the present disclosure is directed to facilitating pricing , sales and delivery of a commodity . in one embodiment , a fuel offer generator facilitates the purchase and management of fuel offerings . the fuel offer generator allows customers interested in securing fuel to obtain an offer for fuel at lock - in prices for various tenors . fuel customers may later exercise the fuel offers so their fuel costs are locked - in at desired levels the fuel offer generator may generate hedges to counteract fuel related risks stemming from fuel offer purchases . ultimately , a customer that purchases a fuel offering can exercise their fuel offering order at a specified price and redeem any difference between the market price for their purchased fuel and the price specified in their fuel offering order . the fuel offer generator allows for the management of regional fuel price offerings and allows for fuel offering redemption based on fuel pump prices .