A VIRGINIA COMPANY IS PLANNING ON PURCHASING 57 DOUBLE KWIK MARKETS THAT ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. GPM INVESTMENTS, BASED IN MECHANICSVILLE VIRGINIA, WANTS TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE DOUBLE KWIK CHAIN AND OPEN ITS STORE ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AS FAS MART BRAND. COMPANY OFFICIALS SAID A FEW OF THE STORE WILL ALSO OPEN IN TENNESSEE. GPM INVESTMENTS CURRENTLY OPERATES ABOUT 150 FAS MART AND SHORE STOP STORES IN VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. DOUBLE KIWK IS OWNED BY BARNETTE ENTERPRISES IN WISE VIRGINIA. THE PLANNED PURCHASE WOULD INCLUDE DOUBLE KWIK’S THREE BRISTOL STORES AND OTHER STORES IN ABINGDON, CASTLEWOOD, CLINTWOOD, GLADE SPRING, HAYSI, HONAKER, MARION, RICHLANDS, ROSEDALE AND TAZEWELL.