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On July 6th, an Altavista, Virginia, 76 Gas Station celebrated their customers by selling regular gas for a throwback price of just $0.76 a gallon. The event kicked off at 11am, and anyone in line before 1pm was able to get in on the special deal.
Shiv Patel, president of Heas Energy, the fuel distributor for the 76 Gas Stations in central Virginia, hopes the deal will help out folks who are struggling to fill their tank. Patel wishes they could offer the discount every day, but says they can “at least afford to do it every July 6th." They pick a different station each year for the annual event.
Customers taking advantage of the deal say the money they’re saving will help them pay for other essentials like groceries. Amanda Tascone summed it up perfectly, "Life is so expensive and life is hard, so the little things like cheap gas just mean so much." The station also donated $10-thousand to Amazement Square, a hands-on children’s museum in Lynchburg.
Source: WSET