Gas Prices: April 2008 Archives

For the past month, my wife and I have been doing what we can to save money. We've stopped eating out, are taking leftovers for lunch and have started going to the park with our dogs instead of heading to the movie theater. Coupon clipping has helped, but high gas and food prices remain are many obstacles to padding our saving's account. What tips can you offer to further save cash?

Hello, hello happy people. It's almost 5 p.m. on Friday and that minutes we're minutes away from celebrating the weekend.

But before you head out, here's your round-up of what happened this week in the business world. It deals a lot with gas and oil.

Oil prices rose.

People are cashing in their grocery points to save money.

The Pres. says the rebates checks will boost economy (I'll believe it when I see it.)

They ran some drills to make sure people knew what to do in case of an emergency at Peach Bottom. For results see tomorrow's paper. (I hope they did well, I can imagine a nuclear meltdown would not be fun.)

And in kind of random news, the owners of Arby's bought Wendy's. I'm not sure what that means for the fast food industry, I just thought it was interesting.

Also this week was Earth Day and Hillary won the primary.

One of the good things about York is that it's a relatively short drive from a lot of places: Baltimore, Harrisburg, D.C., Philly, etc. And probably more than most people realize, the same is true for good trout fishing.

This map will make sense if you read my story in tomorrow's paper. Make sure you zoom in to get a closer look.

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Do you use grocery store club cards to save money on gas prices?

As gas prices get more and more expensive, it seems like a really great way to save a few bucks at the pump. I know I try to rack up enough points in the grocery store to earn even a 10 cent discount.

Anything is better than paying full price.

Leave me a comment and let me know if you use them and how much you usually save.

I didn't think it would happen this fast. But, I was wrong. While driving on Route 74 today, I glanced up at a gas station's sign and saw that the price for a gallon of regular gas had hit $3.55. Other stations that I passed this afternoon advertised the same price. To me, gas used to be something I would pick up on my way to work and not major expense. Now, I find myself budgeting about $50 a week for gas. Have you started budgeting for fuel? What have you given up to fill your tank?

I like posting real "win-wins" any time I find them because they are so rare. Maryland apparently wants to put more local foods into its schools, and I think it could have a positive affect on a lot of different issues.

Well people we've just about made it through another work week, which means it's time to update you on the great happenings in the business world this week.

Stating the obvious, Tuesday was tax day.

Gas is the root of all evil.

Harley employees weren't thrilled about almost 300 jobs being cut in Springettsbury Township.

Gold dropped because the dollar gained.

Being corrupt is costly.

Remember the other day when I said gas prices would hit $3.45 by next week.

Turns out I was wrong. They're $3.45 today.

I need to get a bike.

Here's what you had to say about how gas prices are affecting you:

"Another York to MD driver here. I spend about $300/month in gas just to go to work. I have stopped making "fun runs", because the gas is too high." -- Line Jumper

"I also drive to Baltimore every day from Southern York Co. and at $3.35 a/gal it's getting very expensive. I can't believe our government has let it get this bad." -- Disgusted w. gas pricing

"Alas, there's not much we can do until the government steps in and puts the brakes on this crazy industry. I'm scared to think what the cost will be mid summer." -- Ken