Petrol Prices Higher In Some Areas
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- Published: 18 Dec 2009 in Motoring and General
Some customers are being forced to pay over the odds for petrol, despite the recent drop in wholesale fuel prices.
The AA has reported that some drivers are paying up to 5p a litre more than others, with some spending as much as 108.9p a litre. Prices are particularly high in the south of England.
In other places, drivers are paying only 103.9p a litre, where supermarkets are passing on the wholesale price cuts and are competing for custom.
On average, petrol prices have fallen from 108.74p a litre in mid-November to 108.32p now, with diesel falling from 110.02p to 109.86p.
AA president Edmund King said: "Up until now, fuel retailers have been largely blameless for higher fuel prices - leaving that
dubious honour to Government fuel duty and stock market speculators.
"But this sting in the tail of 2009 is clearly unacceptable when set against a track of gradually falling wholesale prices before last week's plunge."
"Drivers can't expect to pay 103.9p a litre for petrol in every town, but being charged as much as 5p a litre more at the cheapest outlet in a substantially built-up area well served by supermarkets is a rip-off.
"Perhaps worse, many high street shops are discounting like mad to grab a share of this Christmas' trade and they will be angry to find out that potential consumer spending is being siphoned off by over-priced petrol."