Kum & Go stores in region soon to become Maverik

Kum & Go convenience stores in the Rocky Mountain region — including 17 locations in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley — will be converted to Maverik stores beginning in January.

Maverik — Adventure’s First Stop, and its parent company, Salt Lake City-based FJ Management, last week announced that they have completed the acquisition of Des Moines, Iowa-based Kum & Go and 60-year-old tank-truck company Solar Transport from Salt Lake City-based Krause Group.

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, but when Reuters first reported in February that the Krause family was considering selling the stores, it said undisclosed “people familiar…