo Trolley'') for

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, connecting it and

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to The Forks.

History

The company, incorporated as ''Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd.'', was founded in Winnipeg by Douglas Everett in 1958. It originally began as one of two gas stations that operated as a division of the Everett family's Dominion Motors car dealership, from which the name ''Domo'' came from.{{cite web, url = https://news.umanitoba.ca/the-passing-of-a-true-winnipeg-entrepreneur-and-man-of-integrity/, title = UM Today {{! The passing of a true Winnipeg entrepreneur and man of integrity The first Domo outlets were built on

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parking lots in the 1970s. In the 1980s, Domo expanded to

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, Regina, and

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. During the 1990s, Domo's president and CEO was Everett's son-in-law

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, who later became leader of the

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References

External links

Domo website
Canadian companies established in 1958 Companies based in Winnipeg Energy companies established in 1958 Gas stations in Canada 1958 establishments in Manitoba