Fuel Surcharge Update

Our fuel surcharge policy ties our per-invoice fuel surcharge to our average fuel cost. Effective today, the fuel surcharge has been adjusted to $2.25 per invoice.     The most recent PADD Data for the New England region, dated 3/5/12, reports an average gas price of $3.819/gallon and an average diesel price of $4.253/gallon. The… Read more »

Fuel Surcharge Update

Our fuel surcharge policy ties our per-invoice fuel surcharge to our average fuel cost. With gas prices creeping back up, our fuel surcharge has been bumped back up from $1.75 to $2.00 per invoice.     The most recent PADD Data for the New England region, dated 11/21/11, reports an average gas price of $3.467/gallon… Read more »

Fuel Surcharge Reduced!

Our fuel surcharge policy is to share both the ups and the downs of the energy market with our customers. With gas prices falling lately, we are pleased to announced that we have lowered our per-invoice fuel surcharge from $2.00 to $1.75. The most recent PADD Data for the New England region, dated 10/10/11, reports… Read more »

Gas Prices Down, CDC’s Fuel Surcharge Drops!

Plenty of companies tack on fuel surcharges — justifiably so — when gas prices jump, increasing the cost of doing business. But how many companies readily scale those fuel surcharges back when costs come back down? Coffee Distributing Corp. does just that — for example, today, when we dropped our fuel surcharge from $2.25 to… Read more »

Fuel Surcharge Now $2.25 Per Invoice

Gas prices remain in the news, and the news isn’t great. As per our fuel surcharge policy of following fluctuations in our price at the pump, our per-invoice fuel surcharge is now $2.25.     As soon as the price of fuel comes back down, so will our surcharge. As of 4/18/11, PADD data for… Read more »

Fuel Surcharge Now $2.00 Per Invoice

Gas and diesel prices continue to rise. Reflecting our fuel surcharge policy of mimicking fluctuations in our price at the pump, our per-invoice fuel surcharge is now $2.00.     As soon as the price of fuel comes back down, so will our surcharge. As of 3/14/11, PADD data for the New England Region pegs… Read more »

Fuel Surcharge Now $1.75 Per Invoice

Thanks to recent events in the Middle East, gas and diesel prices have been on the rise. Our fuel surcharge policy ties our per-invoice surcharge to our price of fuel.   As a result, effective immediately the fuel surcharge is now $1.75 per invoice. The good news is that as soon as gas prices come… Read more »

A Fair Fuel Surcharge Policy

We strongly believe that a fuel surcharge should not be a profit center, or a sneaky way to impose hidden costs on customers. Throughout most of our history, CDC did not even assess a fuel surcharge. A few years ago, when gas prices began escalating at a rate far exceeding inflation, we reluctantly decided to… Read more »