Vernon Young serves as the President and CEO of Young Oil in Piedmont, Ala. The company operates five stores under the Grub Mart brand. The company, which was founded in 1965, is in its second generation of family leadership.
Young is also the current chairman of the National Advisory Group (NAG), an association driven by convenience store retailers for retailers. It is an organization committed to building profits and relationships for members. Convenience store retailers have leaned on NAG for more than 35 years to help them grow sales, cut costs and generate new ideas in the competitive convenience store market.
Under Young’s guidance, NAG promotes many core strengths, but most notably is its ability to identify winning strategies that help convenience store retailers through events, education and networking. The organization finds success in many ways, including its ability to maintain excellent relationships with retailers and supplier partners across the convenience store and petroleum industry.