Are You a Grocery Trailblazer?

Promoting and Advancing Petroleum Marketing, Retail Grocery, and Convenience Stores in West Virginia

Driving Local Business and Community Growth Across West Virginia

Our Purpose and Commitment

OMEGA is a West Virginia-based organization dedicated to supporting and advancing the business interests of the state’s petroleum marketing, retail grocery, and convenience store industries.

As a network of over 225 locally owned businesses, OMEGA actively promotes cooperation, advocates for favorable legislation, and provides education and resources to its members. With over 50,000 employees, OMEGA members significantly contribute to the state’s economy, generating more than 10% of all state taxes and supporting local communities through scholarships, charitable donations, and civic involvement.

OMEGA is committed to fostering industry growth while serving West Virginians with essential services like fuel, food, and convenience.

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Join a Community that Champions, Connects, and Elevates!

Your Essential Connection in West Virginia

OMEGA offers three types of membership: Convenience Store Members, Petroleum Marketer Members, and Grocer Members, all of which play a vital role in providing fuel, food, and essentials across West Virginia. As a liaison with state and national agencies, OMEGA works closely with organizations like NACS, PMAA, FMI, and the N.G.A. to advocate on behalf of its members.

We keep members informed through newsletters, legislative updates, an online resource hub, and educational seminars. Additional member benefits include access to the Encova Workers’ Compensation Discount Program and participation in our annual Trade Expo and fundraising efforts for children’s charities. OMEGA is here to support, advocate, and enhance the success of our industry members.

Statesmanship, humanitarianism and entrepreneurialism are qualities we associate with great leaders who help to cultivate corporate purpose. In the food retail industry, these attributes define the type of leader who can advance his or her career from a motivated grocery bagger to the visionary in the corner office.Not all industries offer the caliber of self-evolvement opportunities that is such a vital part of the tradition of the food retail industry.

<p>By: Leslie G. Sarasin, President and CEO, Food Marketing Institute<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.fmi.org/images/default-source/blog-images/fmi-executive-leadership-awards.tmb-large-350-.jpg?sfvrsn=1" data-displaymode="Thumbnail" alt="FMI Executive Leadership Awards" title="FMI Executive Leadership Awards" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" />Statesmanship, humanitarianism and entrepreneurialism are qualities we associate with great leaders who help to cultivate corporate purpose. In the food retail industry, these attributes define the type of leader who can advance his or her career from a motivated grocery bagger to the visionary in the corner office. Not all industries offer the caliber of self-evolvement opportunities that is such a vital part of the tradition of the food retail industry. Nor can other industries  point to having such a strong culture of empathy as that fostered by food retailers; we employ a diverse workforce, we feed people with the most affordable food in the world, we are community philanthropists, we provide the ingredients that enable family dinner table chatter and the customer comes first – always. </p> <p>As an association guided by a network of grocery executives, many of whom can relate to an inventory-manager-to-executive-role story, FMI has a vested interest in communicating the attractiveness of this vital industry. As such, we are investing heavily in professional development and leadership as manifested in the rebranded event, <a href="http://www.cvent.com/events/fmi-future-leaders-experience/event-summary-8287b0decbec4ed9b93d0705c12631d5.aspx">Future Leaders eXperience</a>. The new format allows for cross-functional, cross-company and cross-industry interactions that will not only cement long-lasting personal and business relationships, but also will motivate young professionals by encouraging closer relationships; offering opportunities to emphasize peak performance; promoting the diversity of people, skills, career paths and companies; and upholding FMI as an organization that offers strategic insights to understand the customer to better compete. We must nurture the next generation of industry heroes.</p> <p>Rabb, Albers and Wegman are names synonymous with pioneering, and each year, FMI recognizes industry trailblazers, outstanding food retail professionals and the contributions grocery stores are making every day in their communities. Our first set of 2017 executive award recipients accepted their honors at the Midwinter Executive Conference in January: </p> <ul> <li>Former Publix Super Markets Inc., CEO and current chairman of the board of directors <a href="http://www.fmi.org/news-room/news-archive/view/2017/01/29/publix-icon-ed-crenshaw-receives-fmi-leadership-award">Ed Crenshaw</a> received FMI’s highest honor, the Rabb Award. Publix has been consistently recognized as one of the top companies to work for 19 consecutive years, and it’s Ed’s remarkable leadership that has nurtured Publix’s reputation for two decades.</li> </ul> <ul> <center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/99gV4rMaxhM?list=PL4NaShzHlR4GkcCPjlDH1Ymc2E0QquWxp" frameborder="0"></iframe></center> <li><a href="http://www.fmi.org/news-room/news-archive/view/2017/01/29/fmi-awards-wakefern-s-joe-colalillo-with-innovation-award">Joe Colalillo</a>, president of ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc. and chairman and CEO of Wakefern Food Corp., received FMI’s Wegman Award for exercising entrepreneurial leadership in the design of retail strategies and imaginative merchandising. Joe is a straight talking, honest broker of goods and services and he inspires our industry to maintain its relevance by his keen commitment to doing what is right for the customer.</li> </ul> <ul> <center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G7N8rOLCT4A?list=PL4NaShzHlR4GkcCPjlDH1Ymc2E0QquWxp" frameborder="0"></iframe></center> <li>FMI honored the <a href="http://www.fmi.org/news-room/news-archive/view/2017/01/29/fmi-honors-the-hershey-company-with-industry-relations-award">Hershey Company</a> by giving two of its industry veterans – J.P. Bilbrey, president, CEO and chairman of the board, and Tom Joyce, retired vice president, global customer and industry affairs – an award celebrating excellence in trading partner relations and consumer and community service, the William H. Albers Award. In food retail circles, the name Hershey Company has become synonymous with trusted partner; the dependable quality of its products being matched by the reliable caliber of its leadership and its steadfast nurture of the retailer relationship.</li> </ul> <center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ovCK4XCF6Ns?list=PL4NaShzHlR4GkcCPjlDH1Ymc2E0QquWxp" frameborder="0"></iframe></center> <br /> Hear what it takes to be a grocery trailblazer from the award winners themselves, by visiting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4NaShzHlR4GkcCPjlDH1Ymc2E0QquWxp">FMII’s YouTube channel</a>.<br /> <br /> <br />

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Supporting West Virginia Communities

OMEGA members play a vital role in West Virginia, supporting communities through substantial tax contributions and a wide-reaching presence across the state. With over 55% of the population living in border counties, our members are dedicated to serving both local and regional needs. Beyond business, we’re proud to give back, having contributed over $3.1 million to children’s charities since 2003, reflecting our commitment to making a positive difference.