Plus, true mom and pop gas stations or franchises don’t make their money off the gas, they make it off the stuff they sell inside. I knew an owner that made the bulk of his money off the best dang broasted chicken around. You couldn’t get near his station during lunch. He also let businesses sign for gas and pay at the end of the month, a true mom and pop. He died way too young and a huge franchise bought out his partner. They are currently building one of those massive stores on the site that sells everything because that’s where the money is.
I had a customer once that owned a gas station in a small town. The supplier was selling gas at their own corporate location cheaper than they would sell it to him. He eventually went out of business.
Yay corporate America.
