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- 10 Nov
In the November 9, 2011 edition of the US Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook report, the US government predicts unleaded retail prices to average $2.84/gallon this winter. That’s $.19 per gallon higher than last winter. This prediction is based […]
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- 10 Nov
Royal Farms is now using PriceAdvantage as their exclusive fuel price management solution at all 95 stores. With PriceAdvantage, Royal Farms has fully automated their fuel price management system, giving them complete command and control over the Skyline electronic price […]
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- 19 Oct
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal quotes Xavier Mosquet, Sr. Director and Managing Partner (Detroit) of Boston Consulting Group, as saying fuel prices must be at $8 to $9 per gallon before electric cars will be cost effective […]
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- 13 Oct
Recently three different retailers have announced they’ll be offering charging stations for electric cars. Two of the three are traditional fuel retailers: BP/Arco, and Murphy. The third retailer to announce the charging stations is Best Buy. BP announced they’ll install […]
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- 12 Oct
National Fuel Prices Post Largest Gain In Weeks
- Oct 12, 2010
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In today’s US Energy Information Administration release of the latest weekly retail fuel prices, the average national price for all grades rose more than $.08 per gallon from the previous week. That’s the largest price increase in over six weeks. […]
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- 05 Oct
Just How Important Are C-Stores For Retail Fuel?
- Oct 05, 2010
- John Keller
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Just how important is the c-store industry to the American economy, and the retail fuel industry specifically? Take a look at these statistics from an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as reported by NACS Online: There are 144,500 convenience stores in […]
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- 01 Oct
Marathon Oil Retail Fuel Margins Up 26%
- Oct 01, 2010
- John Keller
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Marathon Oil reported in their quarterly financial earnings statement a 26% increase in retail fuel margins. Gasoline and distillate gross retail fuel margin per gallon averaged 13.28 cents in the second quarter of 2010, compared to 10.51 cents in the […]
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- 01 Oct
Convenience Store Traffic And Sales Up In Q2
- Oct 01, 2010
- John Keller
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The market research firm NPD Group reports that convenience store traffic and sales were up for the quarter ending June 2010 compared to a year ago. Convenience store traffic was up 8% and sales increased 11% over 2009. This is […]
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- 14 Sep
Diesel Fuel Consumption Up, E85 Down
- Sep 14, 2010
- John Keller
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According to NACS Online, demand for Diesel fuel in the US is on the rise, while demand for E85 is on the decline. While still not at its 2006 peak demand where it reached 4% of the fuel market, demand […]
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- 13 Sep
CEFCO C-Stores has completed their rollout of PriceAdvantage to 100% of their stores as of September 10, 2010. CEFCO is now using PriceAdvantage fuel pricing software to optimize fuel prices at each of their 124 stores throughout Texas, Alabama and […]
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