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- 26 Sep
Convenience Store News reports that three New Jersey gas stations are being charged with illegal price changes after Hurricane Irene. The stations are accused of raising their fuel prices multiple times in one day which is illegal in the state […]
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- 22 Sep
Employee Error Leads to $1 Fuel Price Mistake
- Sep 22, 2011
- John Keller
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Employee error led a c-store to sell Premium fuel at $2.65, which was $1 less than the correct price. The lost profits were caused by an employee entering the wrong price into the RaceWay fuel price management system. According to […]
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- 21 Sep
Rutter’s has been using PriceAdvantage as their fuel pricing solutions for four years. Rutter’s uses PriceAdvantage on a daily basis to analyze store volume and margin performance, along with competitor movement, to determine the optimized prices at each store. Then […]
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- 13 Sep
CEFCO Convenience stores has extended their PriceAdvantage fuel price management solutions to their 69 newly acquired stores, bringing their total fuel pricing software system store count to 192. CEFCO successfully completed the acquisition of an additional 69 stores on August […]
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- 08 Sep
At The Spinx Company, OPIS Radius reports are providing real-time competitive price imports that drive new fuel pricing strategy changes for 70+ stores. While Spinx Store Managers continue to submit their daily competitor surveys first thing each morning, the OPIS […]
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- 24 Aug
Skyline Products is proud to congratulate Stewart Spinks, Founder and CEO of long-time customer The Spinx Company based out of Greenville, SC, for being inducted into the Convenience Store News Industry Hall of Fame. This Hall of Fame recognizes convenience […]
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- 10 Aug
Fuel Price Managers should base their fuel pricing strategies on the general consensus that retail gas prices will continue to drop through the rest of 2011. USA Today picked up a story from the New York Times, proclaiming that gasoline […]
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- 27 Jul
Valero Energy in their quarterly report announced that US retail fuel margins for the past three months were $.204 per gallon. That’s an increase of nearly $.02 compared to the same time period last year. For the six months ended […]
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- 18 Jul
Competing Against Walmart Fuel Discounts
- Jul 18, 2011
- John Keller
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Walmart joined the retail fuel price loyalty game this summer, partnering with Murphy Oil to offer $.10 discounts on fuel when the purchase is made using one of the Walmart payment cards. Loyalty reward incentives are becoming mainstream across retail […]
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- 08 Jun
The Baltimore Sun recently published this letter to the editor from an owner of a convenience store. It’s interesting to hear the fuel pricing problems this local retailer is dealing with, as people report that his fuel prices are 10 […]
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