Several years ago Murphy Oil opened their location near Walmart. At the time this was owned by Walmart as a subsidiary or something. Once that station opened, their low prices helped drive down gas prices throughout Pine City. Then they spun off into their own company and eventually they withdrew from Minnesota and much of the Midwest, selling their stations to BP.
BP doesn't have the same low prices that Murphy had and as a result the cheapest gas in the area tends to be down near Isanti/East Bethel, or at one of the Sam's Clubs near the Cities (Fridley and White Bear Lake are the closest.) Those are quite a drive, however.
BP does still work with the high school and so if you purchase a Dragon discount card from the football team (only $10) in the fall you will get $.05 off per gallon at BP (plus a lot of other deals). You do have to go inside to pay so you can let them know you have the card. In addition to the Dragon Card discount, you can get another $.15 a gallon off by using the BP branded credit card ($.05 all the time and another 10 cents by spending at least $100 a month).
So that's a total of $.20 off a gallon total at the BP by Walmart with their card and a Dragon card. If anyone knows of a better ongoing deal, let me know.
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