E-Z Mart Inc.

Arkansas Children’s announced on Wednesday announce a gift of $1.25 million to its dental sealant program as part of the ongoing statewide public launch of its $250 million Campaign for a Healthier Tomorrow. read more >

Revenue at Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield topped $2.5 billion last year, a milestone achieved by only one other company in the 30 years that Arkansas Business has been ranking private companies by revenue. read more >

A retail project in Sherwood, a Little Rock convenience store combo and a home in west Little Rock team up for this week’s installment of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >

GPM Investments LLC of Richmond, Virginia, announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire 272 convenience stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas from E-Z Mart Stores Inc. of Texarkana, Texas. read more >

Five counties and two cities are collecting signatures in hopes that voters can decide in November whether to allow alcohol sales in their communities. read more >

Sonja Hubbard describes herself as a “fixer.” And as a fixer, the CEO of E-Z Mart Inc. is searching for just the right mix of products and services for the company’s 302 convenience stores. read more >

Convenience stores still top the list of the state’s largest private companies in the energy sector, with one more added this year. This year, Flash Market Inc. of West Memphis, a convenience store chain and fuel retailer, remained at the top of the list. read more >