Convenience Retailing, LLC

Company History

Convenience Retailing, LLC was founded in December 1998 by its two owners, Rick Levitan and Doug Grills. Rick and Doug have been around the service station business for over 25 years and have built their reputation by offering best-in-class service to their customers. Their locations focus on serving the needs of the surrounding community, offering gasoline, automotive repair and services, and convenience items. Since starting their business, they’ve expanded their offerings at several sites to include car washes and a Subway sandwich franchise. All of the company’s automotive service facilities are AAA-approved, passing AAA’s stringent requirements for both quality and service.

They acquired their first service station, Dorsey Hall Shell in the Dorsey Search Village Center in Ellicott City, MD, in May of 1999. After acquiring the site, they immediately went about expanding the offerings at the location from gasoline, snack shop, and automotive service bays to include a state-of-the-art touch-free car wash. The addition of a car wash was completed in 2001. Through hard work and consistent execution, Dorsey Hall Shell has received numerous industry and civic awards and is an official Educational Alliance Partner with Howard County Public Schools.

After only nine short months, Rick and Doug acquired their second location, Columbia Shell in February 2000. Located in the Owen Brown Village Center in Columbia, MD, the station offers gasoline, diesel, automotive service, and convenience items. In November 2003, they made a huge commitment to this community by purchasing the real estate at the site. They immediately set about expanding the offerings at the location by increasing the size of the convenience store and adding a Subway sandwich take out. Today, Columbia Shell continues to build on its reputation for offering quality products and services that meet the fast-paced lifestyles of its many customers.

Greenspring Shell, Convenience Retailing’s third location, located in the Greenspring Shopping Center in Baltimore, MD, was acquired in August 2001. An integral part of the Pikesville community, the station offers gasoline, diesel, convenience items, and automotive service. Recognized as one of the preeminent automotive service providers in the area, the station’s reputation for offering quality service and repairs has grown dramatically over the years. So much so that the company added a separate office and customer reception area to handle the burgeoning flow of customers coming to have their cars serviced at Greenspring Shell.

The company’s 4th location, located off of Interstate 70 in the Waverly Woods Village Center, in Woodstock, MD, first opened in 2010 as a quality gasoline and diesel fuel facility, with a large convenience store, and a state-of-the-art, touch-free car wash. This location went through a significant expansion in September of 2015 and is now a full-service auto repair facility, and the 4th official AutoStream Car Care location. Having built this shop themselves from the ground up, Rick and Doug feel an extra sense of pride in this location and look forward to serving the Waverly Woods community with quality auto repair services for many years to come.

The company’s 5th location is its first stand-alone building dedicated solely to automotive service. Located in Clarksburg, MD, and opened in October of 2016, this new state-of-the-art, 7-bay AutoStream Car Care Center works to fulfill the automotive service needs of the local community. The company is extremely proud to be operating in this very vibrant Montgomery County, MD village center and will work very hard to continue to build and gain the trust of customers there in the many years ahead.

Over the years, the company has added several other locations to their growing portfolio of sites, including stations in Hampden of Baltimore and Annapolis in 2019 and 2021 respectively. Remaining steadfast in their belief that the customers of the Greater Baltimore area would be best served with convenient locations in the communities where they operated.

Convenience Retailing, LLC Today

Going forward, the company will continue to focus on its AutoStream Car Care service centers, which have been providing quality automotive service and repair since 1999. AutoStream Car Care is a growing chain of centers offering unsurpassed service and customer satisfaction. All of their centers are full-service automotive maintenance and repair facilities, AAA-approved, using state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and employing ASE certified technicians with the ability to service all makes and models. The company’s experience and passion for its customers and their vehicles will enable AutoStream Car Care Center locations to continue to offer top-quality automotive service to all of their local communities well into the future.

Family-owned and operated since 1998, Convenience Retailing continues to look for opportunities to expand their operations in the Greater Baltimore/Washington/Washington Metro area, furthering their commitment to offering the finest products and services available in the marketplace today.

Our trusted professionals at AutoStream Car Care Centers can assist with repairs on any make or model car.

AutoStream Car Care Centers

AutoStream Car Care Center is a chain of family-owned, automotive service facilities that deliver honest and professional automotive repair and maintenance services to customers in the Greater Baltimore/Washington/Washington, DC area.

All of our automotive technicians are ASE Certified (National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence) and utilize the latest automotive technology to diagnose and analyze your vehicle. They are equipped to handle all major and minor repairs as well as complete maintenance on all foreign and domestic vehicles. All AutoStream facilities are AAA-approved, exceeding AAA’s rigorous requirements for employee training and certification as well as their stringent standards for providing exemplary customer service and satisfaction.

We use the latest automotive industry computer hardware and software to analyze your vehicle, working on all makes and models, and we take pride in being able to handle all of your automotive service needs. Our experienced technicians will undertake a thorough review of your vehicle and will always alert you to any existing problems they find on your car. In addition, they always make every effort to identify any potential problems or hazards you may encounter with your vehicle before they arise, with the goal of keeping you and your loved ones confident and on the road.

Check out our Services Page to see more about the services offered at our Autostream Car Care Center locations.