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- 05 Dec
OPEC announced on Thanksgiving that they would not cut back their production. According to the Wall Street Journal, Venezuela was pushing for a considerable cut in OPEC production prior to the meeting. When Russia, which isn’t a member of OPEC, […]
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- 11 Aug
Retail fuel margin average up slightly
- Aug 11, 2014
- John Keller
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The weekly OPIS report revealed a slight uptick in the average retail fuel margin across the US. The average retail margin increased $0.007 per gallon to tie the second highest retail fuel margin of the year at $0.276 per gallon. […]
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- 29 Jul
For a while now we’ve been tracking the growth of the Diesel fuel market from the fuel demand perspective and the number of Diesel vehicles on the road. CSP.net published an excellent article here discussing the opportunity for fuel retailers to take […]
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- 18 Jul
The OPIS report today revealed that retail fuel margins have risen for the third straight week. This week the average retail fuel margin is up $0.048 per gallon, reaching $0.276 per gallon, the highest retail fuel margin of the year, […]
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- 11 Jul
Here’s something many people may not know: fuel efficiency improves during the summer months. NACS provides an excellent explanation here, with four key reasons displayed below: A number of factors, all weather related, can increase fuel efficiency by as much […]
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- 13 Jun
Retail fuel margins up over two cents
- Jun 13, 2014
- John Keller
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Today’s OPIS report reveals that the average US retail fuel margin increased for the second consecutive week, this time rising $0.025 per gallon to an average of $0.196 per gallon. That raised the year to date retail fuel margin average […]
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- 29 May
Traffic patterns are typical most of the time. We build stores, sell stores and tear down/rebuild stores based on these typical traffic patterns. Traffic is important to us as we price fuel because we can take advantage of changes in […]
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- 13 May
PriceAdvantage customer CST Brands reported their earnings for their first quarter today. Here are the fuel highlights. Retail fuel margins before credit card fees were $0.139 per gallon, up from $0.116 per gallon for the same period in 2013. According […]
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- 04 Apr
CSNews survey provides industry insight
- Apr 04, 2014
- John Keller
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On page 90 of the March issue of Convenience Store News magazine, there is some interesting survey insight regarding c-store retail fuels sales, comparing 2013 to 2012: 40.9% of c-stores surveyed said gas price volatility caused a decrease in store […]
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- 13 Mar
Comparing CST Brands fuel results to Susser
- Mar 13, 2014
- John Keller
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It’s interesting to mine retail fuel information from financial results of publicly held c-store companies. For example, take a look at the numbers achieved by CST Brands and compare them to Susser for the 2013 fiscal year. Go beyond the […]
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