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Evie Townend

All the supermarkets cutting petrol and diesel prices - from Tesco to Asda and Sainsbury's

Supermarkets are slashing petrol and diesel prices to help drivers after fuel prices hit record-high levels this year.

The stores have been criticised for not giving drivers a fair deal, putting bosses under pressure to bring prices down.

The current average cost of petrol sits at 182.11p per litre, while diesel prices are at 192.06p, according to the RAC.

Fuel prices have slowly been coming down, but drivers are still paying far more than they were at the start of the year.

Almost £5 has been shaved off the cost of a 55-litre tank of petrol in recent weeks.

Drivers were paying 145p for petrol on average at the start of January, while diesel stood at roughly 148p.

RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “Following seven consecutive weeks of wholesale prices falling, we’re relieved to see the supermarkets finally reducing their prices a little.

The current average cost of petrol sits at a hefty 187.3p per litre, while diesel prices rest at 195p per litre (Getty Images)

“Sadly though, the UK’s biggest fuel retailers aren’t cutting their prices at the scale they should be, given the wholesale prices of both fuels – what retailers pay themselves – have dropped so much.

“This is one of the worst examples we’ve seen of pump prices falling like a feather despite the wholesale market plunging.”

So here’s how each retailer has changed their prices.

Tesco

Tesco is cutting the price of petrol by 6.5 ppl and diesel by 4.5 ppl as wholesale price drops (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Tesco has made the largest cut to the price of fuel, cutting the price of petrol by 6.5p and diesel by 4.5p.

The cuts have taken place across Tesco's 600 filling stations .

Tesco chief product officer Ashwin Prasad commented: "We know how tough rising fuel bills have been for households across the UK, and so we hope that these price cuts will go some way to help - particularly as more families head out on their summer holidays this week."

The best way to find your nearest Tesco petrol stations is by using the retailers' store locator .

Asda

Asda was the first supermarket to announce a cut last Friday (August 29).

It has cut the price of unleaded by 5p and diesel by 3p across its 323 UK petrol stations.

The supermarket says this means drivers pay on average 174p for unleaded and 185p for diesel when filling up their tanks.

AA fuel price spokesman Luke Bosdet said: "Asda’s price move is impressive, in effect cutting 10p a litre off the UK average price of petrol.

"That’s potentially a fiver off a tank for those filling up this weekend, compared to the artificially-high prices on too many major retailer forecourts and in too many towns."

You can find the nearest one near you using the supermarket's forecourt locator tool.

Asda has cut the price of unleaded by 5ppl and diesel by 3ppl across its 323 UK petrol stations (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's introduced its fuel prices cuts in two stages last week in line with Asda by an average of 5p.

Victoria Newman, head of corporate communications for Sainsbury's said: “We are committed to offering motorists great value and over the weekend we lowered the price of petrol and diesel across our forecourts.

“We price locally and competitively.”

Morrisons

Morrisons has cut the cost of unleaded and diesel by an average of six pence a litre over the last week at all of its UK forecourts.

Morrisons has said that is passing on recent reductions in wholesale fuel prices directly to customers to reduce the cost of motoring.

Andrew Ball, Fuel Operations Manager at Morrisons, said: "It's the summer holidays and we know how tough the current cost of living is for our customers. So we hope this fuel price reduction will help motorists to save money at this challenging time."

Morrisons has 339 filling stations across the UK.

Supermarkets are cutting their fuel prices after record highs all year (Getty Images)

Co-op

Co-op has cut its petrol prices by 2p across its 133 filling stations nationwide.

You can use apps like Fuel Genie to find your nearest petrol stations.

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