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Originally Posted by JamZ28

you're a sack of ****. my dad who worked for an independent gas station for 30 yrs as a mechanic would know and having friends who own independent gas stations. And if you read my comment from b4 it shows that I said corporations make 5-7 cents .

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...tailers30.html

gross profit on gasoline is roughly 3 cents a gallon after paying for supplies and credit-card fees, but he earns 30 cents on the soft drink.

Retailers last year earned an average of 2 to 3 cents per gallon before taxes

http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneursm...lsurvival.html

"At the pump, it's not about breaking even," says Jeff Lenard, spokesman for the National Association of Convenience Stores, which represents 115,000 gas and convenience stores that sell about 80% of the petrol in the U.S. "It's about trying to lose as little as you can."

Gas has long been the loss leader in the gas-station business, where a majority of the profits come from selling snacks, soda and smokes. Lately, though, the economics have gotten decidedly worse.

When gas sold for more like $2 a gallon, they were able to clear about 1.5 cents per gallon.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/byauthor/88656

As gas tops $4 a gallon, that pushes fees toward 10 cents a gallon. Now stations, which typically mark up gasoline by 11 to 12 cents a gallon, are seeing profits shrink or even reverse.

In a good month, Randolph's small operation would yield a $60 profit on gasoline sales.

Check & mate.