Snack · beverage · the lot

Snackapalooza

Staff files from editor Eric Lazare on snack, beverage, and CPG — and the fuel trip that still pays the facing.

Lot traffic

EIA week ended 2026-09-07

Regular · the trip

$4.157

+0.086

Diesel · the lot

$5.967

+0.368

The snack and cooler ring still starts at the pump. We publish the gallon as lot traffic, not as a rack-to-pump P&L. EIA source · How we read the trip →

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Regular $4.071 and diesel $5.599 still pay the facing

U.S. regular averaged $4.071 a gallon and on-highway diesel $5.599 in the week ended Aug. 31, EIA said. Those two lines are the lot traffic that still pays a checkout facing.

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Energy, water, and fountain are not one war

Convenience sells cold singles next to fuel. Collapsing energy, water, and fountain into one “beverage war” is a grocery article with a pump in the lede.

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