Fox Gas in S. Tahoe may sell station to Safeway
By Kathryn Reed
Talks are under way for another grocery store in South Lake Tahoe to have a gas station associated with it.
Owners of the Fox Gas Station and Safeway are talking about the Bay Area-based grocery store chain buying the locally owned station on Highway 50.
Fox Gas and Safeway, seen in the back left, may have one owner in the future. Photo/LTN
Officials with South Lake Tahoe told Lake Tahoe News they have been consulted and that preliminary discussions are under way.
The two businesses are next to each other. What isn’t known is if the slight slope that creates a barrier between the two would be reconfigured so shoppers could stay in the same parking lot to get gas and food.
John Cefalu, who owns the gas station, did not return phone calls.
Wendy Gutshall, with the PR arm of Safeway in San Ramon, said, “There’s nothing to report. We don’t comment on rumors.”
If the deal goes through, it would mean the second grocery store chain in the city to have a gas station. Raley’s gas station opened earlier this month at the Y.
Great news for motorists and grocery shoppers.
Raley’s brought gas prices down in the Y area, let’s hope the same happens in midtown with Safeway’s volume purchasing power and supermarket marketing programs.
I shop Safeway all the time and earn great rewards on my gas…just never get to use them here so use them when off the hill. Last time was 60 cents off a gallon!
I hope it’s true as it’s great news!
Since Nevada has lower gas taxes (17.5 cents) than Ca, one would think the Fox station would charge lower prices than discount stations in Ca?
Fox is in CA so they can’t charge NV prices (unfortunately).
Would love to be able to use my gas discount ;)
interesting everyone is for community building, but if they can get something for pennies cheaper – it’s all “lets go corporate”….so when your or a loved one’s job goes to China or Mexico (if it hasnt already) I assume none of these folks will complain?
30yrlocal—- I don’t think your comment is accurate. Just because there is a Fox Station in California that doesn’t force the one in Nevada to charge the same price. There are Chevron’s in Ca and Nevada with significantly different prices. If the Fox station in Roundhill charged the same profit margin as the one in SLT you’d be paying 17.5 cents per gallon less. Instead they are taking advantage of their location and pocketing the added money.
WOW, PEOPLE FINALLY CATCHING ON TO WHAT THE ARABS WITH ALL THE OIL IN THE WORLD,BEEN DOING FOR DECADES….WE CHARGE YOU MORE MONEY FOR BARREL OIL, WE SPEND IT THERE AND YOU SHIP US GOOD FOOD, CHEAP PRODUCTS.
WE BUILD UNREAL RESORTS IN SEA, UNDER WATER HOTELS, SEND OUR KIDS TO AMERICA TO LEARN ENGEERING, FINANCE, AND DOCTORS, WITH PROFITS FROM YOU DOING TOO MUCH DRIVING, BAD RAPID TRANSIT, NO CONTROL OVER CREDIT CARDS.
OUR CAMELS ARE VERY HAPPY IN RACE TRACK AIR CONDITION BARNS, YOU MAKE US VERY HAPPY.
KEEP DRIVING MORE, MORE WALKING LESS, EATING MORE FASTFOOD FROM DELI, WE SLOWLY BUYING YOUR ENTIRE CONTRY UP WHILE YOU SIT IN TRAFFIC AT THE WHEEL, BURNING FOSSIL FUEL FROM OUR FINE DESERTS.
Thank you very much$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, you need a loan? We got lots money to lend you for bad habits.
“No kidding use watch the Arabs come have buy fine products here in USA, boxed up, loaded on their own 747’s fly the friendly skies back home to their man mad paradises in the deserts.”
OUR COUNTRY GOT 100’S OF YEAR OF ENGERY RIGHT HERE IN THE STATES BUT WE SEND, SPEND, OUR FUTURE TO OTHER LANDS.
GAS STATION, CARWASH, FOOD ALL IN A GROCERY STORE FOR BLIND SHEEP THAT THINK THIS A GOOD DEAL.
Rubbish!
advocate…aren’t they different owners, different franchises? The one in CA is the one Safeway is looking into per the article.
The Fox in NV gets a scolding on their prices, just as the Exxon on Kingsbury…their taxes are less, it appears they just charge what they feel the market will support.
You’re right, they are different owners.
The SLT one has to charge CA taxes and the NV one charges the same price but pays 17.5 cents less to their State.
The station in Roundhill is/was somehow tied to Randy Lane’s businesses and is not connected to the station in SLT.
the land that the Fox gas station is on is owned by Rodger Petersen
he built the Fox station when he bought it from Exon
when he retired from Exon as a corporate lawyer
I was his 2nd employee winter 79-80
we partied like Rock Stars back then
well good bye to all the small business owners. SLT be ready to become corporate dominant.