From M&S to AH

These two well-known BP motorway stations with Albert Heijn to go will be revamped to OK in June

De Poel aan de snelweg A30 bij Ede is een van de twee snelwegstations van BP die komende maand juni worden vernieuwd naar OK. Foto: Google Street View, 2026

Catom is revamping two major BP motorway stations to its own formula OK in the month of June. These are BP De Poel on the A30 motorway near Ede and BP Elsgeest on the A44 near Oegstgeest. Both petrol stations have had a turbulent history with many renovations and different shop formulas.

The forthcoming refurbishment of the two BP motorway locations to formula OK, is due to Catom taking over all of BP’s Dutch mobility, convenience and charging station activities from 1 December 2025. As a result, over two hundred BP locations in the Netherlands are currently being converted to OK by Catom. This number could rise even higher when independent petrol station operators who currently have BP on their awnings and pumps decide to switch to OK. Branches of Albert Heijn to go located at BP petrol stations will remain unchanged at least until the end of the year with the current renewal operation.

Millions auction

On Monday 22 June, Catom will start the renovation of BP De Poel on the A30 motorway between Ede and Barneveld. The petrol station has been displaying BP colours since 2003, when the motorway was built. During the rental rights auction held by the State Property Agency in September 2018, the British oil group had over EUR 8.8 million to allow it to operate the filling station location for the following 15 years as well. Less than eight years later, this came to an early end with the acquisition by Catom.

Also at BP Elsgeest on the A44 near Oegstgeest, the conversion to OK will start on Monday 22 June. BP had even more money left over for Elsgeest during the 2028 rental rights auction than for De Poel. To operate the station for the next 15 years, the oil giant put no less than 12.5 million euros on the table. During the same lease rights auction, only the sites Bijleveld (over 24 million euros by TotalEnergies) and De Andel (21.9 million euros by Shell) paid more.

Turbulent history

Tank location Elsgeest has had a turbulent history. In October 2013, for instance, the petrol station in BP colours became one of the first six Marks & Spencer branches in the Netherlands. This ended two years later when the plug was pulled on the project after disappointing results. Following this, a Wild Bean Café was built. Then, in January 2022, a so-called ‘extended’ Albert Heijn to go opened. To realise the extra-large convenience store, the Wild Bean Café that sat there was demolished. With the upcoming conversion of De Poel and Elsgeest, the Albert Heijn to go branches at the petrol stations will be retained.

Both De Poel and Elsgeest petrol stations should open their doors in the new look of OK after Friday 3 July.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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