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- 01 Oct
Marathon Oil Retail Fuel Margins Up 26%
- Oct 01, 2010
- John Keller
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Marathon Oil reported in their quarterly financial earnings statement a 26% increase in retail fuel margins. Gasoline and distillate gross retail fuel margin per gallon averaged 13.28 cents in the second quarter of 2010, compared to 10.51 cents in the […]
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- 01 Oct
Convenience Store Traffic And Sales Up In Q2
- Oct 01, 2010
- John Keller
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The market research firm NPD Group reports that convenience store traffic and sales were up for the quarter ending June 2010 compared to a year ago. Convenience store traffic was up 8% and sales increased 11% over 2009. This is […]
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- 14 Sep
Diesel Fuel Consumption Up, E85 Down
- Sep 14, 2010
- John Keller
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According to NACS Online, demand for Diesel fuel in the US is on the rise, while demand for E85 is on the decline. While still not at its 2006 peak demand where it reached 4% of the fuel market, demand […]
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- 13 Sep
CEFCO C-Stores has completed their rollout of PriceAdvantage to 100% of their stores as of September 10, 2010. CEFCO is now using PriceAdvantage fuel pricing software to optimize fuel prices at each of their 124 stores throughout Texas, Alabama and […]
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- 09 Sep
PriceAdvantage V3.3 released-Fully Web Enabled
- Sep 09, 2010
- John Keller
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PriceAdvantage 3.3 is the latest fuels price management solution from Skyline Products and provides a fully web-based version that allows access from any mobile web-enabled phone or iPad. Volume targeting and performance measurements by day of the week, month, year-to-date […]
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- 08 Sep
Convenience Store News reported Casey’s General Stores fiscal year 2011 first quarter results. Included in these results are interesting benchmarks for fuel price management comparisons: Total gallons sold was 358.6 million gallons, up 6.8 percent Average retail fuel margin was 16.4 […]
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- 07 Sep
CSP Daily News reported today the findings of a new Nielsen online survey. The survey results directly speak to fuel price management strategies at c-stores: 45% of households are “diligently seeking” lower fuel prices 63% of households combat high fuel prices […]
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- 01 Sep
PriceAdvantage 3.3, the latest fuels pricing solution from Skyline Products, includes key new features in direct response to customer input. A new reporting system enables fuel managers to gain insight into market pricing trends, store profitability, and price history. Version […]
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- 26 Aug
On August 19, 2010 I wrote a blog article discussing how critical it is for Fuel Managers to be diligent about adapting their fuel price management strategy in order to quickly react to the constant changes in their fuel markets. […]
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- 25 Aug
US National Retail Fuel Prices Drop $.04
- Aug 25, 2010
- John Keller
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According to today’s “This Week In Petroleum” released by the US Energy Information Administration, the U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline decreased over four cents to $2.70 per gallon. That is 8 cents per gallon higher than this time […]
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