The price at the pump is in direct relation to the cost at the rack (where the tanker fills up).
Price goes up at the rack, price goes up at the pump, the retailer has to pass on his increased cost per gallon.
Locally, $1.99 a gal two days ago, $2.09 yesterday, $2.19 today, all for 87 octane junk gas. While cheaper than most markets, the dime a gal jumps don't give much confidence in what it's going to be tomorrow
Diesel, I filled up yesterday for $1.96 a gal, that will last a while. Normally, in our gas vehicles, I only fill up with Pure gas, as I have the choice and one vehicle gets 8% better mileage on Pure Gas. For the last month Pure Gas has been locally hovering in the $2.59-2.69 a gal range... Thats been too wide a spread from junk gas to justify it in our late model drivers.
There is something worse than 87 octane e10 junk gas. Local stations offering 87 octane Pure Gas are buying from the rack a mix of premium Pure Gas (91 octane) that's been cut with 84 octane pure gas. A monsterous volume of 84 octane garbage is moved through the Magellan pipelines, then the bulk of it is mixed with ethanol at the local rack, that's how 87 octane junk gas is blended.