LP Gas, December 2010
State of the InDuStry 2010 Continued from page 38 Survivors Newspaper headlines and evening news anchors remind us daily of Americas overwhelming economic troubles and those troubles are naturally felt by propane retailers who have worked for years to keep homes warm and farms humming Of course retailers watch not only newspaper headlines and the evening news to get a feel for the coming heating season they watch the skies For now it looks like most of the country will have a warmer than usual winter when consumers wont need to see a bobtail coming down the road quite as often Forecasters and retailers agree that propane will cost more this heating season than last more for your supply and more for your customers fill up The good news is that 75 of retailers tell us that they expect their margins to be the same or better in 2011 despite Americas gloomy economy Retailers expectations for overhead cost of doing business rose notably over last year According to our survey 65 had expected worse overhead in 2010 and now more than 71 are ex Figure 17 Figure 16 40 LPGas December 2010 www LPGasmagazine com
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