石油 up 6p a litre already in 2024 - and Asda is no longer the cheapest place to fill up

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運転者s saw the price of filling up with 石油 増加する yet again last month にもかかわらず the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長's 告示 in March that 燃料 義務 will remain frozen for a 14th year and a 5p-a-litre 削減（する） has been 延長するd for another 12 months.

公式の／役人 data shows that the 普通の／平均（する） price of a litre of unleaded rose 1.86p to 146.48.

It means 石油 is already around 6p a litre more expensive now that it was at the end of December.

And the 全国的な review of forecourts shows Asda - which has for years 申し込む／申し出d the lowest prices - is no longer the cheapest place to 燃料再補給する...

The RAC 燃料 Watch 報告（する）／憶測 for March shows that ディーゼル also rose last month by more than a penny from 154.68p to 155.99p (1.31p).?

This 確認するs three 連続した months of rises for both 燃料 types in an 付加 blow to driver's 財政／金融s as the cost-of-living squeeze drags into 2024.?

石油 is now 5.9p pricier than it was on 31 December 2023 (140.58p) and ディーゼル is 6.81p more expensive (149.18p).

When brimming the 55-litre 戦車／タンク of an 普通の／平均（する） family car, each visit to forecourts is costing drivers an extra £3.25 and £3.76 in 2024 than it was last year for the 各々の 燃料s.?

What's 押し進めるing UK 燃料 prices higher??

While the 増加する in forecourt prices was driven by a 5 per cent rise in the cost of a バーレル／樽 of oil (from $83.55 to $87.48) in March, a 殺到する in 需要・要求する for 石油 in the US ahead of the summer 誘発する／引き起こすd the 卸売物価 of unleaded to rise to match that of ディーゼル.?

This 増加する in 卸売物価s has squeezed the 普通の／平均（する） retailer 利益（をあげる） 利ざや on each litre of 石油, which has fallen from 10.5p at the start of March to 8p by the の近くに of the month.

However, the RAC said it believes this could also be 予定 to the 競争 and Markets 当局 (CMA) raising 関心s about higher retailer 利ざやs last week.

Fig ures held by the CMA show that even the lower 利ざやs for 石油 by the end of March are more than 二塁打 what retailers were pocketing 支援する in 2017.

The 普通の／平均（する） 利ざや on ディーゼル is 11p, up by a penny in March.?

RAC 燃料 広報担当者 Simon Williams said: 'The rising cost of oil, 連合させるd with the 続けざまに猛撃する still only 存在 価値（がある） a meagre $1.3, has led to another month of 悲惨 at the pumps with the price of 石油 going up 2p a litre.'?

Asda no longer the cheapest place to fill up. Where is??

Supermarkets typically 申し込む／申し出 the least expensive 燃料 prices across the country.?

And for years it has been Asda forecourts that have led the way, either by 存在 the first to 削減（する） their prices or to shave an extra penny on the 競争.

But this is no longer the 事例／患者.

Instead, it is 競争相手 Tesco that had the cheapest unleaded on 31 March at an 普通の／平均（する） of 142.7p across its 511 forecourts.

In contrast to 条約, Asda's 石油 was the most expensive of the 'gig four' at 145p.?

Asda also had a monumental 34p price difference between its cheapest and most expensive litre of 石油 sold across the UK.?

The grocer 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d 138.7p at its Guildford forecourt and 172.9p at junction 29A of the M1 近づく Sheffield ? a 爆撃する-branded 場所／位置 operated by Asda. Comparatively, Tesco had the smallest difference between its lowest and highest prices at just 6p (138.9p v 144.9p)

At the end of March, Sainsbury's sold the cheapest unleaded at 136.9p at two 場所／位置s ? one in Wolverhampton and one at Dungannon in Northern Ireland.?

Tesco, however, was 非難する its lowest price ? 138.9p ? at 30 separate forecourts.

Asda, on the other 手渡す, was only 非難する its lowest 石油 price of 138.7p at one of its 658 forecourts.

Sainsbury's and Tesco were tied for the lowest 普通の／平均（する） ディーゼル price across their 大臣の地位s at 151.7p and 151.8p.?

Asda's gap between its cheapest and most expensive ディーゼル was 35.2p (147.7p at Guildford, Torquay and two in Northern Ireland v 182.9p at the 爆撃する-branded 場所／位置 it runs 近づく junction 29 of the M1).

Tesco had the smallest gap of just 6p between ディーゼル at its forecourts (148.9p v 154.9p) while Morrisons was also under 10p (145.7p v 154.9p) Sainsbury's had the cheapest ディーゼル at 142.9p, but this was only 利用できる at Andersontown, 近づく Belfast, in Northern Ireland.?

Tesco's lowest price of 148.9p was, however, on 申し込む／申し出 at 45 of its forecourts.

When looking at 非，不，無-supermarket 燃料 販売人s, BP and 爆撃する-operated forecourts were 設立する to have very large differences between their cheapest and highest 燃料 prices.?

For unleaded, BP has a gap of 27p (142.9p v 169.9p) and 爆撃する 26p (143.9p v 169.9p) across their 287 and 536 forecourts.?

For ディーゼル, it is 30p for BP (149.9p v 179.9p) and 26p for 爆撃する (153.9p v 179.9p).

Williams 追加するd: 'Sadly, Asda appears not to be the 軍隊 it once was in 燃料 小売ing.?

'Gone are the days when it used to 発表する big headline-grabbing pump price 削減（する）s when 卸売物価s fell, along with a 約束 at the time that drivers would never 支払う／賃金 more than a 確かな low price at any of its forecourts.'

The RAC's 燃料 専門家 says 消費者 now '不正に need' to see the end of postcode-宝くじ 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s for 石油 and ディーゼル and for the 政府 to 押し進める ahead with its 'Pumpwatch' ambitions to make it a 要求する ment for retailers to publish their pricing within 30 minutes of making changes.

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