12 cents a day!

The most talked about commodity consistent with the rate of hike seems to be gas. Or petrol - depending on where you are.

Yesterday (5/13) I was driving down Boulevard Taschareau in Longueuil, Montreal. This road, a busy one at that, has several gas stations strewn along its path. Surprisingly, Ultramar gas stations showed a dramatic difference in prices compared to Shell or even PetroCanada. For 1.28 a litre, as opposed to 1.39 at the latter ones, it was a drastic difference in price, and so cars lined up at a particular Ultramar that had just dropped by a penny to 1.27.

Today, 5/14, was a different story. While the Shells and PetroCanadas remained at 1.39, I was shocked to see that the Ultramars had followed suit bumping their prices in one day from a eye catching 1.27 to a ridiculous price of 1.39! That's 12 cents in less than 24 hours!

I remain concerned at the trend over the past year, with prices almost a dollar higher than what it was last year (as reported in Hicksville, Long Island). No wonder it has become extremely excruciating to drive! And those stops at the local grocery? Not anymore! Just one trip a week would be ideal, but that is only if you don't forget the eggs that you so badly need.