Preparing for the backlash
November 1, 2005 By Patrick Hyland
What have you done to alleviate the terror in the eyes of residents in your hometown who are bracing for a winter that promises higher-than-ever heating bills?
Read More Summer stocks filling the bill, winter’s price a roll of the dice
September 1, 2005 By LP Gas
It looks like we’ll have plenty of inventory. Only it may not be in the right place.
Read More New products go to extremes in the highly competitive grill industry
May 1, 2005 By LP Gas
Hotter. Cooler. Bigger. Smaller. Fire and water, too. Not to mention ice. In many ways, barbecue grills seem to be moving to extremes for 2005, or combining what may seem — at least at first — to be conflicting elements.
Read More ‘Average’ Winter Weather Squeezes Margins, Cash Flow
March 1, 2005 By LP Gas
As January rolled into February, propane marketers nationwide were hoping for a prolonged cold spell to bolster what’s being called an average heating season with fewer gallons pumped and lower margins earned.
Read More Cozy Combo
January 1, 2005 By LP Gas
Hoping to capitalize on its budding relationship with the manufactured housing industry, the propane industry is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy in a $1.3 million project to develop an affordable water heater that also warms and cools the entire house.
Read More Winter worries
September 1, 2004 By LP Gas
Unseasonal weather and growing residential demand will again be key factors in the upcoming winter supply season, but record crude oil prices this summer also should be factored into this year’s equation.
Read More Home Sweet (Propane) Home
July 1, 2004 By LP Gas
The propane industry already has made substantial inroads as the choice of builders and buyers of manufactured housing, but the potential exists for even greater penetration into a market that is getting stronger on a daily basis.
Read More Fire up the grill
May 1, 2004 By LP Gas
Pent-up demand, hot product lines make a perfect recipe for summer barbecue sales
Read More Homework can add to bottom line
February 1, 2004 By LP Gas
This winter is shaping up to be the kind of cold season we in the propane industry always wish for. With bitter cold temperatures blanketing much of the country, this winter will undoubtedly prove a profitable one for marketers.
Read More Making a splash
January 1, 2004 By LP Gas
For most of the nation’s propane retailers, summer is a slow period, a time to regroup after one busy winter heating season and plan for the next. Some retailers — particularly those in the South — stay busy selling fuel for heating swimming pools.
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