Supermarkets cut petrol prices | Moneywise

Good News!

 

Woo - Hoo.

Will this mean the housing market is going to pick up, and food prices drop?

They're just adjusting, or loss-leading on food.

 

Sort of puts ANOTHER nail into the coffin of their claim to make only 2p profit per litre, doesn't it?

Alcazar

 

I was talking to the owner/manager of a certain franchised petrol seller today, and he said they make 2.4p per litre on UL, touch more on derv and about 7p on the refined juice that you performance drivers demand.

He makes more on sweets, cigs and sarnies than he does on fuel!!!!! Fuel is just an evil to get people on his forecourt.

Since he made the air/water system free his income has gone up by 8%. Weird.

This is a near Central London place that is non-stop and open 24hrs.

 

Surely the others have to follow now ??

 

Only if they can afford to.

The big supermarkets can afford so sell at cost or even make a loss as they make on the sales from shoppers, flocking in for cheaper juice.

Your average petrol station only sells petrol and a bar of chocolate.

 

Gone up 20-30p in the last half a year.

Down 5p doesn't sound like slashing to me.

But at least it's not gone up again .

As FP says there's no money in retailing petrol - what you want to do is head up the government and get 70p a litre to waste on whatever you want.

 

Must admit iv not seen a Morrisons petrol station - but then i live down south

 

Super U/L at Tesco's in Kettering was down 4p to 119.9 yesterday.

 

Hasnt make any difference where I stay, Morrisons is still Ł1.31 for unleaded, Esso is Ł 1.33 for super unleaded

 

Nothing weird about that, i hate paying to check my tires, so much so that i wll drive away if they charge, and find another one that doesnt!

 

What we really need is the real rip off merchants to decrease their excessive tax take on fuel.

Les

 

Wow - that's very high for unleaded - I'm paying 132.9p for diesel in our local morrisons, where they're unleaded is only 119.9p now.

 

Done the shopping at Tescos last night, and used one of their 5p off a litre receipt things, annoyed I havent used it before. Quite a bit off.

 

That does seem high, i'm paying Ł124.9 for V power in Essex at the moment

 

Filled up earlier (diesel). Near me Shell Ł1.30.9, Texaco Ł1.32.9, Asda Ł1.28.9, Sainsbury's Ł1.28.9, Morissons Ł1.26.9 Guess who got my business

 

Filled up at Ł119:9 for Super at Sainsburys.

 

Morissons is Ł1.149 here, which is the cheapest around by quite a long way. Shell is at Ł1.169 but the others still up around Ł1.199.

Steve

 

If you had a **** link you would not have to buy Super!

Les

 

What the - I paid 117p for DIESEL last night at my local Shell / Sainsburys - same price as unleaded - I told the man behind the counter his pump was set up wrong - he told me 117p was the right price for a litre of DIESEL....

Thats 13p per litre off - overnight !

 

or you've just put unleaded into your diesel,

 

Where?


It was 132.9 at my nearest Esso yesterday.

 

UK Petrol Prices for
Thursday 24th Jul 2008
Unleaded: Diesel: LRP:Super:According to petrolprices.com the cheapest recorded UK price is 124.9. I paid 126.9 yesterday.

 

Filled up with tesco 99 yeaterday @ 1.21!

 

Fatherpierre : It was in Bracknell (BERKS) the Shell / Sainsburys on the A322 (or is it A329) - near the sports centre for thos that know it....

I did check twice what i was putting in - the sticker on the pump said 129, but the elctronic indicator in the pump window said 117p (I got my Gfriend to check i had the right pump / nozzle etc I was so confused....)

...but the guys in the station confirmed it was correct !!

 

I'm just watching an old Top Gear from 2003 on Dave.

Fat head has just filled up an Audi with derv @ 78.9p a litre!