I live near a safeway grocery store with a gas station. The regular unleaded there is $2.19, yet a block a way, a "regular gas station" is $.10 more per gallon. In addition, I get an ADDITIONAL $.06 off each gallon w/my safeway card.

So... I'm getting regular for $2.13, when it's $2.29 a block away... and am curious how that works. Does Safeway (or any major store w/a gas station attached - Walmart, King Soopers, etc) just give up their gas profits on the gas and use it as a customer draw?? (It worked on me). I feel kind of bad for the neighborhood gas station a block away... but hey... but that's a few bucks per tank I'm saving.

Kind of the same dilemma between heading to Home Depot vs. my neighborhood True Value store, which is always more expensive. I like to support the little guy, but saving $$$ is hard to argue with sometimes.