Mc Pherson Companies Inc5051 Cardinal Street, Trussville, Alabama, United States

We’re the best production, relocation and oil processing company in the southern United States, and we save you money with our size and our commitment to a quality partnership with all of our clients.  After over 40 years of growth, we’re the biggest private distributor of lubricants in the Southeast, having expanded with many partners. We know more about how the logistics of petroleum products is handled better than anyone.

History

The McPherson Companies (“TMC”) was founded by Charles K. McPherson, Sr. (“Mac”) in 1971 in Oneonta, Alabama. After working with Shell Oil in Houston, Texas for eight years as a lubrication engineer, Mac returned to his home state and purchased a rural fuel jobber in Oneonta, Alabama. The purchase of this fuel jobber was the start of the company’s original name – McPherson Oil Products. During the first year of operations, TMC averaged 70,000 gallons of tank wagon fuel and gasoline deliveries and sold one drum of oil.  Based on his experience building distributor businesses with Shell petroleum distributors in Texas, Mac saw the value and flexibility that petroleum distributors provide to the major oil companies as well as the markets that the distributors serve. Regional petroleum distributors have the opportunity to build solid relationships with their customers and provide their customers with a full service petroleum offering.  TMC began its lubricant business with Shell awarding the Birmingham, Alabama market to TMC in 1973. In 1978, Mobil awarded TMC with its lubricant business in the central Alabama markets. TMC continued to grow its lubricant customer base with primary focus being on industrial customers. In these early years, TMC was able to achieve solid success with coal mining companies. TMC continued to be a leader in the lubricant distribution business with its move from packaged products to bulk products. By moving to bulk lubricants, TMC was able to provide its customers with costs savings due to lower handling costs and reduction in product losses. Additionally, bulk products provided TMC customers with a more environmentally friendly product.

Today, TMC is one of the largest independent lubricant distributors in the country with approximately 16 million gallons distributed on an annual basis. TMC is a multi-branded lubricant distributor providing customers products from ExxonMobil and its own private label brand – Proteck.  In addition to its lubrication distribution business, TMC diversified into other petroleum related businesses. In 1991, TMC launched its Fuelman fuel management franchise. TMC grew its Fuelman business to be the largest franchise in the country. In 2005, TMC sold its Fuelman franchise to FleetCor; however, TMC continues to market the Fuelman fuel management program in the Southeastern United States.  In 2000, TMC increased its investment in the used oil business with the acquisition of BAMA Waste. TMC rebranded its used oil business as McClean Fuels, and has continued to grow and expand its market share in the used oil business since 2000. Our McClean business is an excellent solution for the utilization and recycling of used oil.  TMC has a strong gasoline and diesel fuel distribution business to the open dealer and convenience store market and has grown this business to approximately 150 million annual gallons throughout its markets.  As the company grew, so did the need for support services and corporate facilities. In 1996, TMC moved its corporate headquarters from Oneonta, Alabama to Birmingham, Alabama. After 10 productive years in the Birmingham offices, in February 2007, TMC moved corporate offices to Trussville, Alabama. The new corporate offices were built adjacent to TMC’s Trussville, Alabama regional distribution facility.  In 2006, after spending eight years working in all aspects of TMC’s business, Ken McPherson, oldest son of Charles McPherson, was named President of TMC. Mac is now serving TMC as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Ken shares his father’s passion of providing great products and superior service to TMC’s customers while continuing to maintain a family and caring work culture.  Today, TMC is a full service petroleum products and services company and supports its customers with its philosophy of TPM – Total Petroleum Management. TMC has a strong heritage of providing leadership in the petroleum distribution business, and this heritage has provided a solid foundation for TMC to continue providing quality products and services to its customers for many years to come. TMC continues to be chosen by suppliers, customers and employees for their openness, honesty and integrity in the petroleum business.

Our knowledge will save you money and time.

Aside from experience, we take seriously the idea that we always provide all of the services that any single client will need, so you’ll never be forced to turn anywhere else for service. With that simple concept, we’ve become tenaciously committed to searching for every hole in our business, and filling them with products and services that help our customers.

The McPherson Values:

• Commitment to ExcellenceWe do our very best, at all times, and nothing less.
• FairnessWe treat our partners like we want to be treated. We’re also committed to doing business in the safest, most sustainable way.
• FamilyMcPherson is family founded, owned and operated. They make it possible for us to move your oil on time and on budget.
• IntegrityWe do the right thing, every time. That’s how we grew from a single man driving an oil truck to the biggest oil distributor in the southeast.
• Teamwork and ExecutionEveryone counts. We know that every employee and affiliate contributes to our success. We’re in a relationship business, and we’d love that relationship to be with you.
• Execution – We deliver results to our stakeholders.

Philosophy

McPherson is committed to provide our customers with quality products and services. This commitment is supported with our belief in TPM – Total Petroleum Management. TPM – Total Petroleum Management – means that ALL of our customer’s petroleum needs can be met by McPherson. Customers do not need to look to other providers or suppliers. McPherson is completely and expertly equipped to deliver quality products and services. We have been achieving this mission for over thirty years. We believe that TPM is the valued added difference that we provide our customers. Our commitment to our customers is reflected in our company vision and mission statements.

We provide our TPM – Total Petroleum Management offering to customers in wholesale, retail, commercial and industrial businesses. Whatever your need, whatever your industry, McPherson can deliver it!  Listening to our customers is an important part of our business. We establish a formal and systematic method of communicating with you to insure quality and customer satisfaction. We are 100% dedicated to meeting your petroleum needs, and we believe that establishing a personal relationship with you and your business helps both of us accomplish this objective.  By being a market leader, we continue to be proactive and forward looking in the petroleum industry, and we are committed to the responsible management of innovative programs and dedicated personnel designed to meet your company’s individual challenges, while maintaining the highest standards for an environmentally safe future. Our team of professionals is committed to continuing education in order to stay current with the latest technological advancements and ideas in the petroleum industry. We believe that a continued investment in people, services, technology and our operations is also an investment in our customer’s business. We believe in long-term relationships with our customers.  Our ability to achieve our commitments and to meet customer needs is not compromised by being dependent on third party resources. We are a privately owned and operated company. Our focus is to meet our customer’s needs and our growth and capabilities are a result of focused attention on providing unparalleled services and quality products.

FUEL SERVICES

For more than forty years, McPherson has set the standard for fuel services and commercial petroleum distribution. As a result, McPherson not only understands what fleet managers and business owners are looking for in fuel services, we have the ability to deliver.  Relationships are the foundation of our company and our knowledgeable associates are ready to help you find the fuel services that are right for you.

Fuel Contracts

In a volatile diesel fuel market, unpredictable price swings can have an adverse effect on petroleum-dependent companies. McPherson understands that stabilizing fuel costs goes a long way toward building your business’s bottom line. That’s why we offer fuel contracts as part of our Total Petroleum Management program. Not only do our products and services meet all your fuel and lubricant needs, our fuel contracts can help eliminate your exposure to sudden fuel price increases.  For qualified partners, McPherson’s fuel contracts fix diesel fuel rates for a set period of time—as long as twelve months in some cases. This enables companies to undertake large-scale, fuel-intensive projects and budget for future expenses with greater certainty. By mitigating diesel price fluctuations, McPherson’s fuel contracts help businesses conserve costs, schedule profits, weather market changes, and ultimately gain a competitive advantage.

Retail Fuel Services

Considering that retail convenience stores pump 80% of all fuel sold nationally, c-stores are quite literally what keeps America moving. With such a high volume of customers and petroleum to manage, c-store managers need a fuel partner they can rely on. As the largest fuel fleet in the Southeast, McPherson has spent more than four decades building the logistical infrastructure to support fuel retailers with service that simply can’t be matched.  We enjoy great relationships with many local carriers and distribute both branded and unbranded gasoline and diesel fuels. Whether you need to schedule an emergency delivery outside of normal working hours or adjust a pickup at the last minute, McPherson has your back. Because our fleet is so extensive, McPherson trucks are never too busy or too far to replenish your tanks. At McPherson, we’re committed to partnering with retail owners to develop a comprehensive fuel distribution program.

Total Petroleum Management

When you can have all your fluid, maintenance, and equipment needs met by a single provider that knows your operations inside and out, why go anywhere else? There’s a reason why the name McPherson has become synonymous with Total Petroleum Management. Our customers not only enjoy access to competitive pricing on petroleum products of the finest quality, they also benefit from our knowledge base and full portfolio of services.