SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Cody's Convenience Stores will offer all Southwest Baptist University students and faculty a three-cents-per-gallon discount on gasoline, reported The Omnibus, the Springfield, Mo.-based school's newspaper.
The discounts to students began when Missouri State University contacted the owner of Cody's looking for a convenience store to partner with in order to get discounts for their students. Kevin Buening, category and marketing manager for the company, said that because the program was so successful, they decided to offer it to other [image-nocss] universities.
We now offer discounts to not only Missouri State and SBU, but also to Evangel University, Drury University, Ozarks Technical Community College and College of the Ozarks, Buening told the paper. Cody's realizes that the average college student is always looking for any financial help they can find, and in these days of higher fuel prices, our intent is to help students with their fuel cost.
The discount is available at all Cody's locations. To receive the discount, students must pump their fuel and then go inside the store to pay. They must should show their student ID before presenting payment. If the store requires customers to prepay, the discount will be taken off when the customer presents payment.
We are happy and proud to be able to offer this program to the students and faculty of [SBU], said Buening.
Springfield-based Cody's has also partnered with the SBU Athletic Department to help with fundraising, said the report. When customers enter the code 7777 when they visit the store's car wash, Cody's will make a $1 donation to the department.
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