Local gas prices fell last week
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah fell 6.1 cents a gallon over the past week to $3.63 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average fell 3.2 cents a gallon in the last week to $3.66, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 7.2 cents a gallon lower than the same day one year ago and 12.6 cents a gallon higher than a month ago.
The national average has increased 10.2 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 8.8 cents lower than a year ago.
GasBuddy.com senior petroleum analyst Patrick DeHaan cautioned motorists to keep an eye on prices.
“Refineries will be continuing their switch over to cleaner burning gasoline, and there certainly is the possibility that one mishap could send prices racing higher, much to the disappointment of motorists nationwide,” DeHaan said.
Chamber’s oyster roast set for Tubby’s
The Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce’s third annual Oyster Roast Business Connection will be held March 21 at Tubby’s Tank House in Thunderbolt.
The oyster roast is sponsored by Adventure Radio, Ambos Seafoods, LLC, AT&T, Colony Bank, Deemer Dana & Froehle LLP, R.B. Baker Construction and Thomas & Hutton.
It runs from 5:30-7:30 p.m., and all employees of companies that are chamber members may attend any chamber event for the discounted admission. The cost is $10 for all member employees and $25 for guests. No RSVP is necessary.
For more information, contact Cally D’Angelo at 912-644-6459 or CDAngelo@SavannahChamber.com.
Hilton Head after hours this week
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce will host its March Business After Hours at Old Town Dispensary in historic Bluffton from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday.
The event includes casual networking, samplings from the restaurant’s new menu and complimentary beer and wine. The cost is $10 for members, $20 for non-members.
For more information, go to hiltonheadchamber.org.
The Rest Stop celebrates grand opening
An online retailer, The Rest Stop, will open its first storefront on March 18 at 2125 E. Victory Drive. The Rest Stop is a wholesale mattress warehouse that offers discounts on name-brand mattresses.
Aaron Vantosh, the store’s owner, operates other mattress outlets in the Atlanta and Montgomery, Ala., areas.
The Rest Stop will hold a grand opening celebration on Saturday, April 20.
For more information, visit www.thereststopusa.com.