MSE News: Asda and Sainsbury's to cut petrol prices by up to 2p/litre tomorrow 13 October 2014 at 11:19AM edited 13 October 2014 at 11:43AM in Motoring 27 replies 2.8K views

Former_MSE_Helen

Asda and Sainsbury's will cut diesel prices by up to 2p/litre and unleaded by up to 1p/litre from tomorrow

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Asda and Sainsbury's to cut petrol prices by up to 2p/litre tomorrow




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enfield_freddy

thre full story says "Asda and Sainsbury's to cut petrol prices by up to 2p/litre tomorrow"

this is wrong , they are cutting petrol prices by UPTO one pence

redux

enfield_freddy wrote: »

thre full story says "Asda and Sainsbury's to cut petrol prices by up to 2p/litre tomorrow"

this is wrong , they are cutting petrol prices by UPTO one pence

Well, that still fits into the description, just as the previously fanfared decrease of up to 5 pence turned out to be only 2 pence in most places.

bod1467

My local Sainsbury is the cheapest around for fuel just now. I'll need to fill up by the end of the week, so a further reduction will be timely.

r2015

If it's anything like their 5p cut the other week which was .05p at my Asda garage, it will be .01p per litre.

bod1467

Maybe it's a typo and they mean 2p per gallon?

I'm old enough to remember fuel priced per gallon. I even remember it at 80p per gallon! (As a boy. As a driver it was about £1.85 a gallon when I first passed my test).

https://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol_Prices_1896_todate_gallons.pdf

Cap_Hero

A penny or two off is not much in the grand scheme of things. The price of a barrel of oil has fallen back a fair bit recently.

10p or 20p off would be better imo!

EmehEm2005

"drivers will pay no more than 126.7p/litre for diesel and no more than 123.7p/litre for unleaded."
MSE 13 October 2014

I paid 123.7p a litre for unleaded on the 3rd October 2014 at the ASDA petrol station in Mosborough Sheffield.

However it is a totally self-service petrol station.

enfield_freddy

bod1467 wrote: »

Maybe it's a typo and they mean 2p per gallon?

I'm old enough to remember fuel priced per gallon. I even remember it at 80p per gallon! (As a boy. As a driver it was about £1.85 a gallon when I first passed my test).

https://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol_Prices_1896_todate_gallons.pdf

umm , I remember 4 gallons for a pound , and 4 splashes of redex please

Iceweasel

bod1467 wrote: »

Maybe it's a typo and they mean 2p per gallon?

I'm old enough to remember fuel priced per gallon. I even remember it at 80p per gallon! (As a boy. As a driver it was about £1.85 a gallon when I first passed my test).

https://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol_Prices_1896_todate_gallons.pdf

Ah, bod - you must be a tad younger than I.

The first gallons I bought were 4 shillings and tenpence ha'penny.

That's just a smidgeon under 25p a gallon!

And I can clearly remember the exchange rate in the pub was eight whiskies to the pound. :beer:

Can you hazard a guess at the year?

enfield_freddy

no , but I do remember there were no breathalizer laws in those days , and a police officer used to escort you home to make sure you had no problems