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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:30:22 +0100, Stuart Lyon wrote:

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I've had this sent to me. It would make no difference at all. Firstly, I
never use Esso or BP as they closing all their service stations. And
secondly, Esso and BP are the two biggest suppliers to the supermarkets
for their fuel.

When Asda started their "profit free" petrol a few years back to undercut
the petrol station forecourts, all Esso et al did was raise the price that
they sold it to the supermarkets for so they had to raise their price to
the level of BP and Esso forecourts.

"gazzafield" <rufty_tufty_hoolythug (AT) nospam (DOT) thankyou.says_I> wrote

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:30:22 +0100, Stuart Lyon wrote:

http://www.whatcar.com/News_SpecialR...p?NA_ID=216848



I've had this sent to me. It would make no difference at all. Firstly, I
never use Esso or BP as they closing all their service stations. And
secondly, Esso and BP are the two biggest suppliers to the supermarkets
for their fuel.

When Asda started their "profit free" petrol a few years back to undercut
the petrol station forecourts, all Esso et al did was raise the price that
they sold it to the supermarkets for so they had to raise their price to
the level of BP and Esso forecourts.

I'm not too up on the fuel industry but what makes you think Esso and BP are
closing all their stations. The Esso rumour has been going for a few years
now but I've yet to see any evidence of them pulling out of the forecourt
market. And the way BP promote their Wild Bean Cafe stations makes me
believe they will be going for a while yet.

If there has been anything issued by the companies to suggest they are
closing stations please point me towards it as I'd be interested to know
what is going to happen to my local garage

Cheers

Jim

"Jim" <jimm (AT) clara (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:30:22 +0100, Stuart Lyon wrote:

http://www.whatcar.com/News_SpecialR...p?NA_ID=216848



I've had this sent to me. It would make no difference at all. Firstly,
I
never use Esso or BP as they closing all their service stations. And
secondly, Esso and BP are the two biggest suppliers to the supermarkets
for their fuel.

When Asda started their "profit free" petrol a few years back to undercut
the petrol station forecourts, all Esso et al did was raise the price
that
they sold it to the supermarkets for so they had to raise their price to
the level of BP and Esso forecourts.

I'm not too up on the fuel industry but what makes you think Esso and BP
are closing all their stations. The Esso rumour has been going for a few
years now but I've yet to see any evidence of them pulling out of the
forecourt market. And the way BP promote their Wild Bean Cafe stations
makes me believe they will be going for a while yet.

If there has been anything issued by the companies to suggest they are
closing stations please point me towards it as I'd be interested to know
what is going to happen to my local garage

Most filling stations are only franchises, but with the increased
competition from supermarkets, many are becoming unprofitable, and closing
down.
It is known for the big fuel compaines to remove franchises, but that's not
a very common occurence.

Regards the original post, the people who come up with these 'campaigns'
obviously have no idea of how the fuel industry works. The only person these
'campaigns' are going to hurt is the franchise holders. The fuel companies
aren't going to be affected.
In any given area off the country, most of the fuel in that area will come
out the nearest refinery, regardless of brand. The fuel comes out the
refinery as a basic fuel, and is then moved to the various fuel companies,
where they then add their own additives (or not in the case of supermarket
fuel), before being moved out in there own tankers.
Now unless everybody is going to start travelling the length and breadth of
the country to avoid fuel from one single manufacturer, these 'campaigns'
are never going to work.