Comings & Goings: Wheels Convenience Store to PRE

Wheels Convenience Store, owned by Trumbull-based Consumers Petroleum, will open in early October at 786 Post Road East, according to Gina Nero, the firm’s marketing manager. The space was previous occupied by the Citgo gas and service station, founded in the early 1930s by Joe DeMattia, and owned by the Mattia family for 80 years. It closed in April 2013. Nero said the convenience store will also have four fuel pumps in two bays featuring the Citgo brand. She said Consumers Petroleum has been owned by the same family for three generations.The owner, Rich Wiehl (pronounced “wheel”), opened his first convenience store under the Wheels name four years ago. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com