HELE ON DOWN!!!
Buy…read more6 gallons of regular unleaded gasoline at this HELE and get a Jack-in-the-Box, Breakfast Jack .... FREE!!
Buy 8 gallons of regular unleaded gasoline at this HELE and get one All-American Footlong Sandwich on Friday, January 16, 2026 at any Safeway on Oahu .... FREE!!
Buy 10 gallons of regular unleaded gasoline at this HELE and get one garlic chicken musubi and two pork hash at 7-Eleven .... FREE!!
Buy 15 gallons of regular unleaded gasoline and fill the tank of your Toyota 4-Runner and get an 18" pepperoni pizza, a hot dog and drink at Costco ..... FREE!!!
I know all of you are thinking .... "What's the catch?"
I'm not exactly sure why, but the Hele Gas Station/Convenience Store on Vineyard Boulevard and Palama Street has, for the last two weeks, been selling regular, unleaded gasoline for $3.899/gal. and $3.799/gal. with Hele Kamaaina Card and payment in cash.
There are 12 fuel pumping stations selling regular unleaded gas at this Hele. With that sald, all the Plus and Premium pumps are out of order. You can only buy regular unleaded and diesel at this Hele, for now.
For your information, the Hele on South King, a block before Straub Hospital and the Hele on South King just past Kalakaua Avenue sells regular unleaded for $4.599/gal.
The Cosmo Yajima Service Station on South King and Keeaumoku sells regular unleaded for $4.599/gal.
The Shell on Beretania and Keeaumoku sells regular unleaded for $4.599/gal.
The Texaco on Beretania and Keeaumoku sells regular unleaded for $4.599/gal.
The difference in cost and savings between buying regular unleaded at this Hele and the Cosmo Yajima Service Station, the Shell, Texaco and the two other Hele Gas Station/Convenient Stores is $4.60/gal. - $3.90/gal. = $.70/gal. and $4.60/gal. - $3.80/gal. = $.80/gal with Hele Kamaaina Card and paying in cash.
So this morning, I buy 8 gallons of regular unleaded, using my Hele Kamaaina Card and pay in cash = $3.80/gal.; which is $.80/gal. X 8 gallons = $5.60 savings at this Hele.
I then go to the Safeway on Beretania and used $5.21 of my $5.60 savings and buy a $5.00, All American Footlong Sandwich. It's like me getting my All-American footlong sandwich for FREE, because I bought 8 gallons of regular unleaded at this Hele .... right??
My GF has a Toyota 4-Runner and I told her: "Honey! You should "Hele on Down" (Insert smiley face emoji here) and take advantage of the $3.80/gal. regular unleaded gas at the Hele on Vineyard and top off your tank because regular unleaded is $4.60/gal. everywhere else. Your 4-Runner takes 15 gallons of regular unleaded so this will be a pretty big savings. 15 gallons X $.80/gal. equals a $12.00 savings.
You can than buy an 18" pizza, a hot dog and drink at Costco with your $12.00 gas saving. It's like getting an 18" pizza, a hot dog and drink FREE!!, when you fill up at this Hele."
GF: "Wow! What a great idea and deal honey! I got something to do now. Can you take my keys, fill up my tank and go down to Costco and get an 18" pepperoni pizza, hot dog and a Diet Coke for me?" (Insert sly, salivating face emoji here)
Me: "Why sure honey. I'll be right back."
I drive her 4-Runner to the Hele and fill up her tank. Sure enough, 15 gallons X $3.80 = $57.00 which would have been $69.00 at the other Hele's, the Shell, Texaco and Cosmo. $69.00 - $57.00 = $12.00 savings.
I then drive to the Costco in Iwilei and pickup her pepperoni pizza, hot dog and Diet Coke and head to her place.
Me: "Honey! ..... Honey! I'm here!"
GF: "Yawn .... Back already! I was taking a nap! ....Yawn!"
Me: "Huuh!! Here's your keys, the 18" pepperoni pizza, hot dog and drink. The gas was $57.00 and the pizza, hot dog and drink came out to $12.03."
GF: "Yawn! Gee thanks honey. You're the best! Let's eat!" (Insert happy face emoji here)
Me: Five minutes later ....... Foot tap tap tap tap tapping!!!!! "Women are very cunning!!" (Insert crying face emoji here)
P.S. The savings for the gas was $.80/gal. at this Hele and a fantastic deal. But from my perspective, the 18" pizza, hot dog and drink ended up being a $69.03 out of pocket cost to me. This turned out to be the most expensive pizza, hot dog and diet coke I ever purchased in my life!!