Mina Gorgyos

Looking to prepare your gas station for the busy holiday travel season? That’s a great idea, especially due to the fact that this year, falling gas prices are motivating more holiday travelers to hit the road. From celebrating Christmas to attending New Year’s parties, people have a lot on their   to-do  list  during the holiday season. Here are some useful tips for getting your gas station all set-up for the holiday season: 1.  Stock your convenience store with quality products Travelers who stop for gas to fill up their tank are very likely to buy products  from inside a convenience store. So you certainly don’t want to run out of inventory and limit your sales. Therefore, you should have a wide range of products on offer during this high demand season to maximize sales. From gag gifts to phone chargers, make sure there’s a healthy mix of Christmas specific items and essentials so customers hang around and shop more. ...

  A competition asked people to design a service station for a future when electric vehicles dominate. The result looks very different from what we have today.  The gas station as we know it is an endangered species. As electric vehicles gradually make up a larger share of cars on the road, entirely new kinds of service stations will be needed to fuel their journeys. A new design competition has come up with a vision for what those stations may look like, and it’s funded by one of the biggest gas station companies in the world. Parkland , a Canada-based gas station operator with 3,000 locations in 25 countries, is the main sponsor of an international competition to create the electric fueling station of the future . The winning entry has just been announced, and the design envisions a facility where the time it takes to recharge a battery—easily a half hour longer than a typical gas fill-up—is seen as an opportunity to rest, relax, and maybe even explore.   ...