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  Price cuts spark supermarket fuel war 18 Aug 2014 (News)
  Britain’s supermarkets have gone to war over fuel prices, with ASDA, Sainsbury’s and Tesco announcing price cuts. The reductions will come into force on 19 August and see the cost of petrol fall by 2p per litre and diesel drop by 1p per litre.
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  Fuel prices fall as supermarkets launch money saving deals 23 Jul 2014 (News)
  Motorists could save as much as 20p per litre this month after Britain’s supermarkets announced a new wave of money saving fuel deals. From 24 July, Sainsbury’s will drop 10p off a litre of fuel to all customers who spend £60 in store or online. The offer is valid from 24 to 30 July and each customer will get a voucher, which can be redeemed at one of Sainsbury’s 294 forecourts.
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  Supermarkets cut fuel prices as the cost of oil plummets 28 Nov 2014 (News)
  Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons have announced similar reductions, with all three supermarkets reducing fuel prices by up to 2p a litre.  World oil prices have slumped in recent months, with the cost of Brent crude hitting its lowest value in four years.  However, RAC fuel expert Simon Williams believes there could be more good news in store for motorists, as retailers react to the lower wholesale cost of fuel.
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  Supermarkets cut fuel prices 11 Mar 2014 (News)
  Andy Peake, Asda’s petrol trading director said: “With Asda’s latest price cut we’re now seeing the lowest price on diesel since July 2012. We’re the only supermarket that has a national price cap on fuel, ensuring drivers know the price they will pay at the pump regardless of where they live”. Morrisons has said it will review its fuel pricing on a local basis, with many forecourts expected to match the pricing of its rivals.
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  Supermarkets cut fuel prices after Government pressure 6 Nov 2014 (News)
  Supermarkets have cut around 1p off a litre of fuel following calls from the Government for fuel retailers to pass on savings to consumers. Danny Alexander, Chief Executive of the Treasury is urging retailers to cut fuel prices  as the cost of a barrel of crude oil has fallen by a quarter since June; yet, since then, fuel prices only have fallen by around six per cent.
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  Fuel prices fall as supermarkets launch money saving deals 23 Apr 2014 (News)
  Fuel prices are set to tumble by as much as 10p per litre after Britain’s supermarkets announced a new round of money saving deals. Sainsbury’s is offering 10p per litre saving on fuel until 30 April to everyone who spends £60 in store, while Morrisons is cutting 6p off a litre fuel for customers spending £40 up to 4 May.
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  Further supermarket fuel price drops announced 11 Dec 2014 (News)
  Supermarket filling station prices are set to drop again, by a further one pence-per-litre. Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco have announced that they are to drop the cost of unleaded in the run up to Christmas.
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  Fuel costs tumble as supermarkets go to war 27 Sep 2013 (News)
  Britain’s supermarkets are going to war at the forecourt, with Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco all announcing significant price cuts. Sainsbury’s is the latest supermarket to reduce its prices, with the news that it has cut the cost of petrol by 6p per litre and the rate of diesel by 4p per litre.
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  Supermarkets further reduce fuel prices 27 Aug 2015 (News)
  Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s have announced fuel price cuts ahead of Bank Holiday weekend. Prices have been cut by one pence-per-litre for diesel and two pence-per-litre for petrol across forecourts operated by all three supermarkets. The reductions come just a few days after a drop in the unleaded price and follow steady cuts to the price of diesel over the past few months.
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  Sainsbury’s offers 10p-per-litre off fuel for customers who spend £60 28 May 2014 (News)
  Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has introduced a new fuel offer, giving customers who spend £60 in store a discount of 10 pence off every litre of fuel at the pumps. Customers can receive a voucher in supermarkets, Sainsbury’s Local stores and when they shop online.
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  Fuel nears £1-a-litre as supermarkets cut prices for Christmas 9 Dec 2015 (News)
  Fuel prices are on course to drop below £1-a-litre in time for Christmas, after three of Britain's largest supermarkets slashed 2p off a litre of petrol and diesel.  Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's will pass on the forecourt cuts on 9 December - bringing the average cost of   unleaded down to 101p and diesel to 104p.
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  Supermarkets cut diesel to under £1-per-litre 4 Jan 2016 (News)
  The reductions are currently limited to supermarkets, although other fuel retailers are expected to follow. The fall in fuel prices reflects the global collapse in the wholesale cost of oil, which now stands at £26 a barrel – its lowest since 2005.
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  Supermarkets offer new ways to save on fuel 18 Jul 2013 (News)
  Supermarkets often come up with ways to entice customers into their stores, not least by offering money off fuel. The latest offers come from Tesco and Asda – though they’re quite different. Tesco is offering up to 30p off every litre of fuel if customers by specific items, in store or online, while Asda’s latest update to its mobile app shows fuel places for each of its stores.
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  Pump prices tumble as supermarkets go to war (again) 30 Oct 2013 (News)
  The big retailers will still enjoy decent margins on each litre of fuel they sell. The surprise would be if the supermarkets weren’t passing on some of their good fortune to hard pressed motorists.”
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  Supermarkets reduce fuel prices 1 Aug 2016 (News)
  Tesco customers can still collect Clubcard points when filling up and Sainsbury’s customers will still be able to collect Nectar points. All three supermarket changes will have implemented the reductions by August 2.
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  Sainsbury’s to open a hydrogen fuel station 29 Oct 2014 (News)
  With the supermarket fuel price war ongoing, Sainsbury’s has upped the ante by announcing it will be the first of them to sell hydrogen to motorists. Sainsburys will open a SmartFuel hydrogen forecourt at it Hendon store, London, before the end of 2014.
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  Supermarkets cuts fuel prices following drop in wholesale cost of oil 3 May 2017 (News)
  The wholesale price of diesel finished the month 2.5p cheaper. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “April wasn’t a good month for fuel prices but motorists have every right to expect an early May petrol and diesel cut from retailers of 2p-a-litre at the very least.
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  Supermarket diesel prices drop again 27 Jul 2015 (News)
  Additionally diesel is currently cheaper than petrol at most supermarkets for the first time in several years.
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  Fuel costs 'forcing drivers off the road' 3 Jan 2008 (News)
  He said: "It is possible to keep fuel costs to a minimum by shopping around. ... On the day we checked, [local] prices for a litre of unleaded fuel varied from 99.9p to 113.9p - a staggering difference of 14p." Last year supermarket chain Tesco were found to be supplying contaminated petrol at forecourts in south-west England.
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  Fuel prices stabilise in July after months of rises 3 Aug 2016 (News)
  RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “July’s slight reduction in fuel prices is very welcome as it has ended four months of rising prices on the forecourt. We are hopeful that the early August supermarket cut will make a bigger difference to household budgets in the summer holiday period even though it came a more than a week later than it should have done.”