Re: Cost of a Litre
Originally Posted by
Mups
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I just filled up at Tesco's garage this morning, and it was £1.21 ltr - that was petrol though.
I did the same last week at our Tesco - £1.229/lt.
What we are comparing here is economies of scale though. A village petrol station sells very much less petrol than your average Tesco's forecourt so, the owner will be paying a much higher wholesale price for his/her petrol, then his/her profit margin has to be added. The likes of Tesco can negotiate very much lower wholesale prices because of the volumes it buys and can, if it so wishes, sell the fuel on as a loss leader.