A fixed price fuel supply agreement is a contract with a fuel supply company in which a business prepays a set volume of fuel at a locked maximum price per unit for a defined term. During the term, the business buys fuel as usual, and its per gallon or per litre cost can never exceed the locked figure, no matter how far market prices rise. It is a commercial supply arrangement, the same category of agreement as booking fertilizer at a set price or ordering materials at a quoted rate, and the customer holds no market position of any kind.
FuelAnchor is a fuel supply company that sells exactly this. The customer requests a quote for the gallons or litres they expect to use each month, and the quote returns a locked maximum price per gallon for a term of 1, 3, 6, or 12 months. The customer prepays the volume, then fills using a FuelAnchor card at the stations they designate, chosen from any station that accepts Visa or Mastercard, with the list updatable during the term. When pump prices are below the locked maximum, the customer pays the lower pump price. When the market rises above it, the customer pays the locked rate and FuelAnchor absorbs everything above it.
What the agreement includes
The core elements are simple to list. A volume: the fuel the customer commits to, typically anywhere from 500 to 5,000 gallons a month for small and mid-sized operations. A term: 1, 3, 6, or 12 months, chosen to match a job, a season, or an operating year. A locked maximum price per gallon: computed per quote from current market prices in the customer's coverage area, the fuel type, the volume, and the term. And the card: a FuelAnchor-issued virtual card that pays at the designated stations, drawing down the prepaid balance.
There is no published rate card. Every quote is computed at the moment it is requested, which means the only accurate answer to "what would my price be" is a quote for your own volumes and area.
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What it is not
A fixed price fuel supply agreement is not a fuel card. Fuel cards give a small discount off a floating market price and offer no protection when prices rise. It is not a financial product, an investment, or a market bet: the customer buys fuel, receives fuel, and never has money riding on which way prices move. And the locked figure is a maximum, not an exact price, so the customer keeps the benefit of every day the market trades below it.
Who uses one
Operators whose fuel spend is large enough to matter and whose prices are committed ahead of the fuel purchase: farms, small fleets, trades and service businesses, delivery operations, and seasonal businesses of many kinds. The common thread is a business that cannot pass a mid-term fuel increase along to its own customers and therefore benefits from making its largest volatile cost a bounded number.
How to get one
Request a quote with three inputs: fuel type (diesel, gasoline, and off-road diesel are all quotable, each priced independently), a realistic monthly volume from your own fuel records, and the area where you fuel. The quote takes about a minute to request through fuelanchor.com, arrives with the locked maximum in writing, and carries no obligation to proceed.
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