Jared Scheeler shares why advocating for the convenience and fuel retailing industry is nonnegotiable. For Jared Scheeler, who has spent more than 30 years in the convenience industry, staying involved with NACS legislative activities and other convenience and fuel retailing advocacy groups is an important way for him help move the industry forward.
It supplies Mobile-branded fuels. I became more involved around by talking to some senior leaders within the organization about the opportunity to share some of things that my company was doing that I felt were unique in the industry. And in , I was fortunate enough to be asked to join the Member Services Committee. I joined the Board of Directors in and became treasurer in I also have become more involved with state and local politics. Scheeler: One thing that I think is relatively unique to North Dakota is the impact of the challenges facing the energy industry.
We are in coal country, and that is an industry that has been vilified for the last 10 years. Losing that industry would be devastating to some of the communities where we do business. That really scared the production industry.
The potential effect of that being shut down has scared the heck out of the producers in this area, and oil activity has gone down drastically even though the barrel price right now is pretty good. FMN: What have been some of the major issues you have been involved with over the years?
When I first started advocacy work, swipe fees were front and center of everything that we talked about. But, obviously, the environment on Capitol Hill has to be receptive to us working on that again. Recently we have had liability, especially on the fuel side with the higher ethanol blends. Developing safety protocols and liability protections against misfueling for legacy vehicles—things like that.
This is a very testy argument among many members in our industry. Those are the two that stand out to me on the fuel side. Most of the other trade associations that are related to our industry have their own fly-ins as well.
I think that helps you see the big picture with more clarity. Scheeler: I am a strong believer that the things that really affect us in our lives are going to happen at the local level.
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