Supermarket fuel price rises

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This was because supermarkets let their costs creep closer to other retailers', according to April's AA Fuel Price Report. Unleaded, which averaged 89.5ppl in mid-March, is now 92.8ppl, while diesel has leapt from 92.7ppl to 95.1ppl. That's an average cost of £3.62 a month more in fuel.

The industry has made an appeal not to panic buy fuel stocks.
 
TVR&Ferrari_Fan
Unleaded, which averaged 89.5ppl in mid-March, is now 92.8ppl
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To conver this for the Americans: 92.8p = $1.83368 USD for a litre of petrol. Convert that to the price for a US gallon: $6.941233909424 USD. To make it easier to read: 92.8p = $1.83 USD = $6.94 USD for a US gallon

So they are paying almost $7 per US gallon over there. I wish every American knew this fact so they can stop complaining about the price of petrol. Sorry to hijack your thread.
 
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To conver this for the Americans: 92.8p = $1.83368 USD for a litre of petrol. Convert that to the price for a US gallon: $6.941233909424 USD. To make it easier to read: 92.8p = $1.83 USD = $6.94 USD for a US gallon

So they are paying almost $7 per US gallon over there. I wish every American knew this fact so they can stop complaining about the price of petrol. Sorry to hijack your thread.
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Even at current $3/gal pricing, it's still highway robbery. Oil company profits are consistently sky-high, and there's no legitimate reason for this pricing. There's no shortage, no new technology, no shipping or refinement issues, no scare (not that that's a qualifier).... Even demand has kept within reason. I can understand the desire to make more money, but this is price gouging.
 
I think the reason there doing this, is to make people get out of there cars and use public transport or even just car share.
 
TVR&Ferrari_Fan
I think the reason there doing this, is to make people get out of there cars and use public transport or even just car share.
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I don't that would get very far here. Public transportation as I have seen it in the US isn't really worthwhile, but we are trying to improve. I may have to reexamine the situation once I ride our new light-rail, though. Still, US public transport generally isn't near what you guys across the pond have to offer.

The oil companies could stand to relax prices a bit, I feel. I think I heard from somewhere that one of the oil companies here (exxon-mobil?) was making in the region of $24 million per hour average for last year. I cannot veryify that statement, though.
 
I don't use supermarket fuel myself, but I do have the advantage that work pays for mine, but the tax man does get his own back on that one, which does mean that fuel is taxed three times. Fuel duty, VAT and benefit in kind tax.

However even my wife's car only gets branded fuel put in it, supermarket fuel does has a different additive mix, and it (in my opinion, and quite a few others) does make a difference.


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Really?! I thought all fuels were roughly the same. I almost always put my fuel in at the supermarket because its really close and cheaper but come to think of it recently I stopped at a Shell stop because I was really low on fuel and the car did feel a lot more smoother accelerating. Im still going to use supermarket fuel though because the station is so close to me and Im not too bothered about the the improved drive anyway.
 
ExigeExcel
It does make a difference, as even I can tell the difference between the fuels as a passenger.
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And apparently you rengine can tell, too. I know here, supermarket fuels (Safeway, Costco ect.) are just a mix of a whole bunch of fuels from different people. I've heard that this can do some damage to your engine. We almost always use branded gas (although I don't know about that USA station...).
 
I paid $3.67 (91 octane) gallon today for gas.
I'm aware that prices are going up, but it was just a little surprising. It seems like it was only a few weeks ago I paid $2.50/gallon for gas.

Luckily I only have a 10 gallon tank and only fill up 8 - 8.5 gallons. Though, I still make a trip to the station about once a week. A ~$30 fill up doesn't seem as insane as what other people are probably paying.

But yeah, our gas is still cheap compared to other places in the world.
 
I wish people didn't complain about gas pricing over here (Canada) either. Price gone up 5 cents recently, it's not $1.08c/liter, that's 0.49gbp/liter. It's still a good price. It used to be cheaper, but I don't really care, my car ('98 Jetta 2.0) is quite efficient and my driving style is gas friendly 👍 .

When I was in Europe, those gas prices were pretty bad, over 1 euro per liter, that's 50%+ more than in Canada, and I imagine UK must be much worse. Makes sense that every other person in Europe drives a 1.4-2.5L TDI of some kind (mercedes, citroen, ford, etc.)
 

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