How to Choose an Effective Engine Degreaser
While you use engine degreasers to clean your engine of grease, dirt, oil, and other contaminants, you can also use them on different surfaces if you select the proper degreaser. When choosing an effective engine degreaser, you must think about your primary needs and how much you want to spend to meet those needs. Keep […]
Is It Safe to Put Racing Fuel in My Normal Car?
Some gas stations have started carrying fuel above 91 octane or racing fuel. There are several different types of racing fuels, like pure methanol and nitromethane. However, there are still cars, like in NASCAR, that still use gasoline-type fuel. You must use the correct fuel type for your vehicle because it ultimately affects how efficient […]
How Does Oil Recycling Work?
Americans that change their own motor oil purchase at least 640 million gallons of motor oil a year. When you think about all the services that change your oil for you and the different types of vehicles that require oil changes, the amount of motor oil used yearly becomes staggering. From protecting the environment to promoting a […]
How to Increase Your Fuel Efficiency on the Road
Here’s the reason people find themselves pulling into gas stations more often than not – their vehicles are not very fuel efficient. How is this possible? Measured in miles per gallon, fuel efficiency is the distance a vehicle can drive compared to how much fuel it consumes. Want to increase your fuel efficiency on the […]
The Different Types of Oil
A significant benefit of having a mechanic change your oil is not having to know a single thing about the process – except for how often to change it (at least every 5,000 miles). Let’s say, however, that you can’t visit a professional or you simply trust yourself more. How do you handle this situation? […]
8 Smart Ways to Keep Your Convenience Store Clean and Disinfected
Maintaining a safe, clean environment in your convenience store has always been important; however, in the face of COVID-19, it is now more imperative than ever. Because of the highly contagious nature of the virus, it is vital that convenience stores take the necessary precautions to keep their customers and employees safe. Here are some […]
How EMV Can Positively Affect Your Convenience Store
Where would we be without technology? In this modern age of smartphones, digital media, and a host of contact-free forms of payment, life has never been quite so easy and yet, at the same time, complicated. Where complications arise, however, technology evolves to make our lives a bit more convenient, if not more secure. Businesses, […]
The Benefits of E15
Convenience stores across the nation have recently started making one fuel more available to consumers. In 2011, NASCAR decided to take on that same fuel before it was originally released to the public – E15. This change meant that the sport was leaving racing fuel behind for a greener source and by 2016, tailpipe emissions […]
HSO’s Company History: Past and Present
It all started with a five-gallon can. On February 12, 1930, HSO was born when Ted Kohler first started supplying coal, stove oil, and kerosene for customers’ homes and farms. After 23 years of business, Elmer and Lillian Mangelsdorf acquired HSO. The company grew well into the 70s with the creation of the I-55 Motor […]
10 Tips to Help You Run a Successful Convenience Store
To many consumers, a convenience store means taking a quick break in getting from point A to point B. It’s a small beacon of respite to refuel one’s vehicle and body with refreshments. It stands as an oasis in the desert of interstates, allowing visitors to stretch their legs, freshen up, and refocus on the […]