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Originally Posted by ken0042
The pie chart is correct. The guy who owns the local station makes very little on gasoline. The key to remember is your Esso station down the road is likely owned by a franchisee, not Imperial Oil.
When I worked at a gas station the gasoline sales were a break even proposition. That paid for the rent, the electricity, etc. Anything we could sell over and above the gas was profit though. So on a $40 fill up the owner doesn't make a penny. But as soon as I buy a can of pop he's just made some money off me.
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I understand that, the gas station itself isnt raking in the dough, but that doesnt make the sale of fuel a zero profit endeavour. Its just a different person making money.
What I was saying in my original post is that Oil companies try and disassociate themselves with the price of fuel in the eyes of the consumer.
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