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Gas
Station Industry Tips:
Who purchases gasoline? (Gender)
Who purchases gasoline? (United States Region)
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South 81%
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West 59%
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East 45%
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Midwest 66%
What types of payment are used to purchase gasoline?
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Debit Card 57%
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Major Credit Card 34%
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Branded Gas Card 18%
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Other 1%
How often does gasoline buyers visit and purchase something
from the convenience store?
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All the time 3%
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Almost every time 16%
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Sometime 49%
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Seldom 38%
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Never 7%
The
other locations to purchase gasoline?
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Gas
Station locations 47%
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Mass
Merchandisers (eg. Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target) 18%
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Warehouse
Clubs (eg. BJ's, Costco, Sam's) 16%
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Supermarkets
(eg. Albertson's, Safeway, Kroger) 12%
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Drugstores
(eg.
Walgreens) 7%
Common mistakes made by 1st time Gas Station
Investors!
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Under or over estimating your gas station forecasted
financials.
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Under capitalizing.
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Lacking the operational gas station experience.
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Choosing a poor location.
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Not including your risk factors into your gas station business
plan.
See below for some security tips and measures to
think about for your gas station and convenience store.
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Installing a closed-circuit TV at the cash register so
customers can see that they are being watched. This can alleviate a
lot of in store theft by employees.
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Also installing a security camera by the cash register so you
the owner can watch the actions of your convenience store cashier.
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Try installing an automated bill reader/cash counter built
into your safe for added security measures.
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Count your cigarettes and lottery daily and your beer/wine and
soda weekly. This is a good action to do to make sure customers or
employees are not stealing from you. NOTE: Also double check your
purchase order when merchandise is delivered to your convenience
store. There have been stories of gas station owners not receiving
their complete beer or soda orders. (If you (gas station owner)
ordered 10 cases of beer, make sure you check that 10 cases of the
beer you ordered was delivered).
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Place mirrors in places where customers will not expect to see
them. This has proven to cut down theft by 60 percent.
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Prosecute offenders so it never happens again and let it be an
example for other possible theft attempters.
See below for a list of merchandise that is purchased in
a convenience store by gas station customers. (Test was conducted
over a one month span.)
Cigarette Fines!
The most popular gasoline purchased at gas stations!
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Unleaded Regular 87%
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Premium Unleaded 9%
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Super Unleaded 4%
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Diesel 1%
Customer
Reviews:
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thought the website was
well-organized and made it
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gas station guide. The
selection was good, and I
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ordering and delivery process.
- Sadia, New Jersey
I
was amazed at how easy it
was to print out the gas
station business plan, that
was already written on the
disk that was sent with my
gas station business plan
guide. I just made some
minor
adjustments by entering my
corporate gas station
business information and some
details of
the proposed gas station I
wanted to invest in and
printed the gas station
business plan out
from my home printer.
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Wayne, California
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