| | Esso deals to close stations to press demand for better margins - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | ESSO dealers will be suspending all sale of gasoline islandwide for two days this week in a bid to force the marketing company, Esso Standard Oil, to respond to its ongoing demand for better profit margins. |
 | | Esso dealers have been at loggerheads with the marketing company over a pricing policy introduced in 2000, which was designed to increase market share, by growing volume sales through its dealership network. |
 | | Esso, he said, maintains this position at the expense of a number of dealers that have gone out of business. |
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