I used to work for a company that made gas pumps (I won’t mention names but there is a 3 out of 4 chance that the one you use was made by this company). I still never got the answer to this or why gasoline is measured to one one-thousandth of a gallon.
The credit card reader is both the bane and boon of the convenience store. They really want you to come into the store to buy anything. That’s where there real money is made. Stores make pennies on a gallon if that much. The mark up on other merchandise is sometimes over 100%. However, people won’t frequent a store if they have to go inside to pay. So the ads they serve up on modern gas pumps is a way to recover revenue. Some companies will pay for ad placement at the pump. Most of the time, however, the station is hawking their own products.
I used to work for a company that made gas pumps (I won’t mention names but there is a 3 out of 4 chance that the one you use was made by this company). I still never got the answer to this or why gasoline is measured to one one-thousandth of a gallon.
The credit card reader is both the bane and boon of the convenience store. They really want you to come into the store to buy anything. That’s where there real money is made. Stores make pennies on a gallon if that much. The mark up on other merchandise is sometimes over 100%. However, people won’t frequent a store if they have to go inside to pay. So the ads they serve up on modern gas pumps is a way to recover revenue. Some companies will pay for ad placement at the pump. Most of the time, however, the station is hawking their own products.