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- 16 Sep
When natural disasters strike
- Sep 16, 2013
- John Keller
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Fifteen months ago I wrote an article about natural disasters and fuel price management because the city of our home office was experiencing terrible forest fires. Since then another major section of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area suffered a forest fire, […]
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- 13 Sep
CST Brands to issue cash dividend on stock
- Sep 13, 2013
- John Keller
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When Valero announced their intentions to spin off their retail businesses, the primary reason was to increase shareholder value. On September 12, the now spun off retail business CST Brands announced their intention to offer cash dividends to stock holders. […]
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- 10 Sep
Retail fuel margins up slightly
- Sep 10, 2013
- John Keller
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The latest OPIS numbers show a $0.002 increase in US average retail fuel margins over last week. The average retail fuel margins across the US are now at $0.171 per gallon. The year to date national average remains at $0.181 […]
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- 10 Sep
Total US fuels volumes continue to shrink
- Sep 10, 2013
- John Keller
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Both the US Energy Information Administration and the University of Michigan continue to release information about the downward trend of US fuels volumes. The conclusions have a direct impact on the c-store retail fuels marketer because both the US EIA […]
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- 30 Aug
Retail fuel margins dip again
- Aug 30, 2013
- John Keller
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According to today’s OPIS report, retail fuel margin averages across the United States fell for the second straight week. This week retail fuel margins decreased $0.018 per gallon and now stand at $0.169 per gallon. The year to date average […]
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- 30 Aug
Four PriceAdvantage customers win CSNews awards
- Aug 30, 2013
- John Keller
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For eight years, CSNews has been recognizing the most innovative convenience store chains in the industry with the annual CSNews design awards. This year these CSNews awards include four PriceAdvantage customers: CST Brands, Cruizers, High’s, and Parker’s. The CST Brands […]
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- 29 Aug
Be ready for more diesel cars on the road
- Aug 29, 2013
- John Keller
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According to a recent CNBC article, next year we can expect to see a lot more diesel cars on the roads across the US. The 2014 US model year should have double the selection of previous years, with 40 diesel models […]
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- 28 Aug
According to AAA, there will be a 4.3% increase in Americans driving 50 miles or more from home this Labor Day holiday. That means between Thursday and Monday we can expect to see more travelers than any year since the […]
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- 28 Aug
The PriceAdvantage team would like to congratulate Parker’s on their grand opening of two new c-stores. These new stores bring the total Parker’s count to 32. Parker’s rolled out PriceAdvantage with an integration to GasBuddy OpenStore, their VeriFone POS system, and […]
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- 26 Aug
Everybody’s out there looking for pennies: Fuel customers are using mobile apps and will make challenging left turns for the promise of saving just a few pennies on a fill-up. Amid this, fuel retailers look for ways to wring a […]
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