Drivers have been issued a warning over buying petrol and diesel from leading supermarkets after a prices have fallen by 9p since July.
This comes as the RAC has criticised Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's for not reducing their prices quicker. Rather than the chain supermarkets, RAC have said that independent forecourts and retailers had been “leading the charge” on lowering prices, which then lead to bigger supermarkets cutting their prices.
As the Express reports, Simon Williams, RAC fuel spokesperson, commented on how the lack of price cuts for petrol and diesel were impacting drivers as the cost of living rises.
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He said: “July has been an unnecessarily tough month for drivers due to the big four supermarkets' unwillingness to cut their prices to a more reasonable level, reflecting the consistent and significant reductions in the wholesale cost of petrol and diesel.
"As it was, we saw independent retailers leading the charge with fairer pump prices appearing all around the country which eventually forced the supermarkets to finally implement a more substantial cut late last Friday afternoon."
He suggested that the biggest retailers should be cutting their prices more significantly on a daily basis as the wholesale price of petrol has finally fallen steadily over the last eight weeks.
RAC data reveals that the average cost for a litre of petrol sits at 178.93p and 189.3p for diesel while data from Confused.com found that some drivers would have seen prices as high as 208.9p per litre for petrol and 215.9p for diesel.
Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, according to Petrol Prices, Costco at Loanhead is supplying the cheapest fuel, charging 157.9p per litre for petrol and and 177.7p for diesel. Morrisons in Portobello comes in second place selling petrol 172.7p per litre and 183.7p for diesel and Asda on New Mart Road is selling petrol for 173.7p per litre and diesel at 183.7p per litre.
On the other end of the scale, Petrol Prices recorded that BP and Shell are the most expensive in Edinburgh for petrol and diesel. Shell on Crewe Road is selling petrol for 187.9p, according to the app, and diesel for 192.9p per litre.
BP in Canonmills are selling petrol at 188.9p per litre and diesel at 195.9p.
This comes as Asda and Morrisons announced price cuts to apply to all of their UK fuel forecourts last week with Morrisons cutting the cost of unleaded petrol and diesel by an average of six pence over the course of a week. Asda lowered its prices first by four pence per litre then implemented a further reduction of five pence on petrol and three on diesel.
Edmund King, AA President commented: “Average UK pump prices are down by around 9.5p a litre for petrol and 7p for diesel compared to early July. But, since early June, wholesale petrol is down 20p-25p a litre depending on whether or not you factor in VAT.
"In many areas of Britain, a 10p-a-litre drop in pump prices is still a 'pumpdream. And that is where the fuel trade is forcing struggling drivers to play the pump-price postcode lottery.
“When you consider that many small independents have been slashing 10p and sometimes 15p off fuel, because lower costs have allowed it, the failure of bigger forecourts to do likewise is pretty unforgivable."
Mr King argued that motorists have been taken for an “expensive ride” during the cost of living crisis.
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