Jiffy Lube

Shell Dumps Jiffy Lube: Another Quick Oil Change in the Oil Giant’s Portfolio

Shell Gives Jiffy Lube the Corporate Oil Change

Shell has decided it’s time for another corporate oil change — this time involving Jiffy Lube, the well-known North American chain of quick-service car maintenance shops.

According to reports including Reuters and other financial outlets, Shell has agreed to sell the Jiffy Lube business to private-equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners in a deal reportedly worth about $1.3 billion. (wsj.comAttachment.tiff)

The sale includes the Jiffy Lube brand and franchise network, which consists largely of independently operated service centres across the United States and Canada. read more

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Shell, Jiffy Lube Face Suit Over ‘Oppressive’ Pricing Scheme

Shell was charging the Plaintiffs prices that were over 260% higher than that of other petroleum suppliers for the same exact products with identical specifications…

The next paragraph only is from an article by Law360. The rest is from information in the featured legal documents filed days ago.

Law360 (July 10, 2019, 6:18 PM EDT) — Two companies that own and operate Jiffy Lube motor oil change service centers in Illinois are suing Shell Oil Products US over what they called an “oppressive and arbitrary pricing scheme”…

The Plaintiffs allege that Shell Oil Products US (“SOPUS”) would continuously, unilaterally, and without reason, increase the price it was charging Plaintiffs for SOPUS Products. read more

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2: Controversies surrounding Shell

One of the Wikipedia articles removed in its entirety focussed on a range of controversies arising from the activities of Royal Dutch Shell stretching back over the decades, including its 50 plus years record of exploitation and pollution in Nigeria.Controversies surrounding Royal Dutch Shell

There have been concerns over Royal Dutch Shell over environmental and health and safety related issues as well as in respect of its businesses practices and priorities. In recent times Shell’s management has acknowledged some of these problems and has promised to take steps to repair damage done both to the affected parties and to its own reputation, which has involved tightening internal controls between its different subsidiaries, an ostensible commitment to corporate social responsibility, an extensive global advertising campaign and other initiatives in the late 1990s (see Ken Saro-Wiwa) and early 2000s. read more

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