Hello phillyboy1960,
Thank you for your interesting question and bringing it to Google
Answers. Here is the data I could find. Not all the recent years are
available, but the data does show growth in recent years of
hypermarkets. Interestingly, convenience stores' sales percentage is
up quite a bit from 10 years ago, but this seems to be because "mom
and pop" gas stations went out of business in favor of the corner
convenience store. Now, convenience stores' market share is going
down rather tham up, losing out to hypermarkets.
The word "hypermarkets" is a term for supermarkets, discount retailers
and warehouse clubs combined.
"Convenience stores sell approximately three-quarters of the gasoline
purchased in the U.S. -- more than $262 billion in motor fuels sales
in 2004. The remainder of the motor fuels sold in the U.S. are through
hypermarkets, service stations without convenience store operations,
and "kiosk" operations, which are typically small convenience
operations with a very limited product selection and limited customer
access." (5)
This Senate document makes the same case that you are trying to prove
(that hypermarkets will gain more and more of the share of gas sold):
"The Production and Marketing of Gasoline"
http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs/042902gasreport/sectioniii.pdf
2005--
Convenience stores 75% of sales
$344.2 billion in sales (1)
Branded oil company stations 52% (3)
Hypermarkets 11% (3)
Costco $3 billion in sales (3)
2004--
Convenience stores 79% in sales (2)
branded oil company stations 55% (3)
Hypermarkets 7.7% of sales (2)
Costco $2.04 billion in sales (3)
2002--
Hypermarkets 5.9% (5)
2000--
Convenience stores 79% in sales (4)
Hypermarkets 3.3% (4)
1997--
Convenience stores 59% in sales (2)
Hypermarkets 0.3% (5)
1995--
Convenience stores
$79 billion in sales (1)
1985--
Convenience stores
$25 billion in sales (1)
1975--
Convenience stores
$0.5 billion in sales (1)
Other 2005 figures:
From NASC Online (1)
* Fuel made up 69.5% of revenues but accounted for 39.9% of gross profit
* 81.6% of that gas is unleaded regular, 10.7% mid-grade and 7.6% premium
"One particular area of growth for fuels sales are supermarkets. In
2003, only 18 percent of new
supermarkets had gas pumps. But almost 62 percent of grocery stores
that were scheduled to be
constructed in 2004 included fueling in their blueprints, according to
the Food Marketing Institute." (2)
"By 2008, hypermarkets are expected to sell 12.6 to 15.4 percent of
the motor fuels purchased in the United States (Source: Energy
Analysts International)." (5)
"Some experts say hypermarket share of the retail gasoline market
could rise from 4% today, to almost 16% over the next three to five
years,2 which is higher than ExxonMobil's current market share." (6)
Sources:
1. National Association of Convenience Stores
"Motor Fuels Sales at Convenience Stores"
2. NACS Gas Price Kit
http://www.nacsonline.com/NR/rdonlyres/e4byydgy5rac32l3xw2ajs53o2jolqw73vsi6roq5dag2vh2hzrx4flprwtlvzgwcjukq434wwsesxqwzspln4ynzxh/Who+Sells+Gasoline+in+the+United+States.pdf
3. Decatur Daily
"Big retailers jump into discount gas market"
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/business/060528/gasoline.shtml
4. "NACS Publishes Resource for Competing with Hypermarkets" Press Release
http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/News/Press_Releases/2002/pr022702.htm
5. "Hypermarkets Entering Petroleum Marketing"
http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/Resource/PRToolkit/FactSheets/prtk_fact_hypermarket.htm
6. J. S. Carter
Regional Director, United States
ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Company
before the
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
http://www.senate.gov/~govt-aff/043002carter.htm
Search terms:
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If you need any additional clarification of my answer before rating,
let me know and I'll be glad to help.
--keystroke-ga |
