For Convenience USA Inc.

• Position: Files for Chapter 11 protection - Brief Article

For Convenience USA Inc., high gasoline prices the last three years have been especially inconvenient. The Durham-based convenience-store chain, which owns 251 stores in four states, started in 1998 and begon wolfing down other chains. But higher gas prices -- premium is up 64% since the start of 1999 -- have caused indigestion by spoiling consumer...