Shell has national and regional alliances with several grocers, including Kroger, Winn - Dixie, Ralph's and Save Mart Supermarkets, says Jim Perkins, Shell's North
American marketing alliance manager.
A recent report by the Center for
American Progress found that over the past decade, five of the world's top 10 oil companies — ExxonMobil Corp., Chevron Corp., BP PLC, Royal Dutch Shell Group, and ConocoPhillips Co. — and other large traditional energy companies with a direct commercial stake in future energy
markets have forged dozens of multi-year, multi-million-dollar
alliances with top U.S. universities and scientists to carry out energy - related research.