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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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- 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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- 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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- 25 May
Fuel Pricing Speculative Bubble Over
- May 25, 2011
- John Keller
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The fuel price speculative bubble is over, and the market is correcting now, according to Stephen Schork, president of Pennsylvania-based energy consultant The Schork Group Inc. Bloomberg Business Week today reported that pump prices were $1.66 a gallon over crude […]
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- 20 May
Gasoline Fuel Demand Drops 2.2% in Q2 2011
- May 20, 2011
- John Keller
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The American Petroleum Institute issued a monthly report today. Gasoline deliveries, a measure of gasoline demand, dropped by 2.2 percent compared with last year. Deliveries totaled 8.9 million barrels per day. Rising retail gasoline prices seem to have crimped consumer […]
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- 13 May
There’s a great MSNBC news article out today discussing the role of the US Federal Government in helping fuel prices trend downward. The key takeaway for the Fuel Price Manager is that fuel prices are going to continue their downward […]
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- 09 Mar
Casey’s General Stores reported Q3 retail fuel margins were at $.139/gallon. This exceeded the management annual goal of $.135/gallon by four-tenths of a cent. Same store gallons sold were up 3.5% for the quarter. For the first nine months of […]
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- 28 Feb
Retail Fuel Prices Rise By $.20
- Feb 28, 2011
- John Keller
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Retail fuel prices rose by $.20/gallon since last week, according to today’s US Energy Information Administration report. The US national average retail fuel price of unleaded gasoline spiked to $3.38/gallon, a gallon of midgrade rose to $3.49, and a gallon […]
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- 07 Jan
The US Energy Information Administration (US EIA) reported the U.S. average retail fuel price for a gallon of gasoline increased for the fifth straight week, advancing almost two cents versus last week to $3.07 per gallon. That price is 41 […]
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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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