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Originally Posted by jimmyfish
Yes there would be a price war. So lets say sainsburys (or other retailer), suddenly reduce there price say by 5p, why do others follow suite, not because they want to, its to stay competitive.
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So a small, short term, local, loss leading price reduction will lead to cheaper fuel for all? Not really. It'll last a few weeks, then we'll be back where we started.
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Originally Posted by jimmyfish
Same goes for if we all used one supplier, do you think the other suppliers are going to stand about waiting for people to arrive at their forcourt? No, they will reduce and entice business in that way. So what you say on this is total bollocks.
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The suppliers don't own ANY forecourts worth speaking of, they are almost, without exception, franchises. The suppliers sell to anyone who will pay. So everyone jumping ship and all using Shell forecourts makes exactly eff all difference to BP, the total sales volume is the same, so Shell branded stations will simply buy BP fuel. Which they frequently already do anyway. All you will do is put BP franchises out of business.
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Originally Posted by jimmyfish
You are right by fuel may be blended by one company but with different additives for certain retailers, Shell fuel is different to sainsburys, so it dont matter to the blender where we get our fuel from, but it will matter to the retailer.
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If you are talking about the higher octane or V-Power type fuels, yes, they are different. The only problem is that well over 90% of the fuel sold in europe is boggo forecourt mix. With (despite the advertising) nothing special in it.