Amber Murray hates stopping for gas. So in 2021, she started a small business based on the notion that other drivers must be equally averse.
For a membership fee, her South Carolina-based company, Fuel Flow, will come to your home or office to top off your tank.
On Friday, after years of servicing South Carolina customers in Charleston, Orangeburg and St. George, Murray brought her business to the Charlotte market, where she had previously offered pop-up service.
Murray, who grew up in St. George, said the idea came to her after her car ran out of gas on a busy interstate in Atlanta.
“We make sure that doesn’t happen to you,” she said, recalling how a family member came to her rescue.
That same day, Murray began asking friends and family what they thought of her business idea.
“They