Gas Prices and big difference
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My experience with Kum & Go is they will jack up gas prices, especially in isolated areas where there is no competition. Casey's is usually fairly consistent in an area regardless.
That QuikTrip on 1st always seems to have really low prices. That and Sams and Fleet farm seem to stay low as well.
Correct. I can't speak to Sam's but QT is always quite low, sometimes the same as Fleet Farm or perhaps 2-3 cents higher. And like Fleet Farm, nearby stations don't match QT either.
It's 2.21-2.23 south of Muscatine (from Wapello to Burlington)
I'm convinced WDM gas prices are high because all the stay-at-homes need to fill up their suburbans every 5 days running their kids around town
High demand = High prices
High demand = High prices
Yeah it makes no sense to me. I usually go up to Ankeny on my way back from work and fill up. It really makes a difference. The $0.33 difference right now means about $3.30 in savings when I fill up as I usually get a little more than 10 gallons. When you factor in how far out of the way it is you save a decent amount. That’s 1.5 gallons which could get me like 60 miles on my MPG right now.
Couldn't even tell you what gas is priced at here in the Twin Cities. 
Car gets to "E" and I just pull in and fill up. I could check the rumpled receipt in the center counsel.
Edit: I do know a decent French rosé runs the equivalent of $75/gallon.
Car gets to "E" and I just pull in and fill up. I could check the rumpled receipt in the center counsel.
Edit: I do know a decent French rosé runs the equivalent of $75/gallon.
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I used to be a loyal user of Gas Buddy but gave up on it as people reporting prices didn't seem to look at which octane or ethanol content they were reporting on and they were always messed up.
Maybe I will try and get back into it.
A local monopoly at the wholesale level would make the most sense.
This, incidentally, was part of the reason why the arrival of "big box" retailers was a boon to the American consumer -- mom 'n' pop Main Street establishments have a warm, fuzzy glow of nostalgia about them nowadays, but they could be pretty cutthroat about segmenting the market between themselves (one store for clothes, one store for meat, one store for produce, etc.) and extracting those monopoly rents from their local areas.
This, incidentally, was part of the reason why the arrival of "big box" retailers was a boon to the American consumer -- mom 'n' pop Main Street establishments have a warm, fuzzy glow of nostalgia about them nowadays, but they could be pretty cutthroat about segmenting the market between themselves (one store for clothes, one store for meat, one store for produce, etc.) and extracting those monopoly rents from their local areas.
In their defense we have so many damn blends it's a PITA to keep track of them all and what your car can't and can't take.
Sometimes when I think about it I'll put in 'gas prices' in Google maps on my phone. Doesn't have prices for every station all the time, but it's been helpful at times.
Might not help your problem with being specific enough, though. I'm usually just rocking the regular 87 super unleaded.
Would depend on where Google get's their data from. I believe that Waze uses GasBuddy as well. It generally doesn't matter to me what the price is as at least around CR they are fairly stable from station to station. There are a few that are lower and higher always though.
Prices were usually the same in Ankeny at any station until Sam's came in. They were usually 10-15 cents lower than any other Ankeny gas station. When Fleet Farm built right next to Sam's they had a price war. For that first year those two would be almost 20 cents lower than anywhere else.
When Wal-Mart installed its own gas station, the two Casey's that straddle the McDonald's in Ankeny found they finally had to match that station. The Casey's right over the Oralabour bridge doesn't lower its price.
Now Kwik Star just opened along Oralabour in Ankeny and they've got lower prices too. Their 88 octane E10 gas is cheaper ($2.10-$2.12) than everyone else's 87 E10. If you joined their rewards program you got another 10 cents off. Ankeny is getting a second Kwik Star in the coming months along 36th Street. Great stores! Cheaper milk, eggs, butter and stuff like that.
When Wal-Mart installed its own gas station, the two Casey's that straddle the McDonald's in Ankeny found they finally had to match that station. The Casey's right over the Oralabour bridge doesn't lower its price.
Now Kwik Star just opened along Oralabour in Ankeny and they've got lower prices too. Their 88 octane E10 gas is cheaper ($2.10-$2.12) than everyone else's 87 E10. If you joined their rewards program you got another 10 cents off. Ankeny is getting a second Kwik Star in the coming months along 36th Street. Great stores! Cheaper milk, eggs, butter and stuff like that.
Everyone needs to remember that half of Ames population are not actual Ames residents. So many are leaving town every weekend or so and that creates a decent demand but also stations are just able to charge more.
Couldn't even tell you what gas is priced at here in the Twin Cities.
Car gets to "E" and I just pull in and fill up. I could check the rumpled receipt in the center counsel.
Edit: I do know a decent French rosé runs the equivalent of $75/gallon.
Same here. Saving .10/gal for the whopping $1.50 it will save me isn't as important as my time.
Get off my lawn! The stepping over dollars to pick up dimes on this site will never cease to amaze me.
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