How Do Gas Stations Really Make Money? We Take a Look...

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
  • Do you ever wonder how these ever larger gas stations really make money? The truth is it is not on what you would think... So lets take a look at how gas stations really make their money. Please follow me on Twitter here: / lukebk

Komentáře • 74

  • @TheBreakdownWithLuke
    @TheBreakdownWithLuke  Před 2 lety +2

    Like this video? Checkout our video on how Golf Courses make their money here: czcams.com/video/TjyeHIECa7I/video.html

  • @BlaqRaq
    @BlaqRaq Před 3 lety +62

    A gas station is seen as a refuge stop. The restroom attached to gas station is the single most important feature of a gas station.

    • @wellsilver3972
      @wellsilver3972 Před 2 lety

      I remember going to a gas staton and needing to pay 10 dollars to use the restroom.

    • @BlaqRaq
      @BlaqRaq Před 2 lety +1

      @@wellsilver3972 Ohhh gosh! Sorry. But I know why they put that system in place though. Some persons think the whole room is the toilet. Lol.

    • @BlaqRaq
      @BlaqRaq Před 2 lety

      @@user-yh9oy2vz5z 😆

    • @richardshufflebottom4011
      @richardshufflebottom4011 Před 2 lety

      I like taking a big ole shit there before I go home

    • @BlaqRaq
      @BlaqRaq Před 2 lety +3

      @@richardshufflebottom4011 I hope you treated the place with respect and washed your hands. If someone else left a mess you wouldn’t have had such a “pleasurable” experience to be broadcasting it on the internet.

  • @MrBrunohrd
    @MrBrunohrd Před 4 měsíci

    The best analysis I saw about the topic. Great video.

  • @The-Real-Kevin
    @The-Real-Kevin Před 2 lety +18

    I deliver fuel and it floors me when I talk to shop owners that are taking a loss on the fuel aspect of their business and are just relying on walk in grocery sales for any profit.

    • @ballstothewall38
      @ballstothewall38 Před rokem +3

      Don't feel bad for them, they can retire selling Energy drinks alone without even taking into consideration the other 1500 products they sell. My neighbor has a QT, he says while gas is not the money maker he can pay himself and his employees with Alcohol sales alone. Gas station owners are filthy rich, especially if they are from India.

    • @Elin-Esteem84
      @Elin-Esteem84 Před rokem

      I haul gas too! I'm looking into buying one or two.

    • @mdjamaluddin1372
      @mdjamaluddin1372 Před rokem +2

      @@ballstothewall38 just let u know ..there is no profit on alcohol ,tobacco and cigs too !!..they are also for customer convince!!!

    • @fazapops
      @fazapops Před rokem +2

      @@ballstothewall38 I've been financing gas stations for 20+ years. Gas stations owners are NOT filthy rich. Some of them do well, for sure. No idea how you define rich.

    • @thething5425
      @thething5425 Před 11 měsíci

      @@fazapopshow much would one make on a highway?

  • @toddwieland7664
    @toddwieland7664 Před 2 lety +8

    The food is carnival and we are adults that need healthy eats
    No Saran Wrap, no pizza, corn dogs, etc. road nutrition is a nationwide crisis

  • @asr5613
    @asr5613 Před 2 lety +2

    On depends on your contract, with the company. In New York It varying from .08 to .10 - .35cents per gallon. After that contact is signed. Your job is to hustle prices in your convenience store. It can’t be seen as a BODEGA OR CORNER STORE YOUR PRICES WILL BE EXPENSIVE TO THOSE CHEAP PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

  • @spyderj3756
    @spyderj3756 Před 3 lety +10

    This is EXCELLENT INFO!!! I'm originally from Michigan. Born in Detroit. Where did you grow up?

    • @wlrqr8258
      @wlrqr8258 Před 3 lety +2

      U still in Michigan?

    • @spyderj3756
      @spyderj3756 Před 3 lety +1

      @@wlrqr8258 No. I'm near Fort Wayne, Indiana.

    • @bobowrathsovine.
      @bobowrathsovine. Před 2 lety

      @@spyderj3756 from Michigan that's really just down the street

    • @TheBreakdownWithLuke
      @TheBreakdownWithLuke  Před 2 lety

      I'm on the other side of the state.

    • @rayval8163
      @rayval8163 Před 2 lety

      He’s from California buddy he lives close to me

  • @richardwarren7492
    @richardwarren7492 Před 2 lety +4

    Interesting. 1970 (my first business) Arco station - gas price 40.9 a gallon on premium (most common type sold then) gross profit per gallon? .08 cents (average station back then 1,000 gallons a day) Gross profit per day 80 dollars. Rewards? Back then, Green or Blue Chip stamps (sometimes 3 times or as much as 10 times purchase) Maps from the company? 10 cents sold for 50 cents. Oil 50% gross profit. Backroom? Usually 1 - 3 thousand a month. Arco paid 90 dollars a month back then if your restrooms were kept clean, inspected twice a month. Gas wars? We ate 1/4 cent for each 1 cent it dropped through a "Sales Meter Subsidy" Coke machine, Cigarete machine, Candy machine, later a Tom's vending machine. Yes, things have changed.

  • @RCdiy
    @RCdiy Před 2 lety +4

    There are also credit card processing fees.

  • @robertvondeusche6245
    @robertvondeusche6245 Před 2 lety +4

    Hey great topic. I could not agree more that the little mom and pop stops are starting to disappear because the majority of people realize that it is supply and demand for everything. Wawa is best known for its hoagies and it’s coffee. I’m not sure if they have a rewards program but as a truck driver I could not agree more that over the road rewards programs are what keep us coming back.
    Free showers and in-store credit, can’t beat it.

  • @michaelcandelario25
    @michaelcandelario25 Před 3 lety +4

    Great information! Keep on doing this it's great !

  • @realrealonerealrealone2182
    @realrealonerealrealone2182 Před 3 lety +19

    Gas stations that have coffee shops are one in a million 🤣 but i like the ideal

    • @TheBreakdownWithLuke
      @TheBreakdownWithLuke  Před 2 lety +1

      Becoming more common I know of several around where I live.

    • @maggew
      @maggew Před rokem

      Very popular in Italy too, load up on liquored espresso and fuel and off you go!

  • @ziggyc4474
    @ziggyc4474 Před 3 lety +3

    I would do 30 to 35 percent private label 🏷 on candy and other snacks

  • @elmeraraniva9370
    @elmeraraniva9370 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice video!!

  • @kidzzone7356
    @kidzzone7356 Před 2 lety

    ironic that BP would pop up I've been working there four mths

  • @princeisreal1636
    @princeisreal1636 Před 3 lety +2

    Word

  • @gborowme
    @gborowme Před 3 lety +2

    Prrfect

  • @fusemalaysia840
    @fusemalaysia840 Před 2 lety

    I take left...since right if God court...
    -:I'm not sure if they keep try to twick

  • @princeisreal1636
    @princeisreal1636 Před 3 lety +2

    relaxing

  • @derekrunyan983
    @derekrunyan983 Před 3 lety +12

    Amazing 9 and a half minutes into the video still hasn't said how gas stations make they're money..
    Ok I'm not even going to watch it. Wild guess! "BEER AND CIGARETTES!!"
    there it is.

    • @techmetal2292
      @techmetal2292 Před 3 lety

      Tobacco is not a very high profit item

    • @saifuddin890
      @saifuddin890 Před 2 lety

      u barely make some cents on beer and cig , specially cig not more than 10% ..and then 3%
      goes on credit card ... so basically your making nothing and doing free customer service

    • @Luckingsworth
      @Luckingsworth Před 2 lety

      He said it at the 4 minute mark. It's food and beverages.

    • @ileiva8787
      @ileiva8787 Před 2 lety

      @@Luckingsworth
      And cbd

  • @davidjwillems
    @davidjwillems Před 3 lety +7

    This cat sounds drunk.

    • @austinvanderstappen
      @austinvanderstappen Před 2 lety +1

      Was thinking the same thing. Slurring half his words and stuttering a lot.

  • @ashmxuth4919
    @ashmxuth4919 Před rokem +1

    Highway tax. look at the mark up on items in a gas station you can buy the same items at Walmart or dollar general for half price or even lower if the owners are especially rotten. I worked in a gas station that sold chips for double what you could buy em at stores.

  • @toddwieland7664
    @toddwieland7664 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m more interested in truck stops
    This is terrible news for designs of new facilities configurations.

  • @Ronal-H-Mihawk
    @Ronal-H-Mihawk Před rokem +1

    very depressing, very depressing. I thought they made millions of dollars per year.

  • @ahmedmoqtassid6547
    @ahmedmoqtassid6547 Před 2 lety

    I like pizza, coffee and donuts

  • @ambientartphotography2245

    On thing I think you missed is how they also make extra money when people use their credit card. Yes it's to cover fees, but it's higher than the fees

  • @arsenandreasyan4562
    @arsenandreasyan4562 Před 2 lety +3

    Sooooo how do has stations really make money? This guy knows nothing about the business

  • @vrajpatel8029
    @vrajpatel8029 Před rokem

    How much money you earn from gas station

  • @doctorsorder414
    @doctorsorder414 Před 3 lety +4

    Do you still think gas stations are a good investment in 2021?

    • @TheBreakdownWithLuke
      @TheBreakdownWithLuke  Před 3 lety +7

      That 100% depends on your location and the competition in your area. They can be profitable but they're a lot harder than they used to be.

    • @spyderj3756
      @spyderj3756 Před 3 lety +7

      @@TheBreakdownWithLuke You don't want to own a gas station. You want to own the property. And the corporate guarantee on that lease..

    • @ziggyc4474
      @ziggyc4474 Před 3 lety

      @@spyderj3756 what is a corporate guarantee ?

    • @toddwieland7664
      @toddwieland7664 Před 2 lety +1

      Holding the vendor hostage isn’t something you can pack in the casket when you die
      And get you right into heaven....
      Lease option is humane

  • @michaelh5055
    @michaelh5055 Před 2 lety +12

    When gas stations claim they only make a penny or two profit per gallon of gas, they are full of chit.
    I have a friend who owns a station. He says a penny or two profit would be about the dumbest business investment in the US. He also says drinks and snacks help, but are not the main money maker. He says gas is typically .40-.52 a gallon profit.
    He laughs at the thought of making only 50.00 profit on selling 5,000 gallons of gas. Says one employees shift at minimum wage would eat up all the profit and more.... Says he has no idea where the thought of one or two cents profit comes from.

    • @Lucky8s
      @Lucky8s Před 2 lety +5

      The National Association of Convenience Stores claims that gas station owners make a NET profit of 2-3 cents per gallon of gasoline, net referring to income after operating expenses (employee wages being one of them) and credit card fees, etc.
      Sorry, but whoever communicated the idea to your friend that gas station owners only make a gross profit of 2-3 cents per gallon clearly had no idea what they were talking about. Should've done their research before talking.

    • @TheBreakdownWithLuke
      @TheBreakdownWithLuke  Před 2 lety +4

      Very likely your friend owns a truck stop selling Diesel. Profit on Diesel is typical in the $0.15 to $0.30 for many truck stops with some in high demand areas getting closer to $1 of profit on Diesel. Gas is typical even in high profit margin areas under $0.10 per gallon profit after all expenses. Remember this is profit after expenses.

    • @richardwarren7492
      @richardwarren7492 Před 2 lety +1

      NET profit Got that? NET not Gross profit.

    • @thisizavian3691
      @thisizavian3691 Před 2 lety

      @@Lucky8s Well that' s not fact. In this video at 11:46 she clearly states you can set your own margins and currently makes 20 - 3o cents per gallon. This was in january of this year czcams.com/video/PZhL6_U9pWI/video.html

    • @righthook5789
      @righthook5789 Před rokem +1

      It all depends on location.
      There are certain areas where the competition makes it very difficult to work off that margin.

  • @ramisandouka1513
    @ramisandouka1513 Před 2 lety +1

    There's no way gas stations profit 3 cents a gallon. Gas station cost atleast a million dollars some are 3mil. They would all be shutdown out of buisness if that's all the money they made