SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS
Coe Oil Service was a defining element of the Coe family life that carries to the present day. Dick Coe was a Jobber, and as a Jobber he bought and sold Shell oil in central Kentucky through Coe Oil Service.
A jobber, or petroleum marketer, is a person or company that purchases quantities of refined fuel from refining companies (e.g., BP, Shell, Exxon), either for sale to retailers (e.g., gasoline stations), or to sell directly to the users of those products (e.g., home heating oil to homeowners, lubricating oils to industrial operations or repair shops, jet fuel to FBOs, etc.). In essence, the jobber acts as the "middleman" between the company that refines the petroleum products and those that use them or market them at retail prices. The jobber often owns the gasoline being sold, and the station it is being sold to, but allows an operator to lease the store.
The MSP Market
The MSP Market was the Coe Oil Service Station I find most interesting. We still have the large sign that hung on the side of the building indicating that it was a 24-hour service station.
