The gas station will sell beer and wine

5 October 2018

Refills will be able to sell low-alcohol

many filling stations sold not only fuel, but also food, beverages, motor oils and other products. But alcohol will not meet: it contradicts the legislation of the Russian Federation. However, soon beer and wine may appear on the shelves of gas stations. New concessions for gas stations pichot "Vedomosti".

the Sale of alcohol at gas stations was banned in 2011. The legislators then argued his decision by the fact that dishonest drivers can buy hot drinks, drink them and continue to drive the car in an alcohol intoxication.

However, the statistics suggests that in subsequent years, the number of detected violations in this sphere has not diminished. Besides, often near gas stations are stores that will not be difficult to buy alcohol.

the Theme of the return of alcohol on edits discussed at the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak. If the initiative will be continued, the gas station can put on their shelves beverages of a strength of up to 16.5 %.

the Main goal of the project is to increase the profitability of gas stations. It is assumed that if their profitability will rise, they will not seek to raise retail fuel prices. In this case, while gas stations make very little money on conventional products. As reported by the senior Vice-President of "LUKOIL" on the supply and sales Vadim Vorobyev, while the proceeds from related sales cover 33 % of the operating costs of gas stations. While abroad, this share can reach 100 %.