How To Cut Your Power Sweeping Fuel Costs 2022 UPDATE Recent
cleaning
and
maintenance
management industry research finds that the extreme spike in fuel prices
2022 RUNAWAY FUEL COSTS
A June 2022 fuel cost report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) says the average retail price of gas was $4.44 per gal and diesel was
this year has severely complicated the
$5.57. The report says low inventory levels are
struggle for many small businesses
responsible for the almost record-high fuel prices.
hoping to recover from the economic
The EIA states that the government is anticipating a gas price drop to $4.27 in Q3 of this year and a $0.79
damage of the pandemic. The research
drop in diesel bringing the price at the pump to $4.78
report from the Alignable Gas Price
per gallon. THE GOOD NEWS
Poll shows that cleaning services that
In the March 2022 survey of 6,439 small business
involve covering a lot of distance in
owners selected randomly, 68% said they are
vehicles daily are the companies being
currently confronted with “very significant” adverse
the hardest hit. As monthly fuel costs
effects of the soaring gas prices. On the upside, a Proficient Market Insights 107-page street sweeper
for the average pavement sweeping
market report last month (June 2022) found that the
company can be in the tens of thousands
industry is showing an impressive Compound Annual
of dollars, that data certainly resonates with powersweeping business owners.
Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.4%. This is despite the staggering spikes in diesel and regular gas fuel prices this year.
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