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The pump-first, pay-later gas outlets are mainly in the Midwest and West, where some chains, such as Maverik, are seeing increases in gas "drive-offs."
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Nancy Couch, loss-prevention director for the eight-state, 230-store chain, says drive-offs total about 1% of sales and typically increase as gas prices rise.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The drive-offs are becoming more frequent.
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KOCH: Convenience store report so-called drive-offs surge every spring.
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KOCH: Convenience stores report so-called drive-offs surge every spring, gas thefts cost the industry $134 million in 2007.
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I was the only person I knew who _never_ had drive-offs.
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Most of the time I just said yes, nodded, and looked sympathetic when she talked about the woman I'd be replacing, who used to get upset about drive-offs.
I'm sooo bored onlyemma 2003
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They have occasional drive-offs, which the owner then makes up for by taking the money from the pumper's paycheck.
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When gas prices were at there highest last summer, the number of drive-offs increased, and as such, the economic situation goes hand-in-hand with crime rates.
Daily News-Record 2009
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Chicago has had fewer incidents of drive-offs because nearly all stations in the city require drivers to pay before getting gas.
unknown title 2009
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