{"id":1567814,"date":"2022-07-23T15:34:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567814"},"modified":"2022-07-23T15:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T19:34:09","slug":"va-gas-stations-slash-prices-below-3-a-gallon-in-friendly-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/va-gas-stations-slash-prices-below-3-a-gallon-in-friendly-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"VA Gas Stations Slash Prices Below $3 A Gallon In \u2018Friendly Competition\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fva-gas-stations-slash-prices-below-3-a-gallon-in-friendly-competition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A pair of neighboring gas stations in western Virginia have slashed their prices to under $3 a gallon in a \u201cfriendly competition\u201d to help their community in the face of sky-high gas prices nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>GB and One Stop Mart are two neighboring gas stations on Main Street in Altavista, Virginia, about 25 miles south of Lynchburg and about 120 miles west of Richmond. The two stations have cut prices well below the national and statewide averages as part of an ongoing battle to see which business can offer the lowest price in town. The owners have described the price war as a \u201cfriendly competition\u201d between two businesses, and as a way to help give back to their community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s\u2026 a good way to give back to the community, even though we\u2019re going down with the gas prices,\u201d GB Fuel Manager Andy Gill told Lynchburg-based ABC affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/friendly-rivalry-gas-stations-fight-cheapest-gas-gb-one-stop-mart-main-street-altavista-andy-gill-fuel-manager-owner-lucinda-davis-customer-jessie-byrd-greg-lindsey-virginia-july-21-2022\">WSET<\/a>. \u201cLook at the gas prices over the last year where they\u2019ve gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gill said he prides himself on having the cheapest gas prices in town. \u201cIt makes a lot of sense, just to sometimes sacrifice your profits to protect the business model that you established,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local news outlet The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altavistajournal.com\/news\/local\/article_0280cc76-0956-11ed-8084-8775b9451192.html\">Altavista Journal<\/a> reported Thursday that GB was charging customers paying in cash just $2.83 for a gallon of regular gasoline. At the same time, a customer told the outlet that he saw One Stop Mart\u2019s price set at $2.99, and a nearby Walmart gas station at $3.25. Another nearby gas station had prices closer to normal levels, with its price for regular set at $3.99, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Lucinda Davis, owner of One Stop Mart, told WSET that the rivalry is friendly, spurred on by GB\u2019s lower prices for gas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a friendly competition between two business owners,\u201d Davis said. \u201cHe decided to lower down, so I just come down too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis agreed that cutting prices was a way to give back to the community. \u201cWe just try to give back to the community, give back to Altavista,\u201d she said. \u201cHelp the schools, help the police department.\u201d Davis also said that the two competitors sometimes \u201cdon\u2019t see eye-to-eye,\u201d and that there has been some conflict over social media, but that they were both trying to accomplish the same thing, and she harbors no ill will. \u201cI like him, I think he\u2019s a good person,\u201d Davis said of Gill. \u201cI mean, really, he\u2019s giving me the will to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prices at the two gas stations are well below both the national average and the statewide average in Virginia. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=VA\">AAA<\/a>, the national average for a gallon of gas sits at $4.382 a gallon. The average price in Virginia currently sits at about $4.157 per gallon. The average price in the Lynchburg metro area is slightly lower, at around $4.015 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p>Gill is no stranger to lowering gas prices, either. In June, when gas prices were averaging about $4.776 per gallon in Virginia, according to AAA, GB Altavista posted a picture to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100057631741546\">Facebook<\/a> advertising gas at $3.99 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p>The station then continued to lower prices, posting again on Wednesday with a picture showing gas prices at just $2.99 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2.99 cash at GB we love gas wars since 2012!\u201d the post read. \u201cIts kinda our thing part of our history!\u201d Gill also linked to an article from <a href=\"https:\/\/roanoke.com\/news\/local\/gas-drops-to-1-29-as-fincastle-store-sets-lowest-price-in-u-s-on\/article_589d6ea1-6cba-58c0-abf8-ef2ce1764684.amp.html\">The Roanoke Times<\/a>, in which another station he managed made headlines in 2016 for charging just $1.29 a gallon, more than 50 cents below the local average on $1.83 at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of neighboring gas stations in western Virginia have slashed their prices to under $3 a gallon in a \u201cfriendly competition\u201d to help their community in the face of sky-high gas prices nationwide. 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