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- 21 Nov
As we finish up the 2011 calendar year, we see electric car sales at a less than impressive number. The Chevy Volt has sales of about 10,000 cars. The Nissan Leaf has sales of about 8,000 cars. As a comparison, […]
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- 18 Nov
ConsumerAffairs.com posted a report that this week fuel prices didn’t track with the price of West Texas oil. That’s consistent with an earlier blog article I wrote saying retail fuel prices are not likely to respond to changes in WTI. […]
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- 17 Nov
Sheetz opening 100 NC stores by 2019
- Nov 17, 2011
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Stan Sheetz, the CEO of Sheetz Inc., said in a Fox TV interview that Sheetz will be opening 100 new stores in North Carolina over the next 8 years. Sheetz has previously announced that North Carolina and West Virginia are […]
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- 16 Nov
PriceAdvantage, a division of Skyline Products, announced today that CEFCO Convenience Stores has added 71 sites to its ongoing partnership. The new sites will be implementing PriceAdvantage, a fuel price management solution that has proven to be invaluable to CEFCO, […]
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- 16 Nov
Albertsons selling gas stations to Tesoro
- Nov 16, 2011
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Albertsons is getting out of the fuels business and selling 51 stations across seven states to Tesoro. From a fuels price management perspective, this means competitor strategies and daily volumes will need to be closely watched as these Albertson stations […]
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- 16 Nov
The Bespoke Investment Group issued a statement saying that despite crude prices topping $100 a barrel today, retail fuels prices are not likely to rise in response. That’s because Bespoke says retail fuels prices have been responding much more closely […]
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- 16 Nov
Mondial Assistance conducted a phone survey of 1000 adults over age 18 in the US and issued a report that holiday travel will be up by 7% this year, from 50% in 2010 to 57% in 2011. Car travel makes […]
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- 09 Nov
Another fuel price war impacts traffic patterns
- Nov 09, 2011
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In Spartanburg, SC, another fuel price war was initiated by a c-store grand opening. Promotional temporary fuel prices for a new QuikTrip caused a race to the fuel price basement. In response to the promotional pricing, the nearby Raceway and […]
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- 09 Nov
Susser Holdings
- Nov 09, 2011
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Retail fuel margins for the third quarter were 21.9 cents per gallon, versus 18.5 cents in the third quarter of 2010. For the first three quarters of 2011 retail fuel margins were 19.2 cents per gallon compared to 15.3 cents […]
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- 08 Nov
Travel Centers Reports Retail Fuel Margins
- Nov 08, 2011
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In their Q3 results, TravelCenters of America announced retail fuel margins of $.155 for the quarter and $.151 for the 9 month period. For the same periods in 2010 TA retail fuel margins were $.150 and $.136. Total fuel sales […]
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