A Welsh filling station has explained the profit it makes from a sale after a customer complained to the business: "I was going to put fuel in but not at that price.”
The fuel cost crisis has seen petrol prices rise since late February by an average of 24p a litre (to 182.31p) and diesel by 30p (to 188.05p). The cost of filling an average family car has now reached £100.27 for petrol and £103.43 for diesel as demand for non-Russian crude oil has grown and the pound has struggled against the dollar.
The Brian Llewelyn A'i Ferched garage at Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, posted on Facebook about an exchange with a customer who despaired at the recent surge. "Tonight we had one customer turn up after we had put the pole signs off, as we were closing," the post read. "This person pulled up to the pump, saw it was 193.9p per litre. They came into the shop and said, 'I was going to put fuel in but not at that price.'
