not be reliable . please help this article by looking for better more reliable sources . unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message superamerica type subsidiary industry retail convenience stores founded 1960 1 founder elmer erickson headquarters woodbury minnesota united states number of locations 278 2 key people david l. lamp president and ceo parent northern tier energy 3 website www.superamerica.com superamerica is a chain of gasoline stations in the upper midwest based in woodbury minnesota . it is owned by northern tier energy nyse nti . history edit superamerica convenience stores first opened in the 1960s in saint paul minnesota . they were first operated by northwestern refining of st. paul park minnesota . stations were primarily located in the upper midwest as well as florida . ashland petroleum purchased northwestern refining and the superamerica chain in the 1970s . ashland had marketed full service stations under its own ashland brand . as self service was legalized it used the brands solo save mart save more and rich along with others . ashland converted most of its outlets in its core territory to superamerica while withdrawing from florida . it maintained a few outlets under its other brand names to keep the trademarks valid . in 1997 marathon and ashland petroleum merged forming marathon ashland petroleum llc map a joint venture combining the companies refining marketing and transportation businesses with marathon owning 62 % of the operations while ashland owned 38 % . in the process ashland s superamerica and marathon s speedway convenience store chains were merged to form speedway superamerica llc a wholly owned subsidiary of map . superamerica stores outside the upper midwest were rebranded as speedway . in 2004 marathon bought out ashland s share . in february 2011 marathon sold its superamerica stores to northern tier energy a newly formed company backed by the private equity firms acon investments and tpg capital . 4 today speedway and superamerica are unrelated chains . superamerica stores has 284 stores located with 271 in minnesota 11 in wisconsin and 2 in south dakota . 5 northern tier energy went public in 2012 . 6 in 2013 western refining bought a controlling stake in northern tier energy . 7 the marathon refinery in st. paul park minnesota was sold in 2010 to northern tier energy along with the superamerica convenience store chain separating it from speedway . speedway was subsequently renamed speedway llc . references edit about us . superamerica.com . retrieved 2015 06 12 . store locator . superamerica.com . retrieved 2016 01 11 . corporate profile northern tier energy . ntenergy.com . 2014 03 31 . retrieved 2015 06 12 . daily developments mn superamerica stores sold again for 248m . tcbmag.blogs.com . retrieved 2015 06 12 . 1 archived may 12 2012 at the wayback machine . ipo preview northern tier energy lp nti northern tier energy nyse nti 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