I think they have to continue buying gasoline from Marathon for another 15 years. Besides, in the Great Lakes region, Kentucky and West Virginia, where Speedway is strongest (other than in Chicagoland) who else are they going to buy from?storewanderer wrote: ↑January 6th, 2021, 10:27 pm
Also while Marathon gas is (paying into some advertising fund to get the sticker that says) top tier, Speedway gas is not paying for that designation despite that it is probably the same gas in a given geographical area. That designation means nothing to me, but it may have some worth.
STP is owned by Clorox which makes the additives for Marathon. I think they also make the additives for Exxon Mobil too and from my understanding are pretty much the same thing. The difference between Marathon and Speedway gas is that Marathon has more additives, enough to get the top tier designation. Speedway gasoline only has the government minimum.
Nobody should be hesitant to buy Marathon gasoline. Marathon was part of Standard Oil just like Chevron, the Atlantic part of Arco and ExxonMobil and all of the old Standard Oil companies produced quality products. I've been using Speedway gasoline for years and my cars have been just fine. I stopped using it recently just because of all the gas points I get elsewhere, otherwise I have no problem with Speedway.