Are gas stations franchaise? - GoFuckYourself.com

chowda · 09-15-2003, 09:02 PM

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

post ur answer here.

Spunky · 09-15-2003, 09:02 PM

Yes most are.

Dax · 09-15-2003, 09:03 PM

Franchises.

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

lexr · 09-15-2003, 09:20 PM

They sure are. Probably 95% of them are now. It's very tough to survive unless you are franchised these days.

freeadultcontent · 09-15-2003, 09:28 PM

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

ad-lib · 09-15-2003, 09:36 PM

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.

slapass · 09-15-2003, 09:38 PM

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.

Spunky · 09-15-2003, 09:40 PM

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

detoxed · 09-15-2003, 09:41 PM

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.

PimpRoll · 09-15-2003, 09:44 PM

XXcrowXX · 09-15-2003, 09:45 PM

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

Furious_Female · 09-15-2003, 09:47 PM

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.

XXcrowXX · 09-15-2003, 09:52 PM

true ... the american born's are the ones robbing the stations!

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Dax Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,161	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 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 428	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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ad-lib Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nu Juru Posts: 140	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.

09-15-2003, 09:38 PM	#7
slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,625	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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detoxed vip member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,798	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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XXcrowXX Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: building the 10th layer dante forgot Posts: 47	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 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate, New York Posts: 8,187	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. __________________ Skype: j3nn.com ICQ 160370494 My current favorite high-converting sponsor: CrakRevenue Last edited by Furious_Female; 09-15-2003 at 09:49 PM..

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XXcrowXX Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: building the 10th layer dante forgot Posts: 47	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!