Buc-ee's

[scottk]

I Saw something on Reddit that might give an explanation to why Bucees hasn't opened shop in Oklahoma. It has to do with it being illegal to sell gas below wholesale price in Oklahoma.

Don't Costco and Sam's do this or are they selling it right at the bare minimum?

[jedicurt]

Don't Costco and Sam's do this or are they selling it right at the bare minimum?

this was an argument here a lot when Walmart started doing fuel with the supercenters in 1997. they were found to often be selling either at wholesale cost, or just above it. when the State of Oklahoma investigated (in I believe 2001) they couldn't find a case where it was ever sold below the wholesale price.

EDIT with updates. yes it was 2001 when the investigation took place. and apparently after the end of the original Walmart-Murphy fuels partnership, Murphy started to charge more, and now doesn't even sell just as wholesale, according to an investors call in 2019