VERC Enterprises' Antonio Depina named Operator of the Year by NECSEMA

VERC Enterprises, a leading convenience store and Mobil/Gulf gasoline operator with locations throughout Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire announces that Plymouth store manager Antonio Depina has been named Operator of the Year by NECSEMA (New England Convenience Store & Energy Marketers Association).

Depina, Manager of the VERC Commerce Way Mobil at 131 Commerce Way in Plymouth was honored at NECSEMA’s annual awards banquet on March 21st at the DCU Center in Worcester.

The awards program is designed to recognize outstanding individuals who set the standard of excellence for the convenience store industry throughout New England.

“I’m proud to represent such a great company,” said Depina, a Brockton resident, who has been with VERC Enterprises for eleven years, starting his career as a part-time cashier in the Stoughton store. “It’s a real honor to be named Operator of the Year.”

“The NECSEMA awards honor the best of the best in our industry,” said Leo Vercollone, President of VERC Enterprises. “We are delighted, but certainly not surprised, that Tony has earned this prestigious award of excellence.”

Depina’s NECSEMA award follows news earlier this month that the VERC Plymouth Commerce Way Mobil has received the 2017 Best of Plymouth Award in the Convenience Stores category, an honor it has taken for an unprecedented ten consecutive years.

About VERC Enterprises

VERC Enterprises is the region’s leading, independent chain of convenience stores and gasoline stations, with locations throughout Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The company began 40 years ago, with a single car wash in Marshfield, in a business founded by Eugene Vercollone. Today two of Mr. Vercollone’s sons operate the company, with Leo as President and Paul as Vice President. The firm has more than 300 employees and is a leader in hiring those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. In 2011 VERC Enterprises was recognized by the Boston Business Journal as a Best Place to Work in Massachusetts and as a Leader in Diversity and in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016 by the Boston Globe as a Best Place to Work in Massachusetts. For additional information, please visit the website, www.vercenterprises.com, or call 781-934-7300.

To learn more about VERC, please view: https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLesS4W9hjtufdf6GhvnfUKMk2l2Q-r-MM

PHOTO: (left to right): Leo Vercollone, President of VERC Enterprises, Gwen Forman, President of NECSEMA, Tony Depina, award recipient and Joanne Mendes, Executive Director of NECSEMA