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- 19 Dec
US fuel prices drop steeply
- Dec 19, 2011
- John Keller
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According to the US Energy Information Administration “Today’s Gasoline Prices” report, unleaded fuel prices took a big dip for the week. Average fuel prices across the US for regular unleaded dropped six cents for the week, from $3.286 to $3.229. […]
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- 09 Dec
GM won’t sell 10,000 Volts this year
- Dec 09, 2011
- John Keller
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GM announced their goal of selling 10,000 Chevy Volts this year is now a sales goal that is out of reach. With one month remaining in 2011, GM has sold only 6,100 Volts. UPDATE: GM officially announces they’ll miss their […]
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- 05 Dec
Retail Fuel Margins Dropping
- Dec 05, 2011
- John Keller
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In a December 4 CNN article Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said retail fuel margins are on a downward trend as a result of ongoing reduced fuel demand throughout the US market. From a fuel price management and c-store […]
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- 02 Dec
Arco will accept credit card payments again
- Dec 02, 2011
- John Keller
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NACS Online reported today that after 30 years of not allowing credit card payments at the fuel pump, Arco will now allow customers to use credit cards. Arco will advertise cash and credit fuel pricing on their fuel price signs. […]
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- 02 Dec
Fuel demand down again in October
- Dec 02, 2011
- John Keller
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Fuels demand was lower again in October year over year. According to the American Petroleum Institute, and reported by NPNweb.com, motor fuels demand was down 0.3 percent in 2011 compared to 2010. API chief economist John Felmy blames the “disappointing […]
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- 21 Nov
As we finish up the 2011 calendar year, we see electric car sales at a less than impressive number. The Chevy Volt has sales of about 10,000 cars. The Nissan Leaf has sales of about 8,000 cars. As a comparison, […]
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- 18 Nov
ConsumerAffairs.com posted a report that this week fuel prices didn’t track with the price of West Texas oil. That’s consistent with an earlier blog article I wrote saying retail fuel prices are not likely to respond to changes in WTI. […]
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- 16 Nov
PriceAdvantage, a division of Skyline Products, announced today that CEFCO Convenience Stores has added 71 sites to its ongoing partnership. The new sites will be implementing PriceAdvantage, a fuel price management solution that has proven to be invaluable to CEFCO, […]
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- 16 Nov
Albertsons selling gas stations to Tesoro
- Nov 16, 2011
- John Keller
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Albertsons is getting out of the fuels business and selling 51 stations across seven states to Tesoro. From a fuels price management perspective, this means competitor strategies and daily volumes will need to be closely watched as these Albertson stations […]
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- 16 Nov
Mondial Assistance conducted a phone survey of 1000 adults over age 18 in the US and issued a report that holiday travel will be up by 7% this year, from 50% in 2010 to 57% in 2011. Car travel makes […]
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