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- 01 Oct
Ever since Valero reported in their most recent quarterly earnings that they would like to divest their retail stores, there has been all kinds of speculation around what that divestiture might look like. Recently Reuters released a story that several […]
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- 27 Sep
The US Energy Information Administration reported that gasoline consumption for the first half of 2012 was down .3% compared to the first half of 2011. The year over year economic growth of 2012 was more than offset by the increased […]
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- 26 Sep
On April 30 of this year when Energy Transfer Partners announced they were acquiring Sunoco, it left the fate of Sunoco’s 4,900 c-stores uncertain. Analysts speculate ETP will sell the 4,900 stores because the stores don’t fit well with the […]
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- 25 Sep
There is general consensus from NACS and fuel management analysts that for the next 20 years, liquid petroleum fuels will continue to be the predominant energy source for how consumers power their vehicles. And though electric vehicles have yet to […]
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- 20 Sep
Both Valero and Susser have decided to go through a spinoff of part of their business, each with the same goal in mind. Sam Susser, the CEO of Susser Holdings Corp. said in an earnings call last month that the […]
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- 10 Sep
Casey’s announced their retail fuel margins were $0.149 per gallon in Q1 of the 2013 fiscal year. That retail fuel margin is slightly ahead of their stated company goal of $0.140 per gallon. Retail fuel margins for the same period […]
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- 27 Aug
BP has temporarily stopped distributing Premium and Midgrade gasoline to the Chicago area in order to further test the fuel from the Milwaukee terminal. Regular unleaded gasoline has already passed these quality tests and is in distribution to Northwest Indiana, […]
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- 27 Aug
Congratulations to Sheetz on their 426th Store
- Aug 27, 2012
- John Keller
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Congratulations to Sheetz as they open their 426th store. Sheetz has been using PriceAdvantage as a key part of their gasoline pricing strategy for over three years and has credited PriceAdvantage with an estimated annual savings of $141,000. PriceAdvantage has […]
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- 21 Aug
A number of articles in the press are proclaiming that experts predict retail gasoline prices will drop after Labor Day. For example, in the Houston Chronicle, Tom Kloza, the chief oil analyst at OPIS is quoted as saying “I suspect […]
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- 17 Aug
California Gas Price Increases Expected to Stop
- Aug 17, 2012
- John Keller
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According to an article in the LA Times, the gasoline price increases caused by the Chevron Richmond refinery fire are likely to stop. A spokesman for the Automobile Club of Southern California was quoted as saying “It appears that wholesale […]
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