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- 16 May
Managers who want to know the secret to fuel pricing at its best should be aware that the answer has always been right in front of them. Advancements in corporate technology and software, now more affordable than ever before, have […]
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- 08 May
On the second day of THE Tech EVENT put on by NACS, Scott Hartman, CEO and president of Rutter’s Farm Stores, and long-time PriceAdvantage customer (and user of the software), spoke about convenience store technology trends. “Now we can data […]
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- 07 May
In another blog article, I wrote about how savvy fuel pricing analysts are optimizing fuel prices and margins by focusing on the other grades besides Unleaded Regular. In a recent Today in Energy article, the US EIA revealed that average […]
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- 02 May
Speed is one of the key components of pricing optimization, as reacting to market changes faster than competitors will always keep retail fuels managers ahead of the game. Tracking the pricing strategy of all local competition enables chains to meet […]
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- 30 Apr
Valero financial results: another strong quarter
- Apr 30, 2013
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Today Valero announced financial results for Q1 of this year, and it exceeded Wall Street expectations. From a fuel price management perspective, we’ll focus here on the retail division, now known as the company CST Brands. The US Division of […]
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- 18 Apr
The Pennsylvania state house passed three natural gas tax credit programs, and sent them to the state senate for review. If passed, Pennsylvania will provide financial help for companies to convert approximately 1000 fleet vehicles to natural gas. In addition, […]
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- 16 Apr
In anticipation of growth in the emerging liquid natural gas market, TravelCenters of America announced an agreement with Shell where TA will provide LNG truck stations at up to 100 locations along US interstate highways. These natural gas stations will be […]
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- 12 Apr
According to the latest OPIS report, retail fuels margins across the US had their largest weekly increase in over a month. The average retail margin today stands at $0.268 per gallon, an increase of $0.093 per gallon over last week. […]
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- 12 Apr
In the NACS State of the Industry Summit, OPIS Chief Oil Analyst Tom Kloza predicted wide and volatile fuel price swings in 2013. Mr. Kloza said smart fuel marketers will be able to take advantage of these cost swings by buying […]
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- 11 Apr
Kroger announced they will increase their number of electric vehicle charging stations, in partnership with ECOtality, Inc. This expansion project will bring the total number of Kroger EV charging stations to almost 300. Kroger already operates 60 EV charging stations […]
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