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And gas cost $3.392 a year ago. The average price of gas today is cheaper in Ohio than Pennsylvania ($3.517) and Michigan ($3.538), but pricier than West Virginia ($3.269), Kentucky ($3.102) and ...
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Ohio is $2.716. That's 22 cents less than last month and 46 cents less than last year. Gas prices are falling across Ohio.
Inflation-weary Ohio drivers are paying the lowest prices of the year for gasolines with prices falling below $2.60 at some central Ohio gas stations.
In 1883, 23-year-old Bernard Kroger, the fifth of ten children of German immigrants, invested his life savings of $372 (equivalent to $12,164 in 2023) to open a grocery store at 66 Pearl Street in downtown Cincinnati. [17]
On June 26, 1974, a Marsh location in Troy, Ohio, became the first grocery store in the world to use a bar code scanner. The first item scanned was a ten piece pack of gum. [8] One of the first scanners used to scan bar codes at the supermarket can now be found in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. [9]
In October 1998, Fred Meyer, parent company of Smith's Food and Drug based in Salt Lake City, announced a strategic merger with Kroger, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. [5] Several months later, in May 1999, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the merger of the two companies, named The Kroger Co. [ 6 ]
Gasoline prices in Ohio are tumbling approaching the Labor Day weeks with stations throughout the state selling gas below $3 per gallon.
The Ohio oil and natural gas industries employ 14,400 citizens, resulting in $730 million in wages. The industries paid $202 million in royalties to landowners, and $84 million in free energy. [ 7 ] The state's oil and natural gas industry continues to grow, having topped the $1 billion mark in market value production for four consecutive years ...