Chalfont fuel prices

I wonder why the Tesco garage at Gravel Hill, CSP and the BP garage at GX are 5p a litre dearer than say Holtspur or Beaconsfield.
That equates to roughly 25p a gallon more expensive than elsewhere, and what with one of them being Tesco of all business, I thought they would have lead from the front and be one of the cheapest, obviously not, no excuses, definately refuel out of Chalfont and GX for now, just can't beleive they are so blatently ripping people off.

I never understand the variations. The Esso in Holtspur is relatively cheap, but drive 1/2 a mile towards Beaconsfield and the BP on the right hand side is several pence per litre more expensive. The two petrol stations opposite one another as you come into Chesham also have different prices.

I was'nt really moaning about the prices just being different, the point was the amount of difference,5p a litre, and the difference between Holtspur and Beanconsfield was only 1p

phisch21 wrote: I never understand the variations. The Esso in Holtspur is relatively cheap, but drive 1/2 a mile towards Beaconsfield and the BP on the right hand side is several pence per litre more expensive. The two petrol stations opposite one another as you come into Chesham also have different prices.

my dad used to work for BP, and pricing is totally down to forecourt owners , BP used to sell franchises to entrepreneurs who basically own the site, they are contracted to buy fuels form the major companies, the forecourt owners can add their mark up onto the cost of goods (eg the fee they pay BP per litre for delivery and supply of fuel) then there is Tax.... some forecourts make literally a penny on retail of a litre of fuel, others take a larger profit say 3 or 4 p per litre sold... many use shops and the sales of food/ drinks etc to support the cost of running a forecourt, staff costs, drive offs, insurance, and such like so they lower the ' mark up' on fuel as the shop takings cover the costs....

some fuel companies ( i think esso are the strongest on this ) also cap the prices on fuels when witihn 3 miles radius of a supermarket- eg the esso which is at cressex which is less than a mile of high wycombe asda always matches asda's fuel prices.... this is often done to retain market share and to promote sales promotions the major fuel companies run and also the 'collector card schemes'

remember alot of these major fuel wholesalers/ refiners actually supply the major supermarkets....and they are in ' bed together '

vote with your feet, expensive forecourts are closing at an alarming rate ....holtspur is cheap, so are some forecourts in slough, shop around and join the fair fuel campaign ... paying 'fuel' tax on of VAT is immoral, thats a tax on a tax.....

and when you do 20,000 - 30,000 miles a year it all adds up !