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1100 Superior (formerly known as the Diamond Shamrock Building, the Diamond Building, and Oswald Centre) is a skyscraper in downtown Cleveland, Ohio's emerging Nine-Twelve District, which is also home to One Cleveland Center, Ohio Savings Plaza, The 925 Building, PNC Center, and the former Eaton Center.
In 1995, Diamond Shamrock had 2,000 stores, with most of them in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Louisiana. Of them, over 170 stores were in Houston. That year, Diamond Shamrock bought the National Convenience Stores Stop N Go chain for $260 million. The plans called for the combined company to be headquartered in San Antonio.
The Beacon and Shamrock brands are used by retailers as a low-cost alternative to the premium Valero brand. The Shamrock brand is based on the former Shamrock Oil and Gas Company, which merged with Diamond Alkali in 1967 to form Diamond Shamrock, thus declaring the trademark from official abandonment. The name Ultramar, while being eliminated ...
In 1996, Ultramar Corporation merged with Diamond Shamrock to form Ultramar Diamond Shamrock. [4] In 1997, the Sunoco name was withdrawn from Quebec, and all stations converted to the Ultramar brand. The refinery in Lévis was renamed in honour of retired Ultramar Diamond Shamrock CEO Jean Gaulin in 2001. [1]
The Oreo Shamrock McFlurry debuted in 2020 as a celebration of the Shamrock Shake's 50th anniversary. The seasonal dessert is made with vanilla soft-service ice cream, artificially flavored mint ...
In 1986, the Diamond Shamrock Corporation agreed to pay $150,000 for a canvas tarpaulin to cover 3 acres (12,000 m 2) of the contaminated area. [2] Remediation efforts at Diamond Alkali began in 2000 [4] and ecological investigation, dredging, and other cleanup activities are still underway.
The Shamrock Shake was invented in 1967 by a Connecticut McDonald's owner in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. It debuted at national McDonald's locations in 1970, and was an instant hit.
The Pickands Mather Group is an American company which provides shipping of coal and other bulk commodities, and the purchase, sale, and marketing of bulk coal.Founded in 1883 as Pickands Mather & Company, it once had the second largest shipping fleet on the Great Lakes in the 1910s and 1920s.