Publix is experimenting with selling gasoline at some of its Florida grocery stores and will probably bring discount gas here if it is successful there. Another way for you to save big at the pump is to just say no to premium. Fewer than 5 percent of all cars need premium gas, but about 20 percent of the gas sold is premium. Unfortunately, too many of us have been brainwashed by the major oil companies into thinking that we're being good to our cars if we buy overpriced premium. If your car knocks or pings, your car may need a repair, not premium.
Oil companies push premium gas because it's massively profitable.
The cost to make it is about a penny or two more per gallon, but the product is marked up about 20 cents per gallon over regular. So forget boycotts. Just trade up to the bargain outlets and buy regular, and you'll save a ton. Christa DiBiase contributed to this article.