Yesterday we delivered the rather depressing news that despite price reductions and a competitive climate, Brits are still paying more for diesel fuel than people elsewhere in Europe.
However, at least things are moving in the right direction; In the past 24 hours, three UK supermarket chains, Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, have all announced further diesel price cuts, all amounting to an additional two pence on the litre.
While price variations still exist between diesel and unleaded depending on the forecourt you
choose, The RAC now believe diesel will be cheaper “across the board” within days, according to a report on This is Money.
Unfortunately, the report also refers to some instances of the price of unleaded petrol increasing, while the price of diesel goes down. Wholesale unleaded prices are dropping as well as wholesale diesel prices, so there’s no logical reason why unleaded should go up in price at this point.
Asda appear to be abstaining from joining in this particular round of the current diesel price war, however they are holding firm to a previously-mentioned diesel price cap of 112.7 pence per litre.
Another point the report makes is that despite the “price war” there are still huge variations in cost from forecourt to forecourt, and as usual the motorway service stations are charging far more than the supermarkets. We suggest making use of our free tool to help identify the cheapest place to fill up in your area.
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Sainsburys in Enfield London have put their petrol price up 2p a litre and diesel down 2p we are still being ripped off
This is utter rubbish around me in Wigan. The price of unleaded at Sainsbury’s (Marus Bridge) has risen steadily since January 9th 2015 (£1.069) and is now a whopping £1.149. This is a penny more than it was on 15th December 2014 ! It’s utterly disgusting with no sight of these so-called savings.
NOTICE DIESEL FUEL RETURNS from the various vendors having a on board computer I monitor this constantly, the variation noted is as high as 10% plus with the constant bad returns coming from Morrison’s and Asda do these supply us with poorer quality fuel?
There should be a form of grading so that we the customers would know what we are getting for our money, standards such as the petrol octane levels should be compulsory !!!!
Sainsburys in Enfield London have put their petrol price up 2p a litre and diesel down 2p we are still being ripped off
This is utter rubbish around me in Wigan. The price of unleaded at Sainsbury’s (Marus Bridge) has risen steadily since January 9th 2015 (£1.069) and is now a whopping £1.149. This is a penny more than it was on 15th December 2014 ! It’s utterly disgusting with no sight of these so-called savings.
NOTICE DIESEL FUEL RETURNS from the various vendors having a on board computer I monitor this constantly, the variation noted is as high as 10% plus with the constant bad returns coming from Morrison’s and Asda do these supply us with poorer quality fuel?
There should be a form of grading so that we the customers would know what we are getting for our money, standards such as the petrol octane levels should be compulsory !!!!