Archives: Timeline Stories

1982

Mirabito purchases their first convenience store in Oxford, N.Y., and selects the name Quickway Food Stores to be their retail moniker.

1972

The company acquires Pickwick Oil Company in Bainbridge, NY.

1971

The company sells the feed business it acquired in 1966

1969

The company acquires Benedict Fuel Company in Unadilla, NY.

The company purchases a 500 acre farm in Unadilla, NY and begins construction of the Golden Valley Sports Camp. The camp offered intensive training sports seminars, led by college coaches and well-known athletes for to up to 2,000 campers each summer.

1966

The company acquires Franklin Milling Company.

1963

The company acquires Unadilla Oil and Fuel in Unadilla, NY.

1960

The company acquires Hutchinson Fuel Company in Bainbridge, NY.

1959

The company acquires Fred Crawer Fuel in Unadilla, NY.

1958

On March 13, 1958, James Mirabito passed away, having seen the successful transition of the company he had founded to the next generation.

1956

The company acquires F&S (Fuel & Supply) in Greene, NY.

1952

Ownership of the company passed from James Mirabito to his four sons, Thomas, Rosario, Angelo, and Anthony. The company was incorporated as James Mirabito & Sons, Inc. The company headquarters was located in Sidney, NY.

1948

The company purchased a bulk oil terminal on Cartwright Avenue in Sidney, greatly increasing storage capacity. The company also became a Mobil Oil home heating oil distributor.

1943

James Mirabito signs a Distributor Agreement with Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) to sell home heating oil in the City of Norwich, Sidney, and the surrounding area.

1940

James’ eldest son, Thomas, opens the second branch of the business in Sidney, N.Y., by purchasing H.M. Bloxham Coal and Feed Company on Clinton Street.