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agrees with my question

if the smart move is to sell gas at no profit to get folks to come inside to purchase the high profit items, why charge 30 cents per gallon more?

I worked at a full service gas station in 1980.  Night shift foreman.  Sold around 3,000 gallons per shift, 2 shifts.  Cheapest gas, cheapest cigarettes in Sewer City,  cashed payroll checks and had credit.  could charge all purchases and pay at the end of the month.

1980, highest gas prices in history, went over 99 cents a gallon for the first time ever.

cigarettes were 60 cents a pack, $7.50 per carton

inflation was at an all-time high

I made $3.15/hour as the shift foreman.

no employee discount on any products or services

life was good, decided to go to college in Lincoln

at that time graduating engineers were making around $30,000/year

a Porche 911 was about $30,000

Rust Belt been dying....all COVID and the Democrats who continue to run those states/cities into the ground have done is accelerated the death.

The growth in this country is all in the south/southwest states that are mostly red, business friendly, and have low taxes and less regulation.

Great for Texas, was hoping they'd come to Florida. There is a sh*t ton of cheap ass land in Northern and Central Florida in the center of the state between the coasts and it's a state with a kick ass governor and state legislature that is extremely business friendly.

Moving the HQ usually benefits the upper level managers, not the factory workers.

the crack spread, can indicate refining margins and profitability. Crack spreads for both diesel and gasoline increased in the first several months of 2022.
Gasoline and diesel prices and crack spreads are well above historical averages:

nope, but there's been talk about how messaging can be influential