88 cheaper than 87 in PA?

[hardcore302]

My boss saw this in Hershey PA. What's with the difference in price?

 

[Blinker]

88 is e15. The more ethanol content the cheaper the price.

 

[GSCJR]

Look above the blue unleaded 88 sticker on the left side of the image (above the nozzle) for the E-15 notice.

 

[Rmay635703]

Yeah pretty normal,

That’s why I’ve run 88e15 on and off for 20 years

 

[tnt_motorsports]

this is common in our area, Iowa and up into Minnesota / Wisconsin. It is 88E15 versus 87E10. Usually it is $0.20 or more cheaper. If it isn't I usually use 87E10 because it will get slightly better mileage in our Chrysler T&C resulting in a more cost effective solution.

just my $0.02

 

[hardcore302]

Thanks!

 

[The Critic]

I can't imagine 5% of ethanol being responsible for a 75 cents/gal difference. There has to be more to that pricing structure.

(But I'd use it all day long.)

 

[K-Man]

Ethanol is heavily subsidized. That explains some of the cheaper price, but not all. Note that the yellow E51–E83 pump was at $2.99.

 

[Rand]

Because its sheetz.
the other day I was there and the super 88 was cheaper than the e85 and 87 octane.. which makes no sense because its blended from both at the pump.

here is an oldie.

 

[Slick3914]

Just paid $3.73 for E88 whereas 87 was $4.49 at Sheetz. E85 was $2.99

 

[bullwinkle]

My boss saw this in Hershey PA. What's with the difference in price?
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That's one of the FEW times I've seen E85 cheap enough (relatively) to make it worth losing 25-30% of MPGs! Around here, E85 is usually only 20 or 25 cents cheaper than E10 87, making it a bit of a ripoff.

 

[addyguy]

Would love to be able to run cheaper E15, but it’s not up here.