Margin's should be low for retailing gas because of so much competition and the substitutability between gas brands. That doesn't mean squat though. Gas companies are so vertically integrated that end use margins mean little to their total profit.
If you want me to shed a tear for the impoverished retail franchise owner then you're barking up the wrong tree. The financials of a single gas retailer are available to anyone who wants to look into it. If the owner thought they would make a killing then that's their problem not mine.
Reggie's point still stands. Gas companies are making whacks of money off selling their own gas. I could care less about individual franchise owners. Boo hoo.
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