Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: slug on November 27, 2012, 08:30:20 pm
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shell seem to be taking over lots of petrol stations,revamping etc. ithought that the money made at the pumps was so little,so why a big oil firm doing this. inotice that jet seem to be at it as well????
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I would guess that BP may be offloading a load of petrol station sites following the Deepwater Horizon disaster settlement. Although margins may be tight, despite sky high fuel prices, the real estate is worth more.
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having just spent a night at one of the revamping sites , they were changing all of the pipework and wireing from the underground tanks and replacing the pumps , maybe this has something to do with the new ethanol based fuel thats due to be introduced ?
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plus its better to own the stations than let a small independant get them and start undercutting your prices.
Grendel
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Maybe there is more money to be made in the store attached?
Dave
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the one that caught my eye was the one on the a46 north of leicester used to be total now shell very posh. slug
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Hi Slug,
Maybe you could fill up and pick up an exprESSO too {-)
Dave
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Norseman, that wasTOTALly uncalled for
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Just like you Grumpy I ASDA do it - sorry :embarrassed:
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LIDL did I see that comming
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A totAl DIsgrace you lot :D :D
Ned
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Or it could be that they are trying to dispose of money in their assets so avoid a big tax bill...
Unless of course they are corporate tax dodgers...
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It will be interesting to see if any of the refits include Hydrogen fuel top up.
My brother has done a lot of revamps of gas stations. A lot went to mini-mart operations, as there is more profit in that than there is in fuel.
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love the humour ,i asked for it...slug
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So we have to SHELL out more cash for late night milk and tea bags etc to underpin the petrol profits.....
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ASDAy say you dont have to shop there. Have you ever been to the sort of General store/Pub in Ireland where you can get anything including a beer, thats what we need, a filling station and a pub in one.
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I've just been on the interNET TO look for a place like that. Then I had a rethink because there's no SAFEWAY to combine those purchases.
Dave
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Im guessing there's not been much on UKTV the past few nights :)
I hate those silly windows they have after hours, you spend ages in a Q8ing to be served.
Funnily enough, 90% of the petrol stations here are unmanned card operated systems
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Shell are reintroducing service pumps at selected petrol filling stations around the country for all you youngsters out there serviced filling of your cars petrol needs go`s wwwaaayyyyy back in time when petrol was wwaaayy less than £1.00 a gallon
Mark
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I go back to 3/- a gallon( 15p to the children) When decimalisation came in what had been 3/6d (17 1/2P )Where's the fractions on a computer keyboard?) became 35p very soon. When gallons became litres the price was bound to go through the roof, well there are lots more to the gallon. Now I am grumpy so please don't remind me I was earning £20 a week. and my house cost £3000.