Valero will be implementing a Scan Based Trading program for the newspaper category at company-operated stores with a scheduled start date of Monday December 7, 2009. The program will begin in the San Antonio and Houston market areas. Remaining markets will begin on January 18, 2010. See the program announcement at Valero Letter

Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio with approximately 22,000 employees and 2008 revenues of $119 billion. The company owns and operates 16 refineries throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean with a combined throughput capacity of approximately three million barrels per day, making it the largest refiner in North America. Valero is one of the nation's largest retail operators with approximately 5,800 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Ultramar, and Beacon brands. Read more about Valero at Valero