"Station owners ask BP for help" by Harry R. Weber, Associated Press | June 28, 2010
Tension is mounting between BP and the neighborhood retailers that sell its gasoline.
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As more Americans shun BP gasoline as a form of protest over the gulf oil spill, station owners are insisting that BP do more to help them convince motorists that such boycotts mostly hurt independently owned businesses, not the British oil giant.
Then WHY the SANCTIONS on IRAN! They will ONLY HURT the LITTLE PEOPLE!
Yeah, only protest when it is officially-sanctioned by the corporate MSM.
That would be gays, global warming, and illegals.
Other than that, they don't want to hear you and it does no good -- or so the agenda-pushers tell us.
To win back customers, they’d like the company’s help in reducing the price at the pump.
Related: BP's Bucket of Oil
They can AFFORD a REDUCTION!
BP owns just a fraction of the more than 11,000 stations across the United States that sell its fuel under the BP, Amoco, and ARCO banners. Most are owned by local businesspeople whose primary connection to the oil company is the logo and a contract to buy gasoline.
In recent weeks, some station owners from Georgia to Illinois say sales have declined as much as 10 to 40 percent.
Station owners and BP gas distributors told BP officials last week they need a break on the cost of the gas they buy, and they want help paying for more advertising aimed at motorists, according to John Kleine, executive director of the independent BP Amoco Marketers Association.
Oh, just like the $50 million they are wasting on PR PROMOS on our teevees?
Seen 'em during the Sox games!
The station owners, who earn more from sales of soda and snacks than on gasoline, also want more frequent meetings with BP officials....
Just shaddup and sell the damn gas.
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Update: BP sends money to gas stations
Oh, look, there is an Exxon/Mobil station.Let's stop there: Mass., Exxon Mobil in $2.9m accord
Really doesn't matter where you go to fill up, does it, America?
