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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
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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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- 09 Nov
Another fuel price war impacts traffic patterns
- Nov 09, 2011
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In Spartanburg, SC, another fuel price war was initiated by a c-store grand opening. Promotional temporary fuel prices for a new QuikTrip caused a race to the fuel price basement. In response to the promotional pricing, the nearby Raceway and […]
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- 07 Nov
The announcement today from Alon Brands Inc. saying they will end the 51-year-old FINA fuel brand and replace it with the brand ALON is a case in point of just how dynamic the retail fuel pricing market is. From a […]
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- 07 Nov
Fuel Price averages drop for third straight week
- Nov 07, 2011
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The US EIA today reported a third straight week of dropping retail fuel prices. Average fuel prices across the US dropped $.03 across the board for Regular, Midgrade and Premium this week. There were fuel price drops across every US […]
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- 04 Nov
Tesoro retail fuel margins at $.16 for Q3
- Nov 04, 2011
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Tesoro reported in their Q3 earnings report that retail fuel margins were down $.06 from the same three months in 2010. In 2011 the three months retail fuel margins were at $.16 compared to $.22 for the same period in […]
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- 27 Oct
Fuel price war drops fuel prices $1.20 in hours
- Oct 27, 2011
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The Ball State Daily News reported a recent fuel price war between two c-stores racing each other to the basement. A new Phillips 66 store kicked things off with a grand opening celebration and a fuel price of $3.19 for […]
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- 26 Oct
According to an article from Cars.com and USA Today, the US Department of Transportation reports that travel on US roadways through August 2011 has reached the lowest levels since 2003. Specifically, travel in the month of August 2011 was down […]
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- 21 Oct
Today Convenience Store News announced that Exxon just completed the sale of nearly 300 c-stores. Back in 2008, Exxon told USA Today they wanted to sell its c-stores because “it’s so hard to make money selling gas and diesel fuel […]
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