Technically, you are correct.
However I made the mistake of ASSUMING logic and reasoning would be used and everyone would be on the same page, I was wrong.......
Should Truckstops Charge For Parking?
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by delta5, Nov 19, 2011.
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For any outfit to claim...$0.05 to $0.50 savings per gallon...one needs to find out "savings in comparison to what"!
The $0.0364 figure came from the average of Chevron, 76, ARCO, Shell, and a few independents in CA (statewide study by Franchise State Board), then compared to other 7 Western States, 11 midwest, and 13 east (of Mississippi river) states. From the annual statement to stock holders of a certain investment group. (I am a member) It is a mail (snail mail) publication...they don't do the online stuff yet.
As to profit margins...the "reduced price" large purchasers (carrier companies) get, figure in to the elevated price when a credit card v cash is used for purchase. So quite often, the advertised "5cents to 50cents" savings is usually gleaned from comparing the elevated credit price to cash cost. -
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or totaling up all collected monies then dividing by total number of purchases thus arriving at the average.
Just depends on how the accountant wants to arrive at the average profit per sale.
Keep in mind....it is an advertising game...whichever outcome will produce the best result in garnering in more customers. Right back to the fact that in order to make a sale, you need to get a customer "in the door"! Vicious circle ain't it?!losttrucker Thanks this. -
So I guess the old saying of "numbers never lie; unless you want them to" rings trueotherhalftw Thanks this. -
losttrucker Thanks this.
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One of these days Im gonna open my own truck stop, and anybody who enters the store wearing flip flops and dirty sweatpants will be escorted off the property by my security guard, Otter.
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