Fuel Wankers.

[Mudgie]

One moment, please...

www.farsight.co.uk

Thanks for that.
It acknowledges that "more supermarkets and petrol forecourts are running on a 24-hour basis and ........ there’s a continuing issue on manning" with "these areas at serious risk from fire".
Being what they're selling we get "Remote monitoring is solving the battle" and "Opting for high-technology CCTV and monitoring is now a great solution to the difficulties of opening a petrol forecourt 24 hours a day". But then it's pot luck whether the CCTV footage will be seen soon enough just as it is if your car breaks down on a so called Smart Motorway.
Doing away with staff, whether at petrol stations, supermarkets or railway stations, is always for the benefit of the shareholders not the customers or passengers.

 

[Thehooperman]

Thanks for that.
It acknowledges that "more supermarkets and petrol forecourts are running on a 24-hour basis and ........ there’s a continuing issue on manning" with "these areas at serious risk from fire".
Being what they're selling we get "Remote monitoring is solving the battle" and "Opting for high-technology CCTV and monitoring is now a great solution to the difficulties of opening a petrol forecourt 24 hours a day". But then it's pot luck whether the CCTV footage will be seen soon enough just as it is if your car breaks down on a so called Smart Motorway.
Doing away with staff, whether at petrol stations, supermarkets or railway stations, is always for the benefit of the shareholders not the customers or passengers.

You're referring to data that is from 9 years ago, CCTV/monitoring technology has moved on considerably since then.

Regardless the fire that prompted that report was set deliberately so the likelihood of an unmanned petrol station catching fire is very slim.

 

[Chillybean]

I think its largely automated these days with temperature sensors and fire suppression systems, good vid on YouTube about how it works or perhaps not in the US.

 

[PeterD]

I am in Kent and expected sky high fuel prices, admittedly things may have changed since I left Stafford on Saturday but prices appear to be lower here, 139.9 to 142.9 for diesel.

 

[gilesjuk]

I am in Kent and expected sky high fuel prices, admittedly things may have changed since I left Stafford on Saturday but prices appear to be lower here, 139.9 to 142.9 for diesel.

It used to be the excuse that some areas were further away and so transportation costs meant the fuel cost more. If that was the case then motorway fuel would be cheapest of all when it is the complete opposite.

Fuel in Tamworth was cheaper a while back, it now is more than Stafford. It just varies based on competition it seems.

 

[joshua]

135/138 @ Morrisons Newcastle UL

 

[Lucy]

PetrolPrices app is great. Diesel is 130.6p in a garage in Wolverhampton.

 

[Mudgie]

PetrolPrices app is great. Diesel is 130.6p in a garage in Wolverhampton.

And only a 35 mile round trip. Wonderful.

 

[joshua]

And only a 35 mile round trip. Wonderful.

Think of all the pubs you could visit on the way

 

[Mudgie]

Think of all the pubs you could visit on the way

I'd never have thought of that !
I've noticed that the Four Ashes has been closed for quite a while but there's still the Speared Eagle as our daughter called it before she could read properly.

 

[Lucy]

And only a 35 mile round trip. Wonderful.

It's worth it if you're passing. Adds 4 miles on my journey home when I'm in the office, so once a month works.

 

[Thehooperman]

It used to be the excuse that some areas were further away and so transportation costs meant the fuel cost more. If that was the case then motorway fuel would be cheapest of all when it is the complete opposite.

I think you'll find that the price is directly linked to competition in the area rather than the remoteness of the petrol station.

Rural petrol stations tend to be "last one for miles" so can command whatever price they like.

Similarly motorway petrol stations are convenient for drivers that don't want to waste time diverting off their journey and will pay the exuberant prices.

 

[staffordjas]

It used to be the excuse that some areas were further away and so transportation costs meant the fuel cost more. If that was the case then motorway fuel would be cheapest of all when it is the complete opposite.

I think you'll find that the price is directly linked to competition in the area rather than the remoteness of the petrol station.

Rural petrol stations tend to be "last one for miles" so can command whatever price they like.

Similarly motorway petrol stations are convenient for drivers that don't want to waste time diverting off their journey and will pay the exuberant prices.

We topped up with Shell unleaded on the A34 in Winchester for 1.499.

Few miles further on the M4 services , BP unleaded was showing a whopping £1.899.

Unleaded mostly around 1.409 / 1.419 here in Worcester today.

 

[markpa12003]

I've recently been to Liverpool and London. Both places had cheaper fuel than Stafford. We are paying 3 or 4p more a litre.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

I think you'll find that the price is directly linked to competition in the area rather than the remoteness of the petrol station.

Rural petrol stations tend to be "last one for miles" so can command whatever price they like.

So please explain the Grindley Brook service station north of Whitchurch (backarse of beyond) that is currently charging 136.9 for Diesel lol

 

[tek-monkey]

So please explain the Grindley Brook service station north of Whitchurch (backarse of beyond) that is currently charging 136.9 for Diesel lol

I'd say it's a rare exception to the general rule, maybe they aren't robbing bastards like the usual owners. What company runs it?

 

[Thehooperman]

No need to explain to be honest but if you insist there are four or five petrol stations in Whitchurch itself including a Tesco petrol station and one at the A525 junction so I think that they have got competition and as per my post hence the lower price.

 

[gilesjuk]

Went through Bilston and Wolves today. Diesel at 1.31p a litre, so 13p cheaper than Stafford. I guess we don't have enough competition.

 

[cj1]

No independents to drive down prices like in other places. I now fill up when passing a cheaper station than Stafford last fill was Chester @135.9 9ppl cheaper than Stafford for the same brand of unleaded

 

[Thehooperman]

I filled up in Crawley this morning on the way back from Brands and unleaded was 140.3p per litre.

Prices in Stafford were still over 145p per litre when I passed a few petrol stations.