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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.