The new stores are called BP Connect, an updated version of the company's conventional retail outlets. The Central Florida expansion is expected to be the pilot for the company's growth throughout the Southeast.
The 26 new stores, at an estimated 10,000 sf each, will bring BP's total Central Florida BP Connect outlets to 40 covering about 400,000 sf. The new locations are still being determined. The first BP Connect stores opened in May 2001.
In a prepared statement, the British company says it plans to have 200 convenience store/retail fuel sites and a staff of 1,000 under the BP flag in metro Orlando by 2004. That number includes existing BP and Amoco convenience stores which merged with BP in 1999.
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