Interesting breakdown there Nigel. Naturally the Government get the biggest slice but I never knew the Garages got so little.
Eddie, neither did I until I did a little research. This would ultimately explain why garages are more expensive than say Tesco or Asda for these stores do not really have to rely on profit from petrol to stay in business.
This would also probably explain why there is such a difference on the cost of fuel up and down the country between the independent retailers, they probably mark up their prices in accordance with turn-over (I think) :think:
I used to be an optimist but with age I am now a grumpy old pessimist.
There was a story in the local rag here about a garage which had served petrol pretty much since the invention of the petrol pump and how it was forced to stop selling it due to the lack of profit.
The supermarket down the road could afford to sell it at a much cheaper price, even a loss, as this lured in customers to the main shop and they made the profit up on other stuff.
Ours is down from $3.01 to $2.42 per gallon!! In about a month!! Most of the
drop has been in the last 5 days!! My car gets 15mpg!! Brads truck, about
25!!
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