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4 comments Tuesday 01 Dec 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Commentary

Recently there was an article and news story on WCPO in Cincinnati about Speedway. In it they said a lot of things TheGasGame readers would already know, plus something I found interesting at first, and one outright falsehood.
They come right out of the gate letting us know Speedway’s secret: Real estate.
“We wanted [...]

0 comments Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Predictions

Chicago Spot: $2.11 UP 0.0616
Fair price adjustment: 0.7948
Fair Price: 2.7662
Average selling price 2.7150
Margin over cost + profit: -0.0512
We are in dangerous territory. The commodities market is up yet again, this time on a weak dollar. Fair price is at break even, which can mean a spike is close at hand. But, we have already had a [...]

4 comments Wednesday 30 Sep 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Commentary

Recently I came upon an article that stated Speedway was ranked the number one gas brand for the fifth quarter in a row. It is a part of a multi-brand survey put out by Harris Interactive as the EquiTrend Brand Survey.
In the survey they ask people about different brands in different categories like favorite [...]

1 comment Tuesday 23 Jun 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Predictions

With almost 24 cents between average selling price and a fair price based on the Chicago spot price, gas has nowhere to go but down right now. If you don’t have to fill up, hold off until prices do go down. Right now $2.50s aren’t out of the question, and are already being seen in [...]

3 comments Wednesday 17 Jun 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Predictions

Yesterday the Chicago spot bounded up to $2.12, sparking the belief in me that Speedway should spike up in all states it was in. Today the Chicago spot dropped back down to $2.07. This puts us in a very tricky area.
Michigan is well above the spike threshold, about 4 cents. Indiana on [...]

10 comments Wednesday 03 Jun 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Predictions

After yesterday’s spike up to $2.85 we saw the bottom completely drop out of the Chicago market, and wholesale gas jump 13 cents to $2.29.  This was for delivery to the Wolverine Pipeline, which covers the lower part of Michigan.  With Speedway jumping up to $2.85 before this climb, and the price being specifically set [...]