Gasoline prices in the morning spoil stations Store Business – SPIEGEL ONLINE

motorists know the phenomenon – and put it in the meantime a. On the morning of the liter of gasoline costs 1.10 euros. In the evening he is suddenly much cheaper. May vary considerably at the pumps the fuel price over the day. For the stations that will be a problem: Because gasoline is cheaper afternoons and evenings, they lack the morning customers.

“This makes the operators to create, because they remain seated in the shop on their breakfast offerings,” said Sigrid Pook, General Manager of the Federal Association of Gas and Commercial Carwash Germany (BTG). Up to 14 times a day, the fuel price change. Between 17 and 19 clock any cost of fuel the least; the price difference to the morning could be ten cents, and more.

Many motorists headed for refueling specifically afternoons and evenings at the gas stations. In the evening, but will buy less; the customer wanted then usually quickly from the gas station down again, said Pook.

lost revenue of around 1000 euros per month

Losing tenants according to the association so around 1,000 euros in sales per month in baked goods segment, for example, for sandwiches. Additional 300 euros go for sales of coffee lost. The tenants want for your shop shop a stable average price, but that’s not realistic. The fuel sales has long been in decline, the number of service stations on the other hand is shrinking slowly.

So the competition is getting tougher. By market transparency point of the Bundeskartellamt, motorists can also trigger the cheapest gas station quickly and reliably. “The result is that the price movements overheat,” Pook said.

Gasoline sales represents only 18 percent of the profits from

The lessee of a petrol station generates annually in West Germany a profit, according to the Association of average 38 410 euros, to the east of 34 637 euros ,

From these profits originate about 57 percent from the shop business and only 18 percent of the commissions for the petrol and diesel sales. The rest is car wash, services and ancillary businesses.