Call for Participants: Gray, Gray & Gray 2024 Energy & Propane Industry Survey

We are excited to announce that Angus Energy is once again partnering with Gray, Gray & Gray on their 33rd annual Energy Industry Survey! We are pleased to contribute to their efforts to provide companies like yours with key benchmarking data for their present and future success. This year's G3 survey includes a greater focus on workforce development and key business concerns, such as electrification. YOUR thoughtful responses will help develop a “snapshot” of the retail oil and propane industry, assisting you with measuring the growth and development of your business.

Retain Don't Replace

The Power of Pricing Programs

The days of continually raising prices to maintain profits are long gone; survival in today's cutthroat market demands streamlined operations and competitive pricing models. Keeping customers can be as simple as offering the RIGHT pricing program...

Do I Really Need All These Trucks?

When you look out into the yard during the summer, what do you see? Trucks, lots of trucks. Some are out making deliveries, but the rest are there just sitting there, waiting. Trucks are the backbone of your business, and you wouldn’t survive without them BUT do you really need all of your trucks?

PCE: What Is It and How Does it Affect Your Interest Rates?

Did you know that the Federal Reserve (Fed) does not use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to track inflation? The Fed prefers to track a much less familiar index known as Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE). PCE measures the change in consumer spending on the actual goods and services that households are currently purchasing. PCE considers substitutions made by households and is more flexible.

The Dilemma of Unpredictable Delivery Sizes

The Silent Profit Killer

With consumption falling, governmental intervention increasing, and competition becoming wiser and nimbler, it appears the only true lever for a fuel distributor to keep their margins is by increasing prices. However, higher prices don’t help with the silent killer of profits in a world where others are managing those risks. How high will you be able to take prices to offset inefficiencies that are only getting worse? How long will it be till your customers wonder why the competition is cheaper?