Sunoco LP to Layoff 100+ Employees in Corpus Christi
Sunoco LP to Layoff 100+ Employees in Corpus Christi
Staffing for Stripes LLC, the convenience store chain around Corpus Christi, is shrinking, and it's going to get even smaller later in the year.
Sunoco LP, the owner of the popular convenience store chain, delivered 110 pink slips to Nueces County employees last week, a report from the Texas Workforce Commission shows.
More layoffs are planned, but the timing and size of that reduction is not yet known, said Alyson Gomez, a Sunoco spokeswoman.
The 112 positions — the company's figure differs from the commission's report — last week were "largely" in the support center for Stripes convenience stores, Gomez said.
She added that some employees have been offered positions with the incoming owner, 7-Eleven, and all are being offered severance packages.
"We are concentrating our business model around a simplified wholesale business that provides significant scale and cost efficiencies," Gomez said.
It's not the first time in recent years the company has undergone transition.
In 2015, the company headquarters was moved to Dallas following a sale of Susser Holdings to Energy Transfer Partners in 2014 for $1.8 billion.
Susser Holdings is the company that Sam Susser started in 1938 during the Great Depression, and had been run by a member of his family ever since.
Last year, the company laid off 161 employees in Nueces County, and Sunoco announced plans earlier this year to sell the Stripes convenience stores to 7-Eleven for $3.3 billion.
The most recent transaction is the driving force behind this staffing reduction, Gomez explained.
The Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend's rapid response team has reached out to Sunoco to offer assistance to affected employees, said Monika De La Garza, a spokeswoman for the organization.
The team places a priority on situations where employees have "become unemployed through no fault of their own," De La Garza said.
De La Garza said the agency can act quickly to help those who lose their jobs by trying to find new employment, as well as offer crisis counseling, financial planning assistance and stress management.
The company expects the layoffs to be complete by mid-October.
Sunoco LP, the owner of the popular convenience store chain, delivered 110 pink slips to Nueces County employees last week, a report from the Texas Workforce Commission shows.
More layoffs are planned, but the timing and size of that reduction is not yet known, said Alyson Gomez, a Sunoco spokeswoman.
The 112 positions — the company's figure differs from the commission's report — last week were "largely" in the support center for Stripes convenience stores, Gomez said.
She added that some employees have been offered positions with the incoming owner, 7-Eleven, and all are being offered severance packages.
"We are concentrating our business model around a simplified wholesale business that provides significant scale and cost efficiencies," Gomez said.
It's not the first time in recent years the company has undergone transition.
In 2015, the company headquarters was moved to Dallas following a sale of Susser Holdings to Energy Transfer Partners in 2014 for $1.8 billion.
Susser Holdings is the company that Sam Susser started in 1938 during the Great Depression, and had been run by a member of his family ever since.
Last year, the company laid off 161 employees in Nueces County, and Sunoco announced plans earlier this year to sell the Stripes convenience stores to 7-Eleven for $3.3 billion.
The most recent transaction is the driving force behind this staffing reduction, Gomez explained.
The Workforce Solutions of the Coastal Bend's rapid response team has reached out to Sunoco to offer assistance to affected employees, said Monika De La Garza, a spokeswoman for the organization.
The team places a priority on situations where employees have "become unemployed through no fault of their own," De La Garza said.
De La Garza said the agency can act quickly to help those who lose their jobs by trying to find new employment, as well as offer crisis counseling, financial planning assistance and stress management.
The company expects the layoffs to be complete by mid-October.
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