All Prices - Wholesale monthly articles
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NewsSuper unleaded sales resilient despite rising prices
Sales of super unleaded have remained largely stable despite pump prices rising significantly in recent months – though super diesel volumes have declined by a quarter.
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NewsRAC hopes drivers will be “treated fairly by retailers” as it again bemoans fuel margins
Breakdown and insurance firm the RAC has implied fuel retailers are not treating motorists fairly in its latest ‘fuel watch’ press release.
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NewsCMA admits to using “simple” profit calculations and not properly analysing fuel sector
The Competition and Markets Authority, which has warned forecourt operators they are “on notice” over concerns of unfair profits, has admitted the calculation it uses for estimating fuel margins is “a simple metric”, and that it has “not analysed” the sector fully.
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NewsCompetition and Markets Authority detects little change in retailers’ fuel margins
The Competition and Markets Authority says that while it considers fuel margins remain “at historically high levels”, they rose just 0.4p in March, currently standing at the same 10.7ppl they resided at last year.
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NewsInternational Energy Agency recommends reduced speed limits and home working to cut oil use
The International Energy Agency has published a list of 10 recommendations governments could implement to reduce oil use, with working from home, reduced air travel and cuts to speed limits among its suggestions.
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NewsAA puts fuel retailers down as it talks EV costs up
Following the RAC’s lead, the AA has become the second breakdown-and-insurance company of late to criticise fuel retailers for not fully passing savings brought about by falling wholesale prices on to consumers.
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NewsRetail fuel prices fall by 2ppl in December, RAC estimates
Prices at the pump dropped by 2 pence per litre on average last month, according to the RAC’s latest ‘fuel watch’ analysis.
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NewsRAC shies away from attacking fuel retailers for the first time in months
Criticism of fuel retailers is entirely absent in the RAC’s latest instalment of its monthly ‘Fuel Watch’ initiative, which has previously seen the company compare wholesale and retail prices to estimate operators’ margins while simultaneously accusing them of making excessive profits. This apparent change of heart follows hot on the heels of a comment piece published by Forecourt Trader.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: The RAC’s position on fuel retailers is untenable
Month in, month out, the RAC criticises fuel retailers for their margins, regardless of whether pump prices rise or fall. But there is a disconnect between the RAC’s reproval and its own profits, says Forecourt Trader’s Hugo Griffiths.
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NewsCompetition and Markets Authority criticises fuel margins, again
The Competition and Markets Authority’s latest quarterly report on fuel prices has once more found that retail fuel margins have increased at both standard forecourts and supermarket petrol stations, despite the organisation benchmarking against a year when falling prices drove inflation down, and also admitting it has not taken wider economic factors into consideration.
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NewsFuel prices reach six-month high: RAC
UK petrol and diesel prices have climbed for five consecutive months and are now at a six-month high, according to the RAC.
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NewsSUMMIT: PRA in talks with Competition and Markets Authority over forecourt profits and Fuel Finder Scheme
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) is meeting with officials from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) every two months to discuss matters relating to profitability, and the upcoming Fuel Finder scheme, attendees at Forecourt Trader’s 2025 Summit were told.