WilcoHess

A.T. Williams Oil Co. is an oil distribution company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was started by Arthur Tab Williams Jr. in 1963.

Arthur Tab Williams Jr. worked for his father-in-law Roby Taylor at Taylor Oil Company for six years before starting his own company in 1963 with two other employees and six full-service gas stations that he bought from Taylor Oil. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Williams added self service, eventually switching entirely to self-service because that was 95 percent of sales. Convenience stores were added in the 1980s, and by 1982 Williams had 67 locations. Diesel bays were first added in 1988 in Suffolk, Virginia, and in 1990 a travel plaza with facilities for truck drivers was added at Raphine, Virginia.

In 1999, Williams had 130 Wilco stations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. The company bought eight Exxon stations in the Winston-Salem area.

In 2001, a joint venture began between A.T. Williams and Amerada Hess, now Hess Corporation. At the time, Williams had 120 gas stations and 21 travel centers, and had expanded to Pennsylvania and Alabama. Hess had supplied Williams for 35 years. Steve Williams would be president of WilcoHess. On October 23, 2003, WilcoHess announced it acquired 50 Servco stations in North Carolina from Service Distributing Co. Inc. of Albemarle, North Carolina, which was getting out of the business. WilcoHess had 155 stores and 38 restaurants and plans for a travel center in Tennessee.

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