S8 Ep1114: Preview for Later Today: Jim McTague observes fluctuating gasoline prices in Lancaster County, noting that costs are creeping upward daily due to Middle Eastern violence, impacting even the typically cheapest outlets like Costco and BJ's warehouse stores.
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 10 July 2026
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Preview for Later Today: Jim McTague observes fluctuating gasoline prices in Lancaster County, noting that costs are creeping upward daily due to Middle Eastern violence, impacting even the typically cheapest outlets like Costco and BJ'swarehouse stores.
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| 0:00.0 | My colleague Jim McTagg in Lancaster County, this is John Batchel. Watching the price of gasoline |
| 0:06.4 | was descending from the highs of April, but now it's staggering sideways, especially at Costco, |
| 0:14.5 | the cheapest gasoline usually in the county. This is not diesel like Europe. This is gasoline like America. |
| 0:22.8 | Jim McTague, there'll be more in coming weeks. |
| 0:24.9 | We'll watch it. |
| 0:25.6 | But right now it's backing up a little bit because of the renewed violence in the Middle East. |
| 0:31.7 | More than I. |
| 0:33.2 | About Lancaster. |
| 0:34.8 | Within the past two days, it's jumped 10 cents at the pump. |
| 0:38.3 | Now, the least costly places are the warehouse stores, Costco and D.J's $3.66, up from the |
| 0:45.3 | 358-55 level. |
| 0:49.3 | But throughout the county, it's now $3.79 to $3.94 a gallon. And that's up from yesterday. Yesterday it was maybe $3.79 to $3.94 a gallon. |
| 0:55.4 | And that's up from yesterday. |
| 0:56.8 | Yesterday, it was maybe $367 to $3.87. |
| 1:01.2 | So the gas keeps on creeping up every single day. |
| 1:04.5 | You don't buy... |
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