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multigraincracker

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19. This was over 20 years ago.

Reply to CapnSteve (Reply #18)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:46 PM

23 hrs ago

It was a Speedway station and all of those were owned by Marathon. Most of the Marathons were franchise stores. At the time Speedway set the retail price in the Midwest.

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