Wednesday 02 Jul 2008 | Posted By
Patrick |
Predictions
EDITED AN EARLIER POST: Prices are $4.25 @ benchmark in Indiana! GET GAS! Earlier post: While trees are coming down in Grand Rapids at this hour, I will unfortunately predict that our gas prices will rise. (I’m watching the TV… rain between 6-24″ deep in spots and people are willing to chance HYDRO-LOCKING their engines [...]
Wednesday 23 Apr 2008 | Posted By
Patrick |
Commentary
My Indiana benchmark has dropped four cents since my last writing, down to $3.69. Is there some reason their wholesale costs are that much higher than Grand Rapids? The station in question in Indiana is definitely a high volume station, so their wholesale costs would be more appropriate to benchmark against compared to a smaller [...]
Monday 14 Jan 2008 | Posted By
Patrick |
Commentary
So rumors have been abundant about Speedway canceling its beloved Speedy Rewards program starting January 1. What has changed? I’m not sure. A few posts from GrandRapidsGasPrices.com got me curious- I had yet to hear about anything changing, so I went digging. Here is what I’ve found so far: Coupons violate state law mandated by [...]
Thursday 20 Dec 2007 | Posted By
Patrick |
Commentary
I feel compelled this evening- not to talk about gasoline prices or even anything related to them- but to blog and ask for you to pray for Tina Hagenbuch and her family as she has slipped away from the grasp of life, delivering new life while sacrificing her own. Tina passed away expectedly Thursday while [...]
Saturday 14 Jul 2007 | Posted By
Ed Aboufadel |
Commentary, Predictions
Saturday, July 14, 2007, 10:15 AM: My appearance on WOOD-TV 8 on Wednesday appears to have coincided with a top for wholesale prices. By that evening, as indicated by postings elsewhere on this site, wholesale prices were starting to head down and then BP started up the unit at its Whiting refinery that was contributing [...]
Monday 25 Jun 2007 | Posted By
Patrick |
Predictions
Wow, its been a while. A few incorrect/correct/odd things going on. I called for a hike a few days ago last week, got a text message from Meijer stating prices were to go up, but then it fizzled and nothing happened! What is going on with Speedway? They are either losing money (why would they [...]