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United Uptime: Aug 17, 2026, 8:30:01 AM
The regional ops director had a binder full of vendor promises and a dispenser that had been out of service for nine days. Three phone calls in,...
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United Uptime: Aug 10, 2026, 8:30:00 AM
The mail comes in with the fuel invoices and a plain envelope from the state. Inside is a Notice of Violation from your last inspection. There is a...
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United Uptime: Jun 29, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
Late June. The inspector schedule for July is already filling up. You know they are coming. You think you are ready. You will probably find out in...
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United Uptime: Jun 22, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
July rolls in. The inspector schedule starts filling up. Somewhere across your sites, a vapor recovery boot has gotten just a little too soft in the...
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United Uptime: Jun 10, 2026, 9:15:00 AM
It is a busy Saturday on the forecourt. Cars are stacked three deep at every island. A week later, a regular customer calls, upset, because his bank...
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United Uptime: May 26, 2026, 8:45:00 AM
The work is done. The technician's truck is pulling out of the lot. Your dispenser is running, your alarm is cleared, your sump is dry. And then a...
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United Uptime: May 18, 2026, 9:18:00 AM
Bad fuel almost never announces itself in a way that gives you a head start. By the time a customer calls back about a stalled vehicle, the fuel has...
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United Uptime: May 4, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
The storm passes. The lights come back on. Customers start pulling in. And somewhere on your forecourt, a small thing is starting that will turn into...
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United Uptime: Apr 27, 2026, 4:51:56 PM
If you operate a high-flow truck diesel site, the math on raising your biodiesel blend usually starts with the price spread. When biodiesel and...
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United Uptime: Apr 20, 2026, 10:45:24 AM
Nozzles, hoses, breakaways, swivels. Your customers grab them hundreds of times a day. They are the most visible, most abused, and most overlooked...