Reply #55: I know. They make their money on the auxilliary sales

[Canuckistanian]

That $5 jug of antifreeze or the $7 quart of oil. Oh, and the lucrative candy bar, soft drink and chip sales.

They usually have worse prices than a 7-11.

And a good portion of that gravy goes straight to BP headquarters in Houston (or wherever it is in Texas).

Unprofitable businesses don't hang around long. But the profitable ones stay, and the profits go to whoever's name is on that sign out front.