U Save Automatic (also known as USA Gasoline or USA Petroleum) is an American

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which operates in the United States. It was founded as Skypower Gasoline by Peter Moller and his sons Poul, Finn and John and changed the name to USA Gasoline in 1968. USA Gasoline operates in 10 states, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. It became a subsidiary of

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in 2007, later renamed

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in 2017, which was, in turn, acquired by Marathon Petroleum in 2018.

History

;1970s In the 1970s, USA Gasoline became the first gasoline retailer to experiment with self-service

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technology and entered into an agreement with Allstate Bank of Southern California allowing banking customers to automatically debit their accounts directly from the pump. *Over the course of 1975 and 1976, all UCO stations became USA Gasoline stations. *Over the course of 1976-1977, all Sears stations became USA Gasoline stations. ;1980s + 1990s *From 1988 to 1990, USA Petroleum was involved in a lawsuit with ARCO due to fuel prices. *in 1992, USA Petroleum moved its headquarters from Santa Monica to Ventura. *in 1993, their headquarters were moved again, this time from Ventura to

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. *in 1994, Marvin Jay Caukin, the ex-Director of Finance, was sentenced 33 months in prison for

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nearly $2.4 million from the company. ;2000s *in 2003, USA Petroleum agreed to pay $325,000 to settle a dispute regarding leaking tanks causing

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and soil pollution at 10 USA Gasoline stations in

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. *in July 2006, USA Petroleum announced its plan to sell 122 of its California gas stations to

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. The deal was finalized in November. *in 2007, Tesoro Corp acquired USA Gasoline, and approximately 140 retail stations. ;2010s *in 2011, 51 Albertsons Express stores rebranded as USA Gasoline. As part of the deal, all Mirastar stations (which were typically located outside select

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locations) were also rebranded as USA Gasoline. *in 2012, 250 ARCO (Thrifty-style stations) and Thrifty Oil stations rebranded as USA Gasoline, because BP did not renew the leases for 250 ARCO or Thrifty stations. *In 2019, after the acquisition of USA Gasoline’s parent company

by Marathon Petroleum, many USA Gasoline locations were (as of 2020) in the process of being rebranded to Marathon's now-former subsidiary,

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