At our local M****sons supermarket thye have "convieniently" put up their fuel by 1p on Saturday 2nd May. Coincidentally they did exactly the same on the Easter break. Also just prior to the budget 2p went on fuel.
Now I might be wrong, but to me this type of price hyping smacks of out and out profiteering. As I see it they put the pre budget increase inplace trying to anticipate Mr Darling's speach. The other increases are there just to capitalise on the fact that we (the public) would be wanting to enjoy ourselves!!
Surely with the current financial crisis we are all suffering, you would think that the supermarkets having still made increased profits on their food sales, would be more encouraged to promote their image by making a weekend break away more affordable.
While they are price crunching their food prices to encourage custom, it appears the motorists are being crushed at the fuel pumps to make up the profit margin's.
Steve L.
Now I might be wrong, but to me this type of price hyping smacks of out and out profiteering. As I see it they put the pre budget increase inplace trying to anticipate Mr Darling's speach. The other increases are there just to capitalise on the fact that we (the public) would be wanting to enjoy ourselves!!
Surely with the current financial crisis we are all suffering, you would think that the supermarkets having still made increased profits on their food sales, would be more encouraged to promote their image by making a weekend break away more affordable.
While they are price crunching their food prices to encourage custom, it appears the motorists are being crushed at the fuel pumps to make up the profit margin's.
Steve L.