2026年5月19日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:40 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
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自伊朗战争爆发以来，美国全国汽油平均价格持续上涨。在得克萨斯州基林市，汽油价格上涨了1.28美元，查尔斯·赖斯每月给卡车加油的费用因此增加了约90美元。
“现在是3.96美元，而之前是4.12美元、4.20美元之类的，这就是我今天来这里加油的原因，”赖斯在凯西综合商店（Casey’s General Stores）加油时说道。该商店是美国第三大便利店连锁品牌，在19个州拥有近300家门店，其中三分之二的门店位于人口2万或更少的城镇。
凯西综合商店首席执行官达伦·雷贝莱茨（Darren Rebelez）表示，该店 Memorial Day 周末（美国阵亡将士纪念日周末，夏季促销100天活动的开端）的到店人数预计将增长20%。
“消费者一直都在精打细算，我们往往会把燃油价格定在较低水平，”雷贝莱茨说道。
今年2月中东冲突爆发前，美国全国汽油平均价格略低于3美元。
根据美国汽车协会（AAA）的数据，目前美国全国汽油均价为每加仑4.50美元，自战争爆发以来上涨了逾1.50美元。在5月12日的一份预测中，美国能源信息管理局估计，今年剩余时间的零售汽油均价将为每加仑3.88美元，2027年将达到每加仑3.62美元。
由于汽油成本上涨，消费者在其他方面做出了一些妥协。凯西自有品牌零食的销量有所增长，这些零食比全国性品牌便宜约1美元。
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“人们通常更想买实惠一点的东西，”顾客蒂芙尼·毕晓普（Tiffany Bishop）说道，“尤其是当你有孩子想要买零食的时候。”
雷贝莱茨表示，许多消费者会选择凯西商店，因为这里的价格更实惠。
“在这样的时期，大家的预算都有点紧张，我们就被视为更具性价比的选择，”雷贝莱茨说道。
As gas prices surge, consumers search for other savings
May 19, 2026 / 8:40 PM EDT / CBS News
By Kris Van Cleave
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Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms.
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The national average for a gallon of gasoline has been ticking up since the start of the war with Iran. In Killeen, Texas, it’s up $1.28, which comes to about $90 more every month for Charles Rice to fill up his truck.
“$3.96 instead of $4.12 or $4.20 or what have you, so that’s what brought me in here today,” Rice said while filling up at Casey’s General Stores. It’s the nation’s third-largest convenience store chain, with nearly 300 locations across 19 states. Two-thirds of Casey’s locations are in towns of 20,000 people or less.
Store visits at Casey’s are expected to jump 20% Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff of the chain’s 100 days of summer, said Casey’s CEO Darren Rebelez.
“The consumers have been hanging in there, and we tend to price our fuel at the lower end,” Rebelez said.
Before the Middle East conflict erupted in February, the national average for a gallon of gas hovered just below $3.
Around the country, a gallon of gas now costs an average of $4.50, up more than $1.50 since the war started, according to AAA. And in a May 12 forecast, the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated that retail gas prices will average $3.88 per gallon over the rest of the year and $3.62 per gallon in 2027.
Consumers are making some trade-offs in other areas due to the rising cost of gas. Sales of Casey’s self-branded snacks, which sell for about a dollar less than national brands, are up.
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“People normally want things that are going to be a little bit more affordable,” said Tiffany Bishop, a customer. “Especially when you have kids that want to pick up snacks.”
Rebelez said a lot of consumers will come to Casey’s because it’s a more affordable option.
“When we get into times like this, where you know, budgets are stretched a little bit, we’re viewed as a better value option,” Rebelez said.
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