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{{Short description|Missouri based energy cooperative}}
{{Infobox company
|name = MFA Oil Company
|logo = File:MFA Oil Company.jpeg
| image = File:Breaktimewiki2.jpg
| image_caption = A Break Time store located in [[Macon, Missouri]]
|type = [[Agricultural cooperative|Agricultural supply cooperative]]
|predecessor =
|successor =
|foundation = {{start date and age|1929}}
|founder = [[Missouri Farmers Association]]
|defunct =
|location_city = [[Columbia, Missouri]]
|location_country = [[United States]]
|locations =
|area_served = United States
|key_people =
|industry =  [[Oil company|Oil]], [[energy]]
|products =  fuel and lubrication products, [[petroleum]] and [[propane]]
|services =
|num_employees = 1,600+
|parent =
|subsid = [[Break Time (convenience store)|Break Time]]
|homepage = {{URL|http://www.MFAOIL.com}}
}}
'''MFA Oil Company''' is an energy [[cooperative]] that is headquartered in [[Columbia, Missouri]].<ref name="MFS Off">{{Cite web | title=About Us| url=https://www.mfaoil.com/about/|access-date=2020-09-17| website=MFA Oil| language=en-US}}</ref>
==History==
MFA Oil was started in 1929 by the [[MFA Incorporated|Missouri Farmers Association]] based in Columbia.  Its first subsidiary Break Time store opened in 1985.<ref name="MFAINC" />
==Operations==
MFA Oil employs over 1,600 people.  It produces fuel and lubrication products, and manages bulk [[petroleum]] and [[propane]] plants in the central US.  Additionally, the company operates a chain of [[gas station]]s and more than 70 Break Time retail [[convenience stores]] in [[Missouri]] and [[Arkansas]].<ref name="MFAINC">[http://todaysfarmermagazine.com/ "MFA Inc."]; ''Today's Farmer''; magazine; accessed February 2021</ref>
===Break Time subsidiary===
{{anchor|Break Time (convenience store)}}
[[File:Break-time.png|left|thumb|upright=.4| ]]
Break Time is a chain of convenience stores and [[gas station]]s owned and operated by MFA Oil.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mfaoil.com/retail/breaktime| title=Break Time| website=www.mfaoil.com| language=en-US| access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref>  It is also headquartered in Columbia; and operates 74 stores across the state.<ref name="Official">[https://mybreaktime.com/locations/ Official website]</ref>  All Break Time locations sell MFA Oil gasoline<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mfaoil.com/productsservices/fuels/toptiergasoline| title=Top Tier Detergent Gasoline {{!}} Gas Suppliers {{!}} MFA Oil Company| website=www.mfaoil.com| language=en-US| access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref> and BOSS diesel fuel.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mfaoil.com/productsservices/fuels/bossdiesel| title=BOSS Performance Diesel Fuel {{!}} MFA Oil Company| website=www.mfaoil.com| language=en-US| access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref>  Nearly half a dozen Break Time locations have a [[car wash]]. The convenience store offers a variety of food and drink options, including their proprietary Dashboard Diner sandwiches, Smokestack Bar.B.Q., Krispy Krunchy Chicken, Hunt Brothers Pizza, and homemade breakfast sandwiches. The locations have beer caves as well as coffee and cappuccino options.
Since 2017, Break Time customers have had the opportunity to earn fuel discounts, free drinks, 'Break Time Bucks,' and more rewards through their store visits and MyTime Rewards use.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mybreaktime.com/my-time-rewards/| title=MyTime Rewards| website=Break Time| language=en-US| access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref>  In 2019, MyTime Rewards earned two industry awards for marketing innovation and program design.
===Franchise holder===
MFA Oil owns [[Big O Tires]] franchise stores in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas.<ref>{{Cite web | title=About| url=https://www.mybreaktime.com/about/| access-date=2020-09-17| website=Break Time| language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="MFS Off" />  The company is one of the area's largest distributors of [[E85]] and [[E10 fuel|E10]] corn-based [[ethanol]] fuels.<ref>{{Cite news | date=April 4, 2008| title=MFA Oil president praises ethanol's use, rebuts critics| work=Columbia Business Times| url=http://columbiabusinesstimes.com/1205/2008/04/04/mfa-oil-president-praises-ethanols-use-rebuts-critics| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513025105/http://columbiabusinesstimes.com/1205/2008/04/04/mfa-oil-president-praises-ethanols-use-rebuts-critics| url-status=dead| archive-date=2008-05-13| access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Convenience stores of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Columbia, Missouri]]
[[Category:1929 establishments in Missouri]]