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Gas Prices Drop Again, Bringing Little Hope for Consumers Save Email Print
Posted: 5:18 PM Jul 24, 2008
Last Updated: 10:56 PM Jul 24, 2008
Reporter: Sarah Rasmussen
Email Address: sarah.rasmussen@weau.com

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People driving around town Thursday may have noticed something else along their route, gas prices are down another ten cents to $3.89 a gallon.

That means the price has dropped $0.20 in just three days.

And some delivery drivers say that may be enough to help their business.

Matt Kraegenbrink, a pizza driver for Papa John's Pizza, says although the prices are nice right now, he's not too optimistic they'll stay that way.

"It will save us money, but I believe gas prices will probably just go right back up soon,” he says.

Kraegenbrink says Papa John's has had to add a $1.50 charge to every delivery to help off-set gas prices, which the drivers pay on their own.

Kraegenbrink says he drives about 20 hours a week around town, so the gas price drop right now only saves him ten to twenty dollars a week.

He says he's still making money, but if gas prices don't stay down and they just go back up, it's the consumers who are going to be paying the big bucks.

"There still is profit, yeah, but if gas prices do keep going up, we're going to have to get more for every delivery to make up for it,” says Kraegenbrink.

Pizza places aren't the only delivery business suffering from gas prices...

Craig Wenaas is a Route Sales Representative from G & K Services in Eau Claire.

He says thankfully, unlike pizza delivery drivers, he doesn't have to pay for the gas that runs his truck, but he says every little bit helps.

"Anytime you got to fill up the trucks, it definitely affects you,” he says.

Wenaas says the employees have not felt the effects of high gas prices, meaning there haven't been any lay offs, but he says the customers are suffering.

The higher gas prices are forcing businesses to charge you the customer more money to help make up for budget crunches.

But Wenaas says he doesn't expect gas prices to stay lower.

"Hopefully they'll continue to drop, but I can't be real optimistic at this point,” he says.

Wenaas says it's also good for their company that most of the delivery trucks run on regular gasoline, not diesel fuel.

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