Freedom Oil Company is a fuel oil distributor in New England.
Freedom purchases fuel oil from
large wholesalers and distributes the oil to its customers,
primarily in single-family houses, within 20
miles of its home offices. The company owns a number of
medium-sized delivery trucks and four
storage tanks. The tanks, when full, represent about 4 months’
worth of normal winter deliveries.
Freedom makes deliveries year-round, since many customers heat
their water with oil. Most of
Freedom’s business, however, occurs...