Danby's, since 1948, home
Danby's Gasoline Marketers

Fuel since 1948.

It began as one service station on Broad Street in Meriden, Connecticut. Today Danby's supplies fuel to stations across the region.

Our story
A small white service station with two pumps and a tall sign pole, a man standing by the door
Fred Danby at the first Danby's, on Broad Street in Meriden, about 1948.
  1. 1948Fred Danby and his father, Frank, open a Sunoco station on Broad Street.
  2. 1965Danby's moves to East Main Street and becomes a Gulf dealer.
  3. 1993Danby Gasoline Marketers starts supplying other stations.
  4. 2016Kevin and Patti Curry become the owners.
  5. TodayStill in Meriden, supplying stations across the region and giving back to the city where it began.
From the family album

From Broad Street
to East Main Street.

The whole story
The windows of the old Sunoco station painted with Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Go Gulf in 66
Christmas 1965: "Go Gulf in 66".
The Gulf station with its new canopy and a tall round Gulf sign
Danby's Holiday Gulf, spring 1966.
A Sunoco certificate reading 1963 Gold Award, Go First Class, presented to Fred Danby
Sunoco's 1963 Gold Award.
A blue tow truck marked A1 Auto Service, 24 hour towing
The first A1 Auto Service tow truck.
A row of rental cars parked at a station on a summer day
The early "duck fleet" of rental cars.
The Smart Stop station with an Exxon sign and a price board
The Smart Stop, 1984.
A person in a tiger costume on the sidewalk beside East Main Street
The Exxon Tiger on East Main Street.
A Gulf station with a small store under a tall Gulf price sign
The Danby's Portland Smart Mart, 1996.
Teddy's Stores, Fuel & Food with a Mission
Our sister company

Teddy's Stores

Kevin and Patti Curry started Teddy's Stores in 2019 and named it after Teddy, their rescue dog. Teddy's runs gas stations and convenience stores across Connecticut. Every month customers round up at the pump and the stores match it for that month's cause: animal welfare, military and veterans, special friends or local charities. Since 2024 that has come to over $200,000 for local causes.

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Our software partner

FastDragon Software

Danby's runs its wholesale fuel business on FastDragon, fuel software for fuel jobbers, petroleum marketers, wholesalers and station owners.

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