Supermarket giants are battling it out at the petrol pumps as a price cutting war has broken out. Tesco entered the fray yesterday as it slashed petrol prices by 6.5p a litre.
And it also cut diesel by 4.5p a litre after rivals Asda last week knocked a total of 9p a litre from unleaded and 7p off diesel over the week. This cut brought the cost of its petrol down to 174p a litre and diesel to 185p, reports the Mirror.
Today in the UK, average prices are 182.69p a litre for unleaded, down by 3.68p week-on week and 192.38p a litre for diesel, down by 2.87p over the same period. Ashwin Prasad, Tesco’s chief product officer said: “We hope that these price cuts will go some way to help.”
