Another decline in gas prices helped fuel Americans’ optimism about the economy to near record levels, according to the latest NACS Consumer Fuels Survey. The U.S. convenience store industry sells an estimated 80% of the fuel sold in the country, and NACS has conducted monthly surveys related to economic issues since January 2013. Drivers report…
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Irish fuel retailer moves into the U.S.
AppleGreen, Ireland´s largest independent motorway service station group, has expanded its business in the U.S. with a $5.4 million deal to acquire a large forecourt network in South Carolina. On Thursday AppleGreen reached an agreement to acquire the trade and certain assets of Bob Brandi Inc and Bob Brandi Stores, including 42 sites located around…
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QuikTrip the best valued fuel retailer in the U.S.
QuikTrip, Costco and RaceTrac capture top marks in Energypoint Research’s latest independent gas retailers customer satisfaction survey. Results from EnergyPoint Research’s recently completed 2017 Gasoline Retailers Survey indicate customers’ satisfaction with U.S. gasoline retailers is down from a year ago. These findings are released just as drivers hit the road for what is expected to…
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Germany’s first LNG bunkering station to serve Europe’s busiest waterway
PitPoint.LNG, a joint venture formed by PitPoint clean fuels and Primagaz Nederland BV, will build the first shore-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering station of Germany in the harbor of Cologne. It will serve the vessels that sail on the river Rhine, the busiest transport waterway of Europe, according to a company release. In addition,…
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