On 25/02/2012 16:25, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

The thing is that the merchant really wants to the driver to enter
the store to buy food or coffee or cigarettes, which are very high
markup items.

The gas station owner probably wants that but the staff seemed to
prefer me to pay up, fuel up and push off without darkening their
doors, and certainly without interrupting their conversation.

At times, merchants make nominal profits on gasoline. I don't know how
fuel prices are set at retail in the UK...

When the crude price goes up retail prices go up and when crude prices
go down this happens - -.


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