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- 05 Dec
A federal antitrust complaint is alleging that QuikTrip is setting their fuel prices below cost. Parker’s is another c-store chain that is fighting to keep their fuel prices aggressive. These allegations are part of the fuel pricing game for those […]
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- 05 Dec
Retail Fuel Margins Dropping
- Dec 05, 2011
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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
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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
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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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- 29 Nov
PriceAdvantage, a division of Skyline Products, announced today that The Spinx Company has been using PriceAdvantage at its 65 Spinx stores across the Carolinas. PriceAdvantage, a fuel price management solution, has given Spinx the ability to make better fuel pricing […]
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- 23 Nov
Retail fuel sales down 4.5% year over year
- Nov 23, 2011
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The latest MasterCard Spending Pulse survey reported retail fuel sales down 4.5% compared to the same period last year for the week ending November 18. Holiday travel for this year is predicted to be higher than last year, but not […]
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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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- 17 Nov
Sheetz opening 100 NC stores by 2019
- Nov 17, 2011
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Stan Sheetz, the CEO of Sheetz Inc., said in a Fox TV interview that Sheetz will be opening 100 new stores in North Carolina over the next 8 years. Sheetz has previously announced that North Carolina and West Virginia are […]
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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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