All four supermarkets have today announced that they will be cutting 3ppl off unleaded. This cut comes after the wholesale price of unleaded has dropped steeply recently, and now the supermarkets are leading the way into an Autumn fuel cut.
After a summer of rising prices, this will no doubt come as a benefit for motorists who are feeling the back to school pinch.
Morrisons is cutting the cost of unleaded by up to 3p-per-litre across its petrol stations from tomorrow.
In addition, the supermarket is currently offering a 5p-per-litre saving on fuel to customers who spend £40 in Morrisons stores. (See more here)
Ashley Myers, Morrisons Head of Fuel, said: “We aim to offer customers the best deal on fuel and we hope that this price cut will help many motorists’ wallets this weekend.”
Sainsbury’s is cutting the price of unleaded petrol by up to 3 pence per litre across all of its 314 forecourts, providing great value for millions of motorists across the UK. As usual, customers will also be able to collect Nectar points every time they fill up – one point on every litre purchased.
David Pegg, Fuel Buying Manager for Sainsbury’s, said:
“As we head into Autumn after a busy summer, we are committed to helping our customers live well for less, whether they’re stocking up on groceries or refuelling their cars. That’s why we’re dropping the price of unleaded petrol by up to 3p per litre across every single one of our forecourts by Sunday. Whether in store or at the pumps, customers know they will get fantastic value with Sainsbury’s”.
Britain’s biggest petrol retailer has cut the cost of unleaded fuel by up to 3p per litre at all of its petrol stations, with changes coming into effect today.
Tesco’s buying manager for fuel, Rodger Beer, commented, “We’re cutting the price of fuel in our filling stations to help our customers save money. We hope this makes it a little bit easier for our shoppers to get away for the weekend and enjoy the late summer sunshine.”
Effective from today, Friday 13TH September, Asda customers will benefit from filling up at one of its 322 petrol stations after the supermarket announced they are cutting the price of unleaded fuel by 3 pence per litre following continued decreases in wholesale costs.
As of Friday morning any driver filling up at an Asda petrol station will pay no more than 122.7ppl on unleaded, whilst Diesel remains the same at 126.7ppl.
Asda Senior Fuel Buyer, Dave Tyrer said “With wholesale costs falling, we’re pleased to be able to pass on these savings onto our customers. Drivers filling up at an Asda filling station will pay no more than 122.7ppl on Unleaded and 126.7ppl on diesel.”
“With average UK petrol prices stuck at around 128.5p -129.0p a litre since mid-August, a saving of 6p a litre or more than £3 a tank will cheer up drivers as the summer comes to an end,” says Luke Bosdet, the AA’s fuel price spokesman.
“Other supermarkets have gone down the route of forcing their customers to spend £40 or £60 in store before offering money off their fuel.
“The superstore business model depends on customers driving to shop. Asda seems to understand that relationship, while rivals too often exploit it.”
Why is the diesel motorist losing out again?
That’s because as temperatures drop, diesel usage goes up, thus so do prices (supply and demand), and, I suspect, the price of petrol has been too high in recent weeks – I was suprised at how high it was, including in some areas that normally are quite cheap, and compared with the price of diesel, even accounting for higher usage in warmer months compared to diesel.
I think a lot of this ‘price drop’ is guff anyway, because my nearest Sainsbury’s petrol price was HIGHER than that of a very nearby BP filling station – very unusual, as it’s normally 2-3p a litre cheaper. Even at Shell filling stations, the gap isn’t as large as normal. All this ‘drop’ will be doing is reducing prices to what they SHOULD’VE been a month ago.
What a glass-half-empty if predictable comment. My first thought was “Great news for petrol drivers” and I drive a diesel.
Diesel was only 1p more yesterday at Asda which isn’t bad I think 🤔
The government hates diesel powered cars is one reason why
Brexit and especially a No Deal Brexit will increase prices. 1) A no-deal Brexit or threat of it has driven down the pound across the world ( global traders see the UK will suffer as our European trade declines ) making our exchange rate weak with the dollar. Fuel is purchased wholesale in dollars. Up goes the price of our fuel.
2) Leaving the Single Market means we likely have to pay ‘tariffs’ on goods so up goes prices. Diesel is most affected by these changes as we import more than petrol, especially from Holland. We will now likely pay tariffs after 45 yrs as we are leaving our neighbours; we are no longer a member of that 500 million EU peoples. Lorries will be held at ports longer awaiting customs clearance and disruption will certainly follow. Leave the EU and you become ‘a third country’. and you have to negotiate your trade from scratch.
3) documents And we have not yet mentioned impacts on drivers or travellers driving vehicles across Europe who will face longer border delays, checks and need correct documents, more expensive travel insurance including medical cover as we will no longer have the same access to medical support we have had on the continent for decades. If Brexit is really Hard the Euro will improve against sterling leaving UK visitors paying more & more.
An increasing theme of Brexit will be – ‘Why did they not tell us before.?’
Why is petrol still referred to as “Unleaded”? Is any other kind regularly available at UK fuel stations.
Morrisons! Don’t make me laugh – they never enter the price war at Cambourne, because they are the only supermarket within a 10 mile radius.
At least your supermarket HAS a petrol station – my two locals south of yours (I presume you’re talking about the Cambourne in Cambridgeshire, not in Cornwall) in Royston and Letchworth both don’t have a filling station, but still ‘take part’ in the Spend £XX, get Yp off a litre of fuel. Utter waste of time if I have to drive 30 miles (total) to get fuel which may be more expensive than the local Sainsbury’s anyway.
Ironically, when I was on holiday in the West Country earlier this summer, the cheapest petrol station was (I was watching a cricket match – long drive) when I was in Taunton at, yes, Morrisons!
Ditto for Morrisons at Boroughbridge, North Yorks. 10 miles away from their store in Harrogate and consistently 2/3 pence dearer, but then there is an Asda in Harrogate providing competition. When I asked at the Boroughbridge station why they were always dearer than Harrogate I was told that it cost more to deliver the fuel to Boroughbridge due to zoning. What a load of B/S.
Breaking News – we can forget about those nice 3p off a litre, given it’s been reported that some rebel terrorist group has just bombed Saudi Arabia’s oil plants, knocking half of its production out for the time being. Prices will probably be up by the same within a week or so.
Phew ! That should save my speculative investment in Gold Producers 🙂
I asked an employee Tesco, why their petrol is 8p more than another Tesco 10 miles away. The reply?
Because people are stupid enough to pay it.
Filled up this afternoon at Tesco Potters Bar and no reduction there.
They did not even know about the 3p supposed reduction.
So much for Rodger Beers comment then!
Fortunately for you, that filling station is the cheapest in the area/county, even more so than normally the cheapest areas like Watford or Stevenage.
Where I live ASDA has a station at £1.22.7 ltr across the road a car dealership with a BP station is £128.9 going to Morrison’s with the 5p discount £1.17.7 on the M1 £1.40 and now new signage to indicate how much Ethanol it contains what next.
I can never take advantage of the spend £s and get money off petrol, as I live on my own and my grocery bill never ezceeds £30
Same here. My (retired) parents, on the other hand, don’t do much mileage (about 3k a year) but sometimes get the vouchers (mainly from Tesco) but its not worth them spending them because they’d only be buying 10L of fuel most of the time.
If I happen to be visiting and they’ve got a voucher, then they give it to me, in return for me washing my Dad’s car or some such favour. Sometimes its worth knowing some freinds, neighbours or work colleagues with families who get lots of vouchers and can’t use them all – do a deal and go halves by paying them half the saving.
Diesel is a waste product of petrol so why is dearer you are all robbing gits I work on oil terminals