Hatch’s Package Store and gas station on Orange Street was sold Monday for $6 million to Island Energy Services.
Longtime owner Judy Brownell, who had operated the package store and gas station since 1979, confirmed earlier this year that she intended to sell the business and the property at 133 Orange Street, and the deal closed this week.
Both Brownell and Todd Boling the president and CEO of Island Energy Services, were not immediately available to comment yesterday. But Boling told the Current back in September that customers of the package store and gas station likely won’t notice the change of ownership.
“We’re really excited about the opportunity to work with Judy so literally nothing changes there except for the ownership,” Boling said at the time. “Hopefully we can be as successful as she’s been.”
Hatch’s longtime employee Bob Grangrade is now the manager of the package store after the Select Board unanimously approved a request to transfer its liquor license from Brownell to Grangrade several months ago.
Island Energy Services is the parent company of Harbor Fuel, Yates Gas, and Airport Gas. Acquiring Hatch’s was a logical extension of the business, Boling said previously.
“Hatch’s is one of Harbor Fuel’s longest running customers as a Mobil-branded gas station, and we’ve been distributing gas to them for decades,” Boling said. “It seems that when it was discovered that Judy was not interested in operating the business on a day-to-day basis, we wanted to pursue it. Our goal is to continue in the way Judy has run that business for so long. Bob has worked there since he was 16 years old, and we’re excited to work with him also.”
Boling emphasized that the new ownership group is not technically Island Energy Services, but rather Hatch’s Package LLC, a company that lists him as the sole manager, according to state’s corporate database.
