On Tuesday, Cracker Barrel launches a 10-week nationwide "Fuel Your Summer Road Trip" giveaway of $250,000 in free gas-and food-to Cracker Barrel Rewards members during this summer's peak road trip season. The deal lasts through July 26. A total of 250 Cracker Barrel Rewards members will each win $1,000-a $500 gas gift card, and a $500 food gift card from Southern-hospitality restaurant chain. That's 25 winners, each of the 10 weeks.
“Highest disapproval on gas prices. Look at this: President Trump, 79%! Seventy-nine percent of Americans disapprove of him on gas prices! Look, the rest of them you see across the board, also reached the 70s, but never this high,” Enten said, emphasizing that the level of negative sentiment toward Trump on gasoline costs surpassed prior presidents’ peaks.
The one time The Real World star is returning to reality TV in a five-part series called The Great American Road Trip following Duffy, his wife Fox News anchor Rachel Campos-Duffy and their children traveling to iconic American places. President Trump featured in the first moments of the newly released trailer. DUFFY: So the motto is, to love America is to see America.
SCOTT: Mr. President, you are here against the backdrop of the war in a Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now with gas prices soaring? TRUMP: You know why? Because I wanna keep our country beautiful and safe. Beautiful also. This place was a disgusting place. It was Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and we had a terrible, disgusting you probably don't see dirt. But I do. And you walked down this pond. If you would've walked down they'll tell you better than anybody. They had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of that lake, out of that water. And it sat there for years like that. And that's not what our country's about. Our country's about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people. Not a filthy capital.
We find that households had very different experiences with gasoline spending. With the sharp increases in gasoline prices in March, a K-shaped pattern in gasoline consumption emerged-showing faster consumption growth for high income households relative to low-income households.
SIRIUSXM HOST MEGYN KELLY: By the way, I just want to correct myself. That was yesterday. Today, they've already gone off another 10 cents to $4 and almost 40 cents a barrel. It's 4.39 that the average gallon is costing.
"It usually would be shorter to drive, but the gas prices are high," said Joshua Newman of Washington, D.C., as he waited to board an Amtrak train for the first time in his life at Union Station this week.
California's gas prices have risen 30% since the start of the year, with the average price for regular gas in Los Angeles-Long Beach jumping from $4.67 in February to $5.93 in March. In San Francisco, the average increased from $4.83 to $5.99 during the same period.