Another easy Walmart gone

I think Walmart had/has an exclusive with Murphy Express stations for a while. That they going on their own makes sense. Walmart’s been vertically integrating a lot of their portfolios. The meat plants, the milk plants, Walmart Delivery, all the new Great Value products and the new bettergoods brand, etc., and now gas stations? Of course. More control, can easily pass off the part of the business that doesn’t make them money.

As for us? We’re not apart of their customer base. A truck in their lot doesn’t do them any good, even if we shop for groceries. But a lot of trucks don’t patronize the store, but rather damage their property or trash it. Not to mention that we can get them in trouble with local regulations, for noise or pollution. We’re more of a hassle to them. Personally I wouldn’t want us either if I had to manage a store. We’re not entitled to park anywhere we want. We’re only guests and a lot of us are terrible “guests” who were never invited in the first place.

 

Yes there is signs out there saying it will be a gas station. Went by there this morning

 

If anything you should be happy to hear more gas stations are being built. With all this crazy religious talk of ev’s replacing the gas in no time at all it seems the only charging stations around are Tesla built and few and far between but new gas stations are opening up every day seems like.

 

The walmarts in Tejas do sell diesel and i have seen many a tractor trailer filling at one of their pumps. Lol.

 

Murphy oil is head quartered out of el dorado Arkansas. I don’t know if they are owned or just have an agreement with Walmart

 

Some Walmart gas stations are not Murphy Oil. They're just "Walmart". Pilot seems to deliver to a lot of them. They're just trying to cater to customer needs being one stop for all. And also pull in people who wouldn't normally shop there because everybody always looks for the cheapest gas. They should have done it everywhere thirty years ago.

 

Yeah, Costco is also building stand alone gas stations.

 

Just like every other gas station. We have places we haul for that we don’t call for suppliers until we are next in line to load because they want the cheapest possible prices.

 

They were already in the gas game......Walmart has had gas stations going back since the 90s......at least in the south and midwest. Hell when I needed a Walmart, if I saw a Murphy Oil sign, that ws the indicator to exit stage right