Market Adjustments at the Gas Stations Business

CompaniesRetail & Consumer ♦ Published: February 11, 2011; 01:31 ♦ (Vindobona)

Doppler, the largest private operator of gas stations in Austria predicts a decline in the gas station network.

Market Adjustments at the Gas Stations Business / Picture: © Turmöl

2,700 gas stations are currently being operated in Austria. In the coming years, the network will thin out dramatically, according to the management of Doppler Mineralöle, integrated by Bernd Zierhut and Franz Joseph Doppler.

Doppler operates 83 gas stations under its own brand TurmÖl, but a lot more under other brands. Zierhut and Doppler assume that the trend is for the two…