Legal limbo prompts gas discount
Wisconsin’s so-called minimum markup law still is in legal limbo, but that isn’t stopping a local company from taking advantage of a ruling striking the law down.
Woodman’s started offering a discount on gasoline with the purchase of groceries about a month ago, even though an appeal seeking to reinstate the law is pending.
“We’re definitely against the law and hope that it never gets put back into place,” Vice President Clint Woodman said.
The minimum markup law requires retailers to sell gas at 9 percent above cost and has been a source of controversy for years among gas retailers and lawmakers. The law was created to prevent larger retailers from driving small retailers out of business by undercutting their prices.
A federal judge declared the law unconstitutional in February, but the Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association appealed the ruling.
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Sep 28, 2009 at 10:52 a.m.
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I'm sure the lawmakers have a minimum payment from special interests under the table markup law as well.
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