Large fuel-station chain owners think the environment

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"Large fuel-station chain owners think the environment of high fuel margins is here to stay, especially because mom-and-pop stations don't have scale to counter such cost pressures." (I) To what does "scale" in this sentence refer? (II) Why would scale allow a firm to counter "cost pressures"?

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