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The Imperial Company is a four generation business
started in the early 1920s when George and Glen
Johnson founded the Johnson Oil Company in Lakeview,
Michigan with one gas station and bulk fuel distribution
under the Philips 66 and White Star brands.
In 1938, the
company was relocated to Mt. Pleasant and Lew Johnson
joined the organization following World War II.
The Imperial brand name was trademarked throughout
the state of Michigan and served as the choice brand
for fifty-two wholesale locations into the early
1970s.
Current president and
CEO, Dave Johnson, joined the company in 1972 as
the company transformed from wholesale to retail
based and renamed the Imperial Company, Inc. The
first convenience store in Charlevoix, Michigan
opened in 1978 under the One Stop name and later
became Next Door Store in conjunction with the re-introduction
of a major brand gasoline Marathon. SUBWAY restaurants
and the BP gasoline brand were all added in the
early 2000’s.
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