Petrol prices set to fall (From The Northern Echo)
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Petrol prices set to fall
4:36pm Tuesday 12th March 2013 in News
By Matt Westcott
HARD-pressed motorists received some respite today when supermarkets Sainsburys and Asda both announced fuel-price cuts.
Sainsburys said that from tomorrow, petrol prices at the companys 279 forecourts will dip by 4p a litre, with diesel being reduced by 3p a litre.
Then Asda said that from tomorrow it would be cutting its petrol by up to 3p a litre and its diesel by up to 2p a litre.
Asda said that from tomorrow drivers would pay no more than 134.7p a litre for petrol and 141.7p a litre for diesel.
Sainsburys' head of fuel Richard Crampton said: "We know that fuel is a big part of many customers weekly budget so were keen to do anything we can to help."
Andy Peake, Asda's petrol trading director, said: "We always aim to be the first retailer in each part of the country to drop prices when costs are falling and the last to put them up.
"When we do drop prices, we drop them everywhere, setting a maximum national price cap for our customer, which means they all benefit from our low prices, regardless of where they live."
NO EINSTEIN says...
6:08pm Tue 12 Mar 13
I have a friend that works in the petrochemical business in Middlesbrough, and he tells me that in winter they add things to petrol due to the cold, which puts the price up, and about now they are taking the additives out as its warming up, thus the price to the supplier drops.
These people are not doing you a service, they are just trying to make themselves look good by this false representation.