ASDA has sparked another petrol price war with supermarkets announcing forthcoming unleaded and diesel price cuts.
The move will see unleaded prices drop by up to 1p a litre, while diesel prices will fall by up to 2p a litre.
The price cuts will take from tomorrow at Asda's 320 petrol stations, at Morrisons' 335 forecourts and at Tesco's 500 petrol stations.
Meanwhile, Sainsbury's will introduce the cuts at its 314 forecourts from Wednesday January 9.
It takes Asda's national price cap to 113.7ppl on unleaded and 123.7ppl on diesel. The other supermarkets don't have a national cap.
Asda says it’s the seventh fuel price drop it's delivered since October 26, with unleaded falling by 14p a litre and diesel by 11p a litre.
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- Make your car more fuel-efficient. You can do this by keeping your tyres inflated, taking the roof rack off, emptying your car of clutter and turning off your air con when driving at lower speeds.
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- Drive more efficiently. Some ways to do this, include:
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- Always drive on the highest possible gear
- If you can, allow your car to slow down naturally as your brake is a money burner
- Re-starting your car is expensive, if you can keep moving
The supermarket says the move follows "continued decreases" in the wholesale cost – the price retailers pay for petrol.Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco came under fire last week after the RAC claimed they were "cheating" drivers out of cheaper fuel prices.
The motoring group accused the three supermarkets of failing to compete as closely on the price of unleaded as they usually do, which they said has added 3p a litre to the average fuel bill.
RAC fuel spokesperson Simon Williams said: “This cut is very welcome news, but the big question is whether the other supermarkets will respond and drop their prices sufficiently at all of their sites.
"Drivers badly need the supermarkets to start competing on price again as the so-called price war has been ‘cold’ since the middle of October.
"If this doesn’t happen then today’s Asda cut will not lower the average price of petrol and diesel across the country by as much as it should.
"This will mean drivers who are not near a low-cost fuel retailer will continue to pay over the odds.
"The price of petrol at the other supermarkets is currently about 3p more expensive than Asda compared to the normal gap of just over a penny so there is some catching up to do.”
Average unleaded prices now stand at 120.2p a litre, while diesel now stands at 129.5p a litre, according to price comparison website PetrolPrices.com.
The AA says average UK petrol prices have dropped to their lowest level since early April.
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