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Northeast no-show Posted on 01 Oct 2002 in the Current Issue & Events categories.

Don’t bother marking the Northeast Convention & Trade Showon your 2003 calendar. There won’t be one. Read more»

Hard times, hot bargains Posted on 01 Sep 2002 in the Current Issue categories.

For sale, cheap: Nation’s sixth largest propane retailer. Publicly owned partnership with plummeting sales, empty stock value and crushing debt load. Hoping to get offer before filing for bankruptcy protection. Call day or night. Read more»

The practice of safety is just that Posted on 01 Sep 2002 in the Current Issue categories.

Many times managers view the issue of safety through rose-coloredglasses. What we can’t see often looks pretty good, in a compromising sortof way. Read more»

In demand Posted on 01 Sep 2002 in the Current Issue categories.

Are you a proactive propane marketer or just another order taker? The difference can mean solutions to winter supply bottlenecks that leave your panicky customers clamoring for unavailable product. Read more»

Is your insurance dead on arrival? Posted on 01 Sep 2002 in the Current Issue categories.

Please don’t read this month’s comments as a slam against insuranceagents. If you do, you have missed the point. Read more»

Ready for prime time Posted on 01 Sep 2002 in the Current Issue categories.

Propane retailers dutifully monitoring the nation's product reserves this summer breathed a collective sigh of relief when the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a stock build of 65 million barrels last month. Read more»

Feds ponder new hazmat trucking regs Posted on 01 Sep 2002 in the News categories.

The federal engine is being tuned up to take its first ride towardfurther regulation of hazmat trucking. Read more»

Don’t sabotage your banker’s support Posted on 01 Sep 2002 in the Current Issue categories.

In 1996, Richard Handler took over the family propane businessafter the death of his father. He had been involved with the business whenhe was growing up, but after college he chose a career in corporate Americaand moved away. Read more»

Back to school Posted on 01 Sep 2002 in the Current Issue categories.

Just in time for the current back-to-school season, a $50 million program is getting under way in Texas to help school districts add new, clean fuel propane buses to their pupil transportation fleets. And that program is expected to be just the start of a major national effort to clean up school buses, spurred by new legislation and the Environmental Protection Agency's concerns about clean air and children's health. Read more»

Marketers steaming over OPD valve shortage Posted on 01 Aug 2002 in the Current Issue categories.

A dramatic shortage of overfill protection valves has propane retailers scrambling and backyard cooks fuming over empty, obsolete cylinders that should not be filled. Read more»