Motorists in Stratford-on-Avon district face a wide range of petrol prices across the area
Drivers across the Stratford district can find themselves paying over 16 pence more for a litre of petrol in some towns than other areas.
Research conducted on Monday, 28th August by the Herald, found that in Studley a litre of petrol cost 143.7p and 146.7p for diesel at Harvest Energy whilst in Wellesbourne petrol was 159.9p per litre and diesel, 166.9p at GWS Petrol.
Meanwhile in Stratford town centre, prices varied from 153.9p for a litre of petrol and 154.9p for diesel, from Tesco on the Maybird Shopping Centre, to 156.9p for petrol and 158.9p for diesel at the two Shell stations in Bridgetown and Evesham Road.
According to the RAC Fuel Watch, the UK average as of 24th August is for unleaded petrol is 151.19p and 153.19p for diesel with the supermarket average is 147.99p for petrol and 150.18p for diesel.
It comes as supermarkets have been criticised by the AA for not been competitive enough and accused them of overcharging customers in rural areas as earlier this month, prices became there highest since February.
It has said that drivers in rural areas were paying, on average, between 10p and 15p a litre more for supermarket petrol despite scrutiny from MPs and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s competition regulator.
Last month the energy secretary Grant Shapps, scrapped plans for a law to require supermarkets make fuel prices more transparent, instead backing a voluntary scheme.
In August, Asda become first retailer to begin publishing its forecourt fuel prices online after pressure from the CMA.
For information about fuel prices see www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice.
