Article: Big price cut = big pain: Poor Albertsons. It tries to do the right thing with price cuts in targeted markets, and the local media has a field day.(THE BUZZ)

Article: FTC-financed study: zone pricing and company-ops ...
Oil Express;  August 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the Federal Trade Commission on zone pricing and divorcement--the agency ... blessed a study that concludes zone pricing leads to lower prices at the pump ... leased sites. Critics claim zone pricing benefits the oil industry and ...

Article: Backers take another shot at zone-pricing ban.
Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT);  January 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... NORWALK -- A bill that would ban zone pricing of gasoline will be put before the state ... gas station owners said yesterday. A zone-pricing ban passed out of the state Senate last ... Representatives as the session ended. Zone pricing is when oil companies charge higher ...

Article: Zone pricing fuels gasoline debate.
Fairfield County Business Journal;  March 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Because of "zone pricing," energy companies may charge a ... is hurting their business. "It (zone pricing) has the biggest negative impact ... suppliers and are normally immune from zone pricing. But franchisees depend on petroleum ...

Article: Report: Zone-pricing ban would be mixed bag.
Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT);  February 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... lobbyists says a ban on gasoline zone pricing could cause a spike in pump prices ... the state, where opposition to a zone-pricing ban has been strong, the report said. It does not specify how zone pricing -- when oil companies charge different ...

Article: Zone pricing opponents are not out of gas yet ...
Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT);  March 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Mar. 15--Proponents of a ban on zone pricing for gasoline were not discouraged by ... study last month that found a ban on zone pricing would cause gas prices to climb everywhere ... Fairfield County, proponents said. Under zone pricing, oil companies charge certain stations ...

Article: Senate OKs ban on zone pricing
New Haven Register;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... to halt the controversial practice of zone pricing for gasoline passed the state Senate ... has consistently warned that ending zone pricing would do more harm than good for consumers ... supporters of the measure argued that banning zone pricing, which allows oil companies to charge ...

Article: Study: Zone pricing ban hurts
New Haven Register;  March 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the first study examining gasoline "zone pricing" in Connecticut, Quinnipiac University ... most areas of the state. "Banning zone pricing in Connecticut would harm Connecticut ... the legislature this year. Under a zone pricing ban, retail prices in most of the state ...