Burnsville, April 12 - Twenty-one drivers who fueled up with Unleaded 88 at a Holiday station in Plymouth during a two-hour promotion yesterday were rewarded with prizes from the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) and KS95 FM. 

“This week, MN Bio-Fuels kicked-off another year of retail events to highlight for consumers the benefits of Unleaded 88 on their wallets, their engines, and their air quality,” said Brian Werner, executive director at MN Bio-Fuels. 

During the event, drivers who fueled up with Unleaded 88 were rewarded with prizes such as $20 in cash, tickets to Minnesota United, tickets to the St Paul Saints, Applebee’s gift cards and KS95 merchandise. 

MN Bio-Fuels will be hosting several more Unleaded 88 promotions at stations in the Twin Cities metro area over the coming weeks and months.

“Many of our events scheduled for this summer are currently in jeopardy due to antiquated federal regulations that will force retail stations to stop offering Unleaded 88 on June 1. We urge the Biden administration to provide an emergency waiver for the sale of Unleaded 88 during the 2024 summer driving season because of ongoing global energy supply chain challenges,” Werner said. 

This week’s two-hour promotion, which was held from 11 am to 1 pm, was at the Holiday station on County Road 24 in Plymouth.

KS95’s personality, Greg “Hutch” Hutchinson, was with MN Bio-Fuel staff at the station educating drivers on the various benefits of fueling up with Unleaded 88.

In 2023, annual Unleaded 88 sales reached a new milestone in Minnesota with 127.56 million gallons sold, representing a 21 percent increase from the previous annual record of 105.5 million gallons recorded in 2022 and double the sales from five years ago (60 million gallons sold in 2018). 

In the first two months of 2024, 20.83 million gallons of Unleaded 88 were sold in Minnesota compared to to 18.31 million gallons over the same period in 2023.