Cheapest Gas in Brandon: May 26 Report

The search is on for the cheapest gas you can find and today’s best bet in Brandon might be these top three lowest prices found at GasBuddy.com on May 26 at noon.

The site, updated daily with visitor reports, at this reporting lists 18 stations for Brandon, with prices ranging from $3.61 to $3.75 per gallon of regular gasoline (not including one gas station that had a much higher price that hasn’t changed in days). For premium gas, prices ranged from $3.95 to $3.99 per gallon, based on reported visitor updates for nine stations. (The second-to-highest prices in each category were 3.65 and 3.96, respectively.)

For midgrade fuel, prices ranged from $3.80 to $3.89, with reports from 11stations. (The second-to-highest price was $3.81.)

For diesel fuel, prices ranged from $3.87 to $3.91, with reports on four stations.

Nationwide, prices across the states ranged from 3.546 in South Carolina (where prices were down) to 4.180 in Alaska (where prices also were down). Mississippi was next highest at 3.585, followed by Tennessee (3.614) and Alabama (3.615).

Florida placed 22nd on the list from lowest- to-highest priced gasoline. Florida was at 3.744 (down from 3.772 on May 24 and 3.909 on May 10). 

Overall, prices rose in 12 states, remained steady in 11 states and fell in all others, including Florida.

Tampa prices were falling (3.705, down from 3.733 on May 24 and 3.782 on May 20) and so, too, the Florida state average (3.744, down from 3.772 on May 24 3.824 on May 20). Nationwide, the average was reported at 3.809, down from 3.817 on May 24 and  3.867 on May 20).

According to a map credited to the  American Petroleum Institute, gasoline taxes as of January 2011 in 16 states ranked in the highest category, "greater than 48.1." The chart looks at the combined local, state and federal taxes in cents per gallon. Florida was in that highest category (52.8). Ranking at the top and bottom of the list in that category were California (66.1) and Oregon (49.4).

For regular gas locally, the cheapest prices reported in the May 20 report were:

• $3.61 at Sam’s Club, 2021 West Brandon Blvd. (near Providence Road)
• $3.65 at RaceTrac, 10324 Causeway Blvd. and South Falkenburg Road
• $3.66 at Murphy USA, 1110 East Brandon Blvd. (near Mount Carmel Road)
• $3.66 at RaceTrac, 810 East Brandon Blvd. and North Oakwood Avenue
• $3.66 at Mobil, 11210 Causeway Blvd. and Gornto Lake

For regular gas locally, the highest prices reported were:

• $3.75 at BP, 1302 North Parsons Avenue and Windhorst Road
• $3.69 at Shell, 934 Lithia Pinecrest Road and Lumsden Road
• $3.69 at 7-Eleven, 11015 West Bloomingdale Ave. and Providence Road
• $3.69 at BP, 10323 Causeway Blvd. and South Falkenburg Road