Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association

07/23/2025

🏆 Congratulations to Ali Momenzadeh 🏆
Please join us in celebrating Ali Momenzadeh of Lyons Specialty Company, LLC—recipient of the 2025 Chairman’s Award, LOMCSA’s highest honor!

Ali has served faithfully on the LOMCSA Board of Directors throughout his tenure with Lyons, bringing dedication, professionalism, and heart to every effort.

Presented during our annual banquet in Destin, Florida, this award honors outstanding service and leadership to our association and industry.

Ali was joined by his wife Kellie, their children Jack and Ava, and the owners of Lyons Specialty, Hugh and Betsy Raetzsch, for this special evening of celebration. 👏👏

Thank you, Ali, for everything you’ve done for LOMCSA and our members. Your impact is lasting—and we’re grateful. 💙❤️

07/22/2025

U.S. EV Sales Could Spike, Then Collapse, As Subsidies Vanish

Second-quarter EV sales fell 6.3% compared to April-June of 2024, and the road ahead looks jarring with the loss of consumer purchase subsidies looming, per new Cox Automotive data.
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Tax incentives up to $7,500 for buying new EVs will end on Sept. 30.

07/15/2025

A few pics from our first day of the Annual Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association (LOMCSA) Convention…..

07/04/2025

06/19/2025

🗞️ We’re in today’s Advocate!

I had the privilege of writing an op-ed published in The Advocate today on behalf of the Louisiana Oil Marketers & Convenience Store Association (LOMCSA), shining a light on one of the most urgent issues facing our members—credit card swipe fees.

We’re championing the , a bipartisan, pro-small-business measure that would introduce real competition into the credit card processing market and lower costs for both merchants and consumers.

💳 Right now, fees range from 2–4% and cost businesses nearly $150 billion in 2024. These costs get passed on to everyday customers.

Louisiana’s fuel retailers and c-store operators need relief. We’re calling on Congress—including and —to stand with small business and pass this critical legislation.

🧠 Pair this with the and modernization, and we have a powerful, modern financial reform package for Main Street.

Proud to partner with the on this issue.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://app.theadvocate.com/article/lower-credit-card-fees-will-help-la-small-businesses/content.html

Let’s keep fighting for fair fees, strong competition, and a better bottom line for Louisiana’s locally owned businesses. 💪

06/13/2025

🚨 Speaker Alert! 🚨
We’ve lined up a powerhouse group for this year’s LOMCSA Summer Convention 🎉

🎙️ Moon Griffon – Political firebrand & Louisiana radio legend
🏛️ Jim Nickel & Rep. Dixon McMakin – A candid, colorful recap of the 2025 Legislative Session
⛽ Annie Gauthier, 2026 NACS Chairman – A national look at the future of fuel and convenience

📍 You won’t want to miss this one!
📅 Join us this summer and get informed, inspired, and connected.

05/29/2025

Urge Senators to Vote ‘Yes’ on the Credit Card Competition Act!
Senators Marshall and Durbin filed an amendment aka the Credit Card Competition Act to the Senate’s stablecoin cryptocurrency bill. The amendment would require that credit
cards issued by the largest U.S. banks have at least two unaffiliated payment networks -
ensuring competition in transaction routing.

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05/28/2025

Lower Credit Card Fees Will Help Louisiana’s Small Businesses Compete

Louisiana’s small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but we are being squeezed by credit card swipe fees that have grown unchecked. That’s why Congress must pass the Marshall-Durbin Amendment as part of the GENIUS Act—to finally introduce real competition to the credit card market and ease the pressure on Main Street.

Today, Visa and Mastercard control roughly 80% of the credit card market and use that dominance to impose ever-rising swipe fees. These fees—charged every time a customer pays with a credit card—are among the highest in the world. For small businesses across Louisiana, they’re an unavoidable cost that eats into our margins and forces many of us to raise prices just to stay afloat.

But we’re running out of room. Higher prices drive customers away, and the cycle continues. What we need is a fairer system—one where card networks compete on cost and service, not on monopoly power. That’s exactly what the Marshall-Durbin Amendment offers. By requiring that at least two unaffiliated networks be available to process credit card transactions, the amendment will break the stranglehold and give merchants a real choice.

This is not a partisan issue—it’s a practical fix to a structural problem. For too long, Louisiana businesses and consumers have paid the price while profits flowed to Wall Street. The Marshall-Durbin Amendment is our opportunity to change that.

I urge Sens. Cassidy and Kennedy to support this reform. Let’s level the playing field for Louisiana businesses and give our customers a break from rising costs.

Natalie Isaacks
President/CEO
Louisiana Oil Marketers & Convenience Store Association
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