As of July 2010, the Texaco station on York Road near Fairmount Avenue has become a Shell outlet; it was a Crown Gas station for many years before that. Consider this a locals' pit stop: it has 11 pumps to get you in and out quickly, unless you prefer to hang out and wash your car or to play Keno and the Maryland Lottery in the Corner Mart. Nearly as busy as its competitor Exxon half a block up, the Corner Mart has loyal patrons who are familiar with the employees and vice-versa, and all employees were kept on during the changeover. The Corner Mart is stocked with snacks, sodas, juice and Green Mountain coffee, the latter any size for 79 cents. The station is flanked by a new Burger King relocated from Joppa Road and faces a McDonald's across the street.
TropiCon Foods is a food wholesaler and importer. The company is a part of A.M.S., a dried fruits importer, and imports dried pineapple, mango, papaya, ginger, kiwi, apricot, apples, dates, peas, banana chips, crackers and other dry foods.
Frank's Produce & Greenhouse is located off of Old Waterloo Road. This open-air market features an extensive selection of produce, from pumpkins to fresh fruit such as apples, oranges and bananas. Plants and seedlings are also available in the market's open-air and enclosed nurseries.
Napa Nuts Etc. is located right off of California Boulevard. The company specializes in nuts and trail mixes, granola, pitted dates and prunes, dried tropical fruit like pineapples and bananas, strawberries, cherries and much more. Napa Nuts also offers shipping around the world.
Owner Robert Novack's wholesale operation in the Boston Wholesale Food Terminal Building, includes this small retail business. He buys nuts from growers all over the world and hand-roasts them on-site. The biggest jump in retail happens after September, when people start to think of sending gift baskets, chocolates and fancy mixed nuts as gifts. The entrance is a loading dock, but retail customers can call before they arrive and Novack will have orders ready and waiting for them. Organic nuts can be purchased by the case. The company will ship anywhere in the US.
