Are gas stations franchaise?

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  • chowda
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    • Jun 2003
    • 9527

    #1

    Are gas stations franchaise?

    yeah.. so are gas stations franchaisee owned or are they another kind of biz model?

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  • Spunky
    I need a beer
    • Jun 2002
    • 133978

    #2
    Yes most are.

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    • Dax
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      • Apr 2002
      • 3161

      #3
      Franchises.

      As in u can buy one and get in a contract with w/e gas company u want and sell the gas.

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      • lexr
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        • Jul 2003
        • 428

        #4
        They sure are. Probably 95% of them are now. It's very tough to survive unless you are franchised these days.
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        • freeadultcontent
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          • Oct 2002
          • 9976

          #5
          Never own one, EPA fucks your ass with clean up costs.

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          • ad-lib
            Registered User
            • Jul 2003
            • 140

            #6
            I've always been curious about the business aspect of owning a gas station. Not with the aspect of whether or not it is franchised. But rather how much gas stations make in profits.

            For instance, at $1.60 per gallon, how much are they purchasing a gallon for? Also - If you're franchised with Hess (just an example), do your prices have to correlate with all the Hess Stations in your county/city? In efforts of becoming more competitive with your individual franchise, edging out/distinguishing your gas station from the bunch.

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            • slapass
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Nov 2002
              • 14625

              #7
              It used to be real sweet but the margins are very tigth now. .05-.10 a gallon in profit. But if you do the whole package of snacks, pop etc it can be great just don't expect to make much on the gas part.

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              • Spunky
                I need a beer
                • Jun 2002
                • 133978

                #8
                Owners really don't make that much.Prices are only a few cents a litre/gallon.Most go to taxes and the oil companies.

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                • detoxed
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                  • Jan 2003
                  • 17798

                  #9
                  You dont make shit selling gas. You make money selling overpriced food/drinks/liquor/porno in your store. I've seen gas stations with beer sales topping gas sales.

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                  • PimpRoll
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                    • Apr 2003
                    • 1053

                    #10

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                    • XXcrowXX
                      Registered User
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 47

                      #11
                      gas is basically a loss leader / break even ... main profits come from snacks / carwash / in house fast food .... the moneymakers are the regional and district sales guys who determine the price the stations pay per gallon ... had a g'friend who's family owned one and would bitch about how the guy 5 blocks over would get his gas for 5c less a gal cause he was in a diff zone ....

                      bitch of a bus if you own 1 .... nice bus if you own 10
                      If you don't like your job, you don't strike, you just go in every day and do it half-assed .... its the american way!

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                      • Furious_Female
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                        • Oct 2002
                        • 8187

                        #12
                        Not to sound like a racist person, because I am NOT. But has anyone seen a gas station owned/run by anyone other than people from India and Pakistan or Turkey in the past 10 years? Seems like every gas station in upstate NY is owned and run by either Indians or Pakistanis etc. Doesn't the government find this strange at all...?

                        I know that a lot of them have family in this country, who are doctors, they make money here with their medical education earned from their native country, then send their money back home and then the other family members come here and open up gas stations/convenient stores.

                        I know gas stations are very expensive to buy, but I just find it strange that you rarely see any gas stations (at least where I am from) owned by American born people.
                        Last edited by Furious_Female; 09-15-2003, 08:49 PM.
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                        • XXcrowXX
                          Registered User
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 47

                          #13
                          true ... the american born's are the ones robbing the stations!
                          If you don't like your job, you don't strike, you just go in every day and do it half-assed .... its the american way!

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