Phillips 66, 76, Conoco, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Murphy USA, Costco, Cumberland Farms, Love’s, quickly partnered with GasBuddy via Business Pages to support its mission.
As Hurricanes Harvey and Irma barreled through one after the other, GasBuddy, along with c-store partners played a critical role in assisting survivors.
By activating tracking capabilities that allowed users to report if stations were out of fuel, diesel or power—both in-app and online at http://tracker.gasbuddy.com—the consumer-facing app made it possible for users to navigate the storms. Fuel retailers and convenience store chains such as Phillips 66, 76, Conoco, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Murphy USA, Costco, Cumberland Farms, Love’s, quickly partnered with GasBuddy via Business Pages to support its mission to provide accurate site data to service their customers in the hurricane affected areas. This enhanced the accuracy of GasBuddy’s crowd-sourced data and supported users during a time of need.
The Business Pages team also built a robust reporting system to provide real-time market-level analysis to each retailer. This system enabled them to:
- Identify outages in a given area and quickly see which markets were most-affected by the storm.
- Assess current wait times at specific locations and markets and react accordingly.
- View the price spread at both the market and station level to understand which markets struggled to keep up with demand.
Here are some users feedback via the app store and social media on how GasBuddy and the accurate data saved their lives:
