Cochrane area residents made FAST STOP their first stop at succesful grand opening

Almost 10,000 litres of fuel pumped and 200 donuts consumed during the FAST STOP service centre’s grand opening celebration on Wed. Sept. 21 in beautiful northern Cochrane Ontario.

An official ribbon cutting ceremony kicked off with support from the Mayor of Cochrane Peter Politis, MPP Ramsay’s constituency assistant for the Cochrane District, Paul Latondress and Keven Robin, president of the Cochrane Board of Trade stopped by to say a few words as well as representatives of the station from FS PARTNERS and Co-opérative Régionale de Nipissing Sudbury.

After the ceremony, customers filled up their tanks at reduced prices from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a portion of the sales donated to the local Tim Horton Events Centre.

Mario and Mariel Vachon are the owners of the FAST STOP site and long time residents of Cochrane. They were very pleased with the support they received by the community and thrilled to see the long line ups of people that came out to fill up at the reduced prices. “We are very happy with the new FAST STOP branding and the overall look of the station and look forward to working with the FS team. Also, being open 24 hours non-stop along with our convenient location and many amenities, we feel the station is very handy for both local residents and for truckers travelling long distances in northern Ontario,” says Mario Vachon.

Designed for people on the run, customers can purchase fuel 24 hours a day, seven days a week paying with VISA, MasterCard, Interac, and FS Fuel cards. The FS Fuel card allows consumers to be part of a large network of fueling sites across Ontario offering 24-hour convenience with just one card. The Cochrane FAST STOP station offers clear diesel fuel and environmentally friendlier ethanol blended gasolines. The site also features a full-service restaurant, convenient store, laundry facilities, a comfortable lounge area and personal showers. 

This station is part of network of more than 250 FAST STOP branded stations in the United States and now the third in Ontario. Through the Ontario FS Co-operative System, FS PARTNERS and Co-opérative Régionale de Nipissing Sudbury have worked together to provide the newly branded FAST STOP station to the Cochrane area community.



From (L-R) Emile Faddoul, FS PARTNERS energy logistics manager; Paul Lantondress representing MPP Cochrane-Temiskaming (David Ramsey); Keven Robin, president Cochrane Board of Trade, Raymond Savage, general manager Co-operative Regionale de Nipissing Sudbury, Terry Vachon, Cochrane development officer; Mayor of Cochrane, Peter Politis; FAST STOP owners Mariel and Ginette Vachon, Jen and Mario Vachon and their two children, Andrew Troyer, FS PARTNERS sales and marketing manager.