Missouri weekly gas price update

Press Release

Monday, January 24, 2011

Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 6.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.96/g yesterday.

This compares with the national average that has increased 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.09/g, according to gasoline price website MissouriGasPrices.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Missouri during the past week, prices yesterday were 45.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 10.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 8.1 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 39.3 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.

About MissouriGasPrices.com

GasBuddy operates GasBuddy.com, MissouriGasPrices.com, and over 225 other local gasoline price-tracking websites that follow prices at over 125,000 gasoline stations in the United States and Canada. GasBuddy also uses Facebook (facebook.com/gasbuddy) Twitter (twitter.com/gasbuddy), and phone apps to keep motorists ahead of changing gasoline prices. GasBuddy.com was named one of Time magazine's 50 best websites and to PC World's 100 most useful websites of 2008.

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For more information or methodology, contact:

Jason Toews

Co-Founder, GasBuddy.com

E-mail: jtoews@gasbuddy.com

612-875-2766

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JCLifer 2 years, 3 months ago

Why is gasoline so much higher in Jefferson City than other other nearby towns?

JCsleeper 2 years, 3 months ago

Because our little JC oil cartel says so.

wcywing 2 years, 3 months ago

i didn't realize we had an Oil Cartel, and that they are even that sophisticated. i usually get my gas in Ashland anyway. heh. take that JC cartel. even Columbia has cheaper gas most of the time. maybe the extra money is used to improve JC? probably not.

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