Nbadan
01-09-2007, 12:17 PM
SA based, Valero walks away with full pockets thanks to the U.S. government's PR campaign against Hugo Chavez...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
John Funk
Plain Dealer Reporter
...He doesn't have his new street sign up yet, but his pumps are marked with the foreign-sounding name. And that's enough to make motorists come into the register and ask about it. They want to buy from an American company...
Shull said his long-time Citgo customers began drifting away last year when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez started criticizing the Bush administration's foreign policy.
Citgo is owned by PDV America, a subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company, Petroleos de Venezulea, S.A., and some motorists thought boycotting Shull would somehow send a message to Chavez.
..."Since we branded Valero, I have seen a 30 percent jump in sales," said Helou. "The first thing they say is 'We are back because our money is not going to Chavez.' "...
Cleveland Plains Dealer (http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/116833583148420.xml&coll=2)
Nevermind that Chavez has contributed millions in cheap oil to the poor in the U.S., something that Valero has yet to do to ever do in any circumstance, any remember N.O. was out of gas? But I have gotten a free coffee or two and that all that matters.
Screw it, let Chavez sell his oil to the Chinese, Iranians, and Indians for Euros.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
John Funk
Plain Dealer Reporter
...He doesn't have his new street sign up yet, but his pumps are marked with the foreign-sounding name. And that's enough to make motorists come into the register and ask about it. They want to buy from an American company...
Shull said his long-time Citgo customers began drifting away last year when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez started criticizing the Bush administration's foreign policy.
Citgo is owned by PDV America, a subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company, Petroleos de Venezulea, S.A., and some motorists thought boycotting Shull would somehow send a message to Chavez.
..."Since we branded Valero, I have seen a 30 percent jump in sales," said Helou. "The first thing they say is 'We are back because our money is not going to Chavez.' "...
Cleveland Plains Dealer (http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/116833583148420.xml&coll=2)
Nevermind that Chavez has contributed millions in cheap oil to the poor in the U.S., something that Valero has yet to do to ever do in any circumstance, any remember N.O. was out of gas? But I have gotten a free coffee or two and that all that matters.
Screw it, let Chavez sell his oil to the Chinese, Iranians, and Indians for Euros.