Not sure how many of you know that Suncor bought out Petro-Canada. Initially they announced that things would stay the same and just keep buying and using as per normal. Well that changed over a month ago when all Sunoco stations raised their diesel proces to match Petro-Can prices. This made them about 5-10 cents higher than Husky, Shell/Flying J and a few others. Esso and some Shells were high as well but not the truck stops. I know in Quebec Suncor has a deal with Ultramar and in Ontario many Ultramar stations were converted to Sunoco and visa-versa in Quebec.
In a recent discussion with employees of the Sunoco system I found out that in the near future a lot of Sunoco stations are being converted to Petro-Canada branding and some are going to other brands such as Husky. I asked about pricing and the thought was the Husky converts would be at Husky pricing. There would be a discontinuation of Sunoco cards and incentives and these would be converted to the other brands incentive programs. This indicates that all stations would be changed to something other than Sunoco.
So the Canadian fueling landscape gets smaller once again and we lose another competitor and we pay more for fuel. We already over pay but this is just another problem we'll have to deal with.
Rob
In a recent discussion with employees of the Sunoco system I found out that in the near future a lot of Sunoco stations are being converted to Petro-Canada branding and some are going to other brands such as Husky. I asked about pricing and the thought was the Husky converts would be at Husky pricing. There would be a discontinuation of Sunoco cards and incentives and these would be converted to the other brands incentive programs. This indicates that all stations would be changed to something other than Sunoco.
So the Canadian fueling landscape gets smaller once again and we lose another competitor and we pay more for fuel. We already over pay but this is just another problem we'll have to deal with.
Rob