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- 03 Nov
PriceAdvantage customer CST Brands opened yet another store last week, this time in Humble Texas, which is in the Houston Metropolitan area. As part of the opening ceremony, CST Brands presented a check for $5000 to the Humble High School […]
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- 03 Oct
Retail fuel margins lower
- Oct 03, 2014
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The OPIS report today revealed the average retail fuel margin across the US dropped again this week, down $0.027 to $0.214 per gallon. The equivalent day in 2013 we had an average of $0.255. That makes the second consecutive week […]
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- 15 Sep
Retail fuel prices expected to drop
- Sep 15, 2014
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Brian Milne, Energy Editor for Schneider Electric, contributed another excellent update on Convenience Store Decisions today. From a fuel price management perspective, the key takeaways are as follows: Brent crude oil dropped into the mid $90s bbl, below $100 bbl for […]
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- 05 Sep
There’s a great article on CNBC about how “mom and pop shops are flying to the cloud“, explaining how small businesses are now able to leverage cloud technology and bypass large infrastructure investments to level the playing field against much […]
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- 30 Aug
The OPIS report today showed the average retail fuel margin across the US dropped for the third consecutive week, down $0.012 to $0.211 per gallon. The year to date average increased slightly to $0.185 per gallon, while average for the quarter […]
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- 30 Aug
The Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper interviewed Kim Bowers, the CEO of CST Brands, which recently acquired the chain of Nice N Easy stores in New York. The full interview can be found here. Ms. Bowers’ daughter attends Hamilton College and frequented […]
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- 27 Jun
Gas tax changes ahead for California and Indiana
- Jun 27, 2014
- John Keller
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As reported by CSPNet.com, gas taxes will change in California and Indiana on July 1. In California, the excise gas tax will drop $0.035 per gallon from $0.395 to $0.36 per gallon for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, ending June 30, […]
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- 29 May
Traffic patterns are typical most of the time. We build stores, sell stores and tear down/rebuild stores based on these typical traffic patterns. Traffic is important to us as we price fuel because we can take advantage of changes in […]
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- 23 May
Retail fuel margins drop this week
- May 23, 2014
- John Keller
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According to the OPIS report today, the average US retail fuel margin dropped $0.06 per gallon this week to $0.188 per gallon. The year to date average is $0.162 and the Q2 average is $0.169 per gallon. The six week […]
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- 09 May
The OPIS report today revealed that the average retail fuel margin across the US jumped by $0.056 per gallon this week. That’s the largest jump since January 10. That’s also the third consecutive weekly increase. The average retail fuel margin […]
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