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- 21 Feb
According to Convenience Store News, an increasing number of grocers are entering the retail fuels business. Many grocers see the fuels business as a way to compete against the much larger national retail chains like HEB and Walmart. Grocers also […]
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- 13 Dec
The PriceAdvantage team is excited to announce the successful implementation of Telapoint SmartReplenish with PriceAdvantage, where fuel volumes are pushed from SmartReplenish to PriceAdvantage, allowing fuel analysts to quickly adjust fuel pricing strategies based on near real-time fuel sales. With access to […]
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- 25 Nov
In a recent update, J.P. Morgan announced they will begin financial coverage of CST Brands and Murphy USA. In their initial report, they make specific mention of their preference to the CST Brands strategy of focusing on higher margin in-store […]
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- 19 Nov
Rafe VanDenBerg is the editor-in-chief at MindBrew and contributor to PricingBrew, the online community for pricing professionals. He just wrote an article titled “Are pricing people too isolated to innovate?”. While this article was addressed to B2B pricing professionals, the […]
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- 18 Nov
In the latest financial report from CST Brands, for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2013, there is an interesting note about how the company has shifted its fuel pricing strategy since the spin-off from Valero. On page 37 of […]
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- 14 Nov
When analyzing the overall profitability of a c-store, there’s a fundamental question that needs to be answered: do increased fuel volumes correlate to increased in-store sales and therefore overall store profits? Some would argue the answer is “of course – […]
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- 08 Nov
In October 2013, PetrolPlaza recorded an interview with me to discuss the unveiling of the new PriceAdvantage “Margin Percentage” report. The full interview can be found here. This new report allows retail fuel managers to view retail fuel margins as […]
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- 05 Nov
In the second quarterly financial report since spinning off from Valero, CST Brands reported a successful quarter of effectively implementing fuel pricing strategies that balanced fuel margins and fuel volumes. These strategies varied according to the market profile of the […]
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- 22 Oct
A USA Today article titled “Park, pump and pig out” touts the c-store trend of offering gourmet food. PriceAdvantage customers Parker’s, Rutter’s, and Sheetz are mentioned specifically, and Greg Parker is quoted briefly. Here’s a clip from the article: “We […]
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- 16 Oct
California plans to increase the number of hydrogen fueling stations in their state from 9 to 109 over the next ten years, according to PetrolPlaza news. Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill committing $20 million per year to build out […]
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