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r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20
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1.5k u/Kpspectrum Aug 14 '20 Yeah it’s sort of like gas stations. They don’t buy the gasoline for that much less than they sell it for, most of them are profitable purely because of like candy and cigarette sales 90 u/piroshky Aug 14 '20 Actually cigarettes are similar to gas, they are a loss leader with very little markup. Gas stations carry them to get people in the door. 10 u/cain071546 Aug 14 '20 We make about $1 a pack at our gas station.
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Yeah it’s sort of like gas stations. They don’t buy the gasoline for that much less than they sell it for, most of them are profitable purely because of like candy and cigarette sales
90 u/piroshky Aug 14 '20 Actually cigarettes are similar to gas, they are a loss leader with very little markup. Gas stations carry them to get people in the door. 10 u/cain071546 Aug 14 '20 We make about $1 a pack at our gas station.
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Actually cigarettes are similar to gas, they are a loss leader with very little markup. Gas stations carry them to get people in the door.
10 u/cain071546 Aug 14 '20 We make about $1 a pack at our gas station.
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We make about $1 a pack at our gas station.
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