Originally Posted by MNgopher
Originally Posted by TmanP
I guess it'd be that time again... Our prices are still holding quite steady; saw $1.28 at Sam's and most others in the $1.39-1.59 range.
Minnesota average price is up about 12 cents a gallon to 1.59 per gas buddy from last week. Locally, most stations have been going up the last two days into 1.59 to 1.69 territory. There are the usual outliers like Costco and Sam's club, but the other stations that were in their territory are all going up now too.. (Filled one car up weeks ago for 1.14 a gallon, yesterday was 1.59 and they've gone up another 10 cents today...)
I wonder if your having some Speedways in the market plays with the price spikes. (I'm southwest of the Twin Cities a couple hours.)
We have few in the area, none in our town, and a smattering in the area, but they aren't dominant enough to play pricing games to the extent they seem to where that's the case.
We mostly have Kwik Trips, Holidays, BP/Freedom, Casey's in the area plus independents. Our town's stations (KT, Clark, Freedom, Casey's, HyVee, and a few others) have held steady at $1.59 but Holiday just dropped to $1.49.
Interesting...