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Once upon a time, before there were convenience stores…

We began as Lyden Oil in 1919. From a family-owned bulk fuel delivery business, we grew to 150 filling stations in 50 years, selling 62 million gallons of gas per year by 1969. In 1982, Lyden Oil opened its first convenience store called Fast Check Food Mart.

In 1999, after an 80-year relationship with Amoco, the Lyden Company entered into a partnership with Shell to form a truenorth Energy, LLC. Today truenorth operates or supplies over 320 stations, selling in excess of 400 million gallons of shell gasoline per year in Illinois, Ohio and Michigan.

We're proud of what we've accomplished. Who would've thought that these guys could make something of themselves? We're just a bunch of regular people, working hard to give our customers the best we can, and trying to do right by the communities we serve.

With over 85 years of business under our belts, truenorth is proud to serve communities throughout Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. From our early beginning in Youngstown, Ohio we are now proud to serve Chicago, Cleveland, Youngstown, Dayton, and Detroit.

Family owned and operated, the truenorth family strives to maintain the highest levels of service at all of our locations and provide an experience that is Fast, Friendly and Clean!