Fuel news and trends

Gasoline Discounts Fuel Latest Amazon-Walmart Competition Clash
Walmart Amazon whole paycheck // October 24, 2024

In today’s competitive retail arena, Amazon stepped up its game by announcing that Prime membership will now include fuel savings, allowing members to save up to 10 cents per gallon at participating gas stations. This initiative from Amazon comes four years after Walmart introduced similar...

Food and Energy Inflation Data Hint at Disposable Income Pressure
Economy // February 24, 2023

Inflation is making paying for basics of everyday life — food especially — harder to swallow. Earlier this week, PYMNTS reported that the cost of essentials as a share of disposable income was recently 22.4%.   The Friday (Feb. 24) data from the government — via the...

Fleet Payments Firm AtoB Teams With Casey’s to Offer Fuel Discounts
Transportation // November 16, 2022

With fuel costs still high, fleet payments platform AtoB has teamed with convenience retailer Casey’s to offer customers lower fuel costs when they use AtoB’s Visa fleet card. Beginning Wednesday (Nov. 16), AtoB card holders can save seven cents per gallon on all purchases at...

C-Stores, Groceries Use Digital Strategies To Offset Declining Fuel Sales
Retail // February 18, 2021

The everything-from-home economy has brought pain to the pump – and is forcing C-store (and other) operators to pivot. Earnings season has shown the ripple effects of the great digital shift. Simply put, we’re not on the road as much – not for work or...

Interviews & Exclusives
Gasoline Discounts Fuel Latest Amazon-Walmart Competition Clash

October 24, 2024
In today’s competitive retail arena, Amazon stepped up its game by announcing that Prime membership will now include fuel savings, allowing members to save up to 10 cents per gallon at participating gas stations. This initiative from Amazon comes four years after Walmart introduced similar fuel savings in its Walmart+ loyalty program and increased discounts […]

Quick Reads
Walmart to Have 450 Fuel and Convenience Stations by End of 2025

March 19, 2025
Walmart said Wednesday (March 19) that it will open or remodel more than 45 fuel stations this year. By the end of the year, the retailer will have more than 450 Walmart Fuel and Convenience stations operating across 34 states, according to an email sent to PYMNTS Wednesday. Walmart Fuel and Convenience stations are open […]

Fleet Payments Firm AtoB Teams With Casey’s to Offer Fuel Discounts

November 16, 2022
With fuel costs still high, fleet payments platform AtoB has teamed with convenience retailer Casey’s to offer customers lower fuel costs when they use AtoB’s Visa fleet card. Beginning Wednesday...

7-Eleven Parent Company Could Purchase Speedway Gas Station

February 21, 2020
In a move to expand in the U.S., Seven & i Holdings of Japan is reportedly in discussions to buy the Speedway gas station chain from Marathon Petroleum for approximately $22 billion....