Conoco Food Mart closes suddenly
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| May 6, 2011 |
 Without
warning or fanfare last Friday, staff at the
Conoco Food Mart and Subway on the South Hill in
Bonners Ferry shut out the lights, strung yellow
tape in front of the gasoline pumps and locked
the doors in what appears to be an acrimonious
split.
None of the parties involved have returned
calls, but the reader board out front leaves
little to the imagination. "Don't pay rent, get
evicted," it read.
Rick Philbrook, owner of the property, turned
over management of the business to Jay
VanDenBerg, owner of the Dairy Depot in
Sandpoint, in June, 2010, after starting up the
business more than 10 years earlier.
In January, 2011, a civil suit was filed in
Boundary County by Moore Oil Inc. versus Ripco,
doing business as "Shell" Food Mart, and Rick
Philbrook, seeking payment of $58,528.70 they
claimed they were owed. Philbrook denied several
points of that complaint, and the court ordered
that the parties involved seek resolution
through arbitration.
It is unknown when, or if, the Conoco Food Mart
and Subway Restaurant will reopen. |
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