Moving from Weariness to Well-being

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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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.

For five months now, requirements in addressing COVID-19 have touched, affected, or changed most every aspect of our lives. Not the least of these is the fact it has reversed a significant food trend; it has driven us from being an eating culture, back to being a cooking culture.

By David Fikes, Executive Director, FMI Foundation <div class="mg-image--circular" style="float: right; margin: 10px;"><img src="https://www.fmi.org/images/default-source/blog-images/cooking-at-home_cutting.tmb-large-350-.jpg?sfvrsn=87d2f1c0_1" data-displaymode="Thumbnail" alt="cooking at home_cutting" title="cooking at home_cutting" /></div> It is a truth affirmed from many angles and substantiated by popular maxims used across various disciplines. For trainers and exercise enthusiasts it is “no pain, no gain.” In the business world it is “no risk, no reward.” For mountain hikers it is “the steeper the climb, the better the view. “And for bikers it is “the tougher the uphill ride, the better the downhill glide.” The veritable reality underlying all these adages is simple: the path to an action’s benefits first takes you through a discomfort zone. As much as we might want good things to come to us easily and without the pain of disciplined work, the untarnished reality is quite different. Achieving an advantage requires pushing through some aches and pains to make progress. Perhaps there are so many varied reminders of this truth because it is such a difficult notion to accept. For five months now, requirements in addressing COVID-19 have touched, affected, or changed most every aspect of our lives. Not the least of these is the fact it has reversed a significant food trend; it has driven us from being an eating culture, back to being a cooking culture. Before COVID-19 we wished we had time and energy for more family meals and suddenly the pandemic hit, and we found ourselves in circumstances where every meal was a family meal. During this worrisome time many have re-discovered latent cooking expertise and more than a few have developed newfound culinary skills, but also most are feeling a bit weary and are reporting varying degrees of family meal fatigue. Our meal preparation muscles are tired, tested and stretched. Still we know the nutritional and family functioning benefits are out there awaiting us. In other words, now, when we’re tired, we most need the encouraging words of an inspiring trainer urging us to push beyond the fatigue, work through the discomfort and get reenergized about family meals, if we wish to reap the solid benefits they hold for us in terms of health, happiness and well-being. For this reason, during <a href="https://www.fmi.org/family-meals">Family Meals Month in September</a>, the FMI Foundation invites FMI members, partners and collaborators to join us in urging consumers to “Stay Strong with Family Meals!”   Home Cooking in America 2020, a new FMI research piece funded by the FMI Foundation available July 29th, provides an abundance of resourceful information helping retailers better understand the home-meal challenges families are facing. But naming the problem is only the start, it also provides guidance on how the food industry can help Americans overcome their cooking fatigue with creativity, resourcefulness, innovation and grit. This study places the current cooking scenario within a larger context, enabling us to see where the changes have occurred, clarifies the challenges and names the shifts we think will have legs to last into the future. We hope you will help us celebrate the Family Meals Movement this September and help us encourage everyone to stay strong with family meals. To deepen your involvement, please consider participating in these opportunities to learn more: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.fmi.org/forms/meeting/Microsite/2020trends4">July 29, 2:00pm EST - Home Cooking Report webinar (a supplement to U.S. Grocery Shopping Trends 2020)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fmi.org/forms/meeting/Microsite/NFMM2020">August 4, 2:00pm ET - National Family Meals Month Stakeholder Webinar</a></li> <li><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5154692338845747213">August 11, 2:00pm ET - Partner webinar with Produce for Better Health</a></li> <li>September 1, 2020 – start of National Family Meals Month!</li> </ul>

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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.