>As for production being ahead of projections, I find that hard to believe since we have built not one single new refinery in this country in the past 28 years. Our existing refineries are, and have been for quite some time, running at over 95% of their capacity.<
I seem to remember a couple of refineries were down for several months in late spring and early summer.I remember hearing in the last week that gasoline purchases were lower than projected this summer but i do not have source.
I grew up in my father's service station back when we had gas wars at $.25 per gallon.My dad always said we would get a price war about 10 days after a snow storm up north.(Need to keep pipeline moving.)
I have been a vender to "C stores for 20 years and understand the margin problem fully.You guys need to get the margins up where you can buy and sell more candy for me.
I'm doing my best to help you out, Blessed. Got M&M's on sale through the end of the month. Had to raise my price on Marlboro's to cover my losses on the M&M's. If the Marlboro sales hold strong, I plan to put all Hershey products on sale next month.