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- 11 Dec
Ever since last July when Valero announced the idea of spinning off their retail division to help add shareholder value, speculation in the c-store industry has been rampant. Would there be a large scale sell-off to a particular suitor or […]
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- 11 Dec
US EIA predicts motor fuel demand flat next year
- Dec 11, 2012
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In their Short-Term Energy Outlook released today, the US Energy Information Administration reported that fuel demand in 2012 will be .3% lower than 2011. The agency also projected in the report that 2013 fuel demand will be unchanged from 2012. […]
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- 10 Dec
In Dekalb County Georgia, east of Atlanta, there are now seven compressed natural gas (CNG) stations providing retail fuel to consumers. Two new stations opened in October, including one with eight fueling bays, making it one of the largest in […]
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- 07 Dec
OPIS reported this week that average retail fuel margins reversed a four week trend and increased by $0.03 per gallon this week. Retail fuel margins are now at $0.198 per gallon. The increase this week virtually offsets the loss in […]
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- 07 Dec
If you’re not already offering compressed natural gas (CNG) as a retail fuels alternative, next year may be the year to start planning for a future retail fuels product offering that includes CNG. Consider the following set of data points: […]
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- 06 Dec
Casey’s announced their retail fuel margins were $0.167 per gallon in Q2 of the 2013 fiscal year. That retail fuel margin is slightly ahead of their stated company goal of $0.140 per gallon. However, retail same store fuel gallons sold […]
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- 05 Dec
In their Annual Energy Outlook 2013 Reference case released today, the US Energy Information Administration predicted the demand for motor fuels will continue to decline next year and beyond through 2040. In other words, the size of the fuel volume […]
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- 04 Dec
NPD reports c-store traffic down 2% in Q3
- Dec 04, 2012
- John Keller
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Today the NPD Group reported c-store traffic was down 2.1% in Q3 of the 2012 calendar year compared to the same quarter of 2011. The report went on to say that major oil company branded c-store chains saw an even […]
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- 23 Nov
OPIS reported this week that retail fuel margins declined for the third straight week. Fuel margins now stand at $0.192 per gallon. That is a $0.022 per gallon decrease from last week. Retail fuel margins have lost over $0.17 per […]
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- 19 Nov
The city of Chicago has selected a new fleet of garbage trucks to be electric vehicles rather than hybrids or compressed natural gas vehicles. The award is based on research using a city bus with the same technology from Motiv […]
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