Outlook for U.S. Fuel and Hypermarts in Retail Preliminary Trends and Outlook 2012

摘要

EAI, Inc. (Energy Analysts International) retorts a very slight increase in hypermart fuel sites in 2012, to 4,893, due, in part, to Supervalu selling their fuel locations and Murphy USA, traditionally a main driver, with a small net store decline. There are no major fuel exits expected in the coming year. EAI projects an average net fuel addition rate of just 7-8 stores per month. The company estimates hypermart fuel sales to be 16.1 billion gallons per year with a market share of 12.4 percent. Hypermart market share is forecast to undergo modest increases to 13-14 percent by 2015.