Larry O. Miller
Larry Miller is a career veteran of the Convenience Store
Industry. Mr. Miller worked his way up through the ranks of
the Southland Corporation beginning his career working in the stores
as a part-time clerk while attending high school and college.
During the first fifteen years of his career he held numerous positions
with the Southland Corporation/7-Eleven in Operations and Marketing.
He held all operating positions from store level, up to and including
a District Manager position, operating all of the 7-Eleven Corporate
stores in South Louisiana. When Mr. Miller left Southland he held
the position of Division Special Projects Manager- Marketing- Mid-South
Division, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During his 30 plus year career
he has also held senior positions as Marketing Director with Cracker
Barrel Stores in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Director of Operations
for Pick-Kwik Food Stores in Tampa, Florida, Executive Vice-President-Operations
with Munford, Inc. (throughout bankruptcy proceedings), and Vice
President-Marketing with TOC Retail (Majik Market) in Casselberry,
Florida. Mr. Miller formed a consulting business in June1994, Miller
Management and Consulting Services, Inc., that specializes in the
Convenience Retailing and Petroleum Marketing Industry providing
clients with a broad menu of services. These services include
new store planning and merchandising, Quick Service Restaurant co-branding,
proprietary food service program development, marketing planning
and implementation, custom training program development, human resource
development, and certified facilitation of Carlson Learning Company
educational courses. MMCS, Inc. has built a solid list
of Clients including: McDonald's Corporation, Plaid Pantry Food
Stores, CDI Group, Inc., Mississippi Association of Convenience
Stores, United States Tobacco Company, Florida Petroleum Marketers
Association, SPS Payment Systems, National Coalition for Responsible
Tobacco Retailing (WeCard), Virginia Petroleum Marketers Association,
and Triangle Oil Company. Mr. Miller has worked on convenience
retailing projects throughout the United States as well as Ireland,
Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, New Zealand, and Micronesia.
Mr. Miller has a reputation for finding creative solutions to retailer's
challenges utilizing his extensive experience and expertise. Mr.
Miller has served on the Board of Directors for Plaid Pantries,
Inc. of Beaverton, Oregon since May of 1998. He also serves
on the Advisory Board of the Top 50 Forum for Convenience Store
News Magazine.
References:
- Mr. Chris Girard President/CEO - Plaid Pantries
10025 SW Allen Blvd. Beaverton, Oregon 97005 800-444-7524
- Ms. Donna Cyprowski VP/Owner – Danny & Clyde’s Stores,
Inc. 2000 Belle Chasse Highway Suite 300 Gretna, Louisiana 70056
504-391-1438
- Mr. Robert Windt Sunoco Global Category Manager – Foodservice
1801 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 215-620-2500
- Ms. Maureen Azzato Publisher & Vice President Convenience
Store News 700 Broadway 4th Floor New York, New York10004 646-654-7657
- Mr. Tom Kelso Matrix Capital Markets Group Managing Director
100 South Charles Street Suite 350 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 410-576-8951
Richard M. Daviduke
Richard Daviduke started his convenience store experience
at Southland Corporation while attending Pennsylvania Military College.
Upon graduation he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and served
as a platoon leader in the United States Army. After being
honorably discharged, he was placed in Southland’s Career Development
Program and later graduated from Northwestern University’s Executive
Development Program. Over the next twenty years, Richard was promoted
to operations, marketing, and development positions. His years
of service and experience were rewarded with a promotion to the
position of Division Manager for the Southern division, which had
more than five hundred company-operated stores. This appointment
came when he was thirty-one years old, making him the youngest Division
Manager in Southland’s history. The 1990’s saw an industry in turmoil,
and Richard was offered an equity position at Miller Enterprises,
a family and employee owned company operating convenience stores,
supermarkets, and a fuel distribution business. Richard conceptualized
and implemented the Handy Way strategic five-year business plan
and then the strategic growth plan. In 1999 all assets were
sold to the Pantry, Inc., for cash, and the senior management TEAM
members began their retirement plans. Richard is the senior advisor
for Miller Management and Consulting Services, Inc., and continues
to play an active role as a partner in Omni Real Estate Group with
its real estate brokerage and development department.
References
- Tom Miller President, Miller Enterprises 211 Stirling
Avenue Winter Park, FL 32789 407-599-5945
- W. Grady Rosier President, McLane Company 4747 McLane
Parkway Temple, Texas 76503-6115 817-771-7500
- Joe Capitano, Jr. President, Radiant Food Stores Radiant
Food Stores 1302 North 19th Street Suite 300 Tampa, FL 33675 813-247-4731
- Dean Durling Chairman, Quick Chek Food Stores 3 Old Highway
28 Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0600 908-534-2200
- Andrew D. Smith Principal Investment Banker Houlihan,
Smith, and Company, Inc. Two Mid America Plaza Suite 800 Oak Brook
Terrace, IL 80181 800-654-2200
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