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- 05 Mar
US EIA Reporting
- Mar 05, 2012
- John Keller
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In the US Energy Information Administration “Today’s Gasoline Prices” report released today, unleaded fuel prices in the Rocky Mountain region rose $0.14 per gallon, the highest of any region in the country. In two weeks, that’s a $0.24 per gallon […]
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- 05 Dec
A federal antitrust complaint is alleging that QuikTrip is setting their fuel prices below cost. Parker’s is another c-store chain that is fighting to keep their fuel prices aggressive. These allegations are part of the fuel pricing game for those […]
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- 26 Oct
CEFCO Convenience Stores has grown by approximately 60% this year. According to Brett Giesick, Chief Retail Officer quoted in today’s article in Convenience Store News, the reason why Fikes is able to grow so successfully is because of “having the […]
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- 25 Oct
Media Setting Expectations of Lower Gas Prices
- Oct 25, 2011
- John Keller
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One of the components of fuel price management strategies is the public expectations of short term future trends in gas prices. Public expectations of gas prices are influenced by the most recent news articles. Today MSNBC.COM published an article setting […]
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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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