[jackieverrall]

Does anyone know, or has anyone heard that the Total Garage may be put up for sale ( along with the rest of the Total sites) and could be sold to Tesco or Sainsbury? Apparently it was on a website, but I cant find it anywhere! Well, just asking in case someone knows, as I am living very local to Total. Thanks

[richard]

jackieverrall, on 13 September 2010 - 17:52 PM, said:

Does anyone know, or has anyone heard that the Total Garage may be put up for sale ( along with the rest of the Total sites) and could be sold to Tesco or Sainsbury? Apparently it was on a website, but I cant find it anywhere! Well, just asking in case someone knows, as I am living very local to Total. Thanks

Well that would be a good thing given Total's track record.

[JC]

Here is just one link to the story.

http://www.google.co...2ha4Vo0rEDLLT1A

They want to exit the UK market for forecourt sales.

I think it's too early to speculate on what will happen to the Shoreham one!

[heavysoul]

Agree they're not great - although have been better recently - but I wont be filling up from there if it's supermarket petrol!!!

[PaulOckenden]

Local Diesel prices:

ASDA, Hollingbury: £113.9
ASDA, Marina: £113.9
Total, Eastern Road, Brighton: £114.9
Shell, Preston Park: £114.9
Shell, Old Shoreham Road: £114.9
Sainsburys, West Hove: £115.9
Tesco: £116.9
Jet, Shoreham: £117.9
Tates, Old Shoreham Road: £117.9

Total, Shoreham: £117.9

I wonder how our local filling stations stay in business. Or rather, I'm hardly surprised when they don't (such as the old BP in Upper Shoreham Road).

I normally use Shell in Hove. About a penny more than Asda, usually cheaper than Tesco, and it's decent petrol. having said that, most supermarket petrol is exactly the same as you get at the branded filling stations, only the additives change. The main exceptions are Tesco, which buys its petrol from a single supplier, and Jet, which will often buy petrol which the main companies reject. Or rather, that was the case when I worked for the petrol business, some years ago.

[thermo]

i dont know how texaco stays in business, they are always so much more expensive.

[shorehambeach]

Lets club together and buy it and make it the SBS HQ

[shorehambeach]

TOTAL Garage has changed hands and is becoming a SHELL garage.

Wonder if the fuel will be cheaper or even taste any different ....

[green angel]

I don't see any differences in price as I always put in £30s worth, so my fuel is always the same price

[PaulOckenden]

shorehambeach, on 28 November 2011 - 16:04 PM, said:

TOTAL Garage has changed hands and is becoming a SHELL garage.

Wonder if the fuel will be cheaper or even taste any different ....

If it's the same franchisee that owns the Preston Park and Old Shoreham Road Shell Stations, the price will probably be competitive. They are both usually cheaper than Tesco, although not as cheap as Asda.

P.

p.s. Anyone notice how Tesco's petrol goes up at LEAST 3 or 4p whenever they are running their 5p off when you spend £50 in the shop promotion? So they think we are THAT stupid? (Actually, judging the queues there, we probably are!)

[Crypto]

PaulOckenden, on 28 November 2011 - 16:47 PM, said:

p.s. Anyone notice how Tesco's petrol goes up at LEAST 3 or 4p whenever they are running their 5p off when you spend £50 in the shop promotion? So they think we are THAT stupid? (Actually, judging the queues there, we probably are!)

Nooooo. Surely not

[ahmurray]

who do Shell favour as their supermarket partner?

Would be great to get a Tesco Express or M & S Foods on site as well, SPAR is OK but a bit basic.

[richard]

PaulOckenden, on 28 November 2011 - 16:47 PM, said:

p.s. Anyone notice how Tesco's petrol goes up at LEAST 3 or 4p whenever they are running their 5p off when you spend £50 in the shop promotion? So they think we are THAT stupid? (Actually, judging the queues there, we probably are!)

Is that true? If it is it must be the most stupid bit of PR ever. Can I forward your misgivings to Tescos 'talk to us' for an elucidation? We get a 5p off coupon on nearly every weekly delivery to the house. I use the motor so little I regularly give them to my mates who drop in. So if what you claim is correct it's up '3 or 4p' nearly all of the time on their competitors, given the frequency of awarded vouchers.

Don't see that. I don't think Tesco marketing 'are THAT stupid.'

But as usual I stand to be corrected.

[Fangio]

It's the additives and the sell by date that count with fuel.
The better quality ones are simply that, better quality.

[miseryguts]

green angel, on 28 November 2011 - 17:13 PM, said:

I don't see any differences in price as I always put in £30s worth, so my fuel is always the same price

love that !!!!!!


tesco do put the price up when the 5p off coupon is running - spotted it myself too.

[green angel]

green angel, on 28 November 2011 - 16:13 PM, said:

I don't see any differences in price as I always put in £30s worth, so my fuel is always the same price

miseryguts, on 28 November 2011 - 18:14 PM, said:

love that !!!!!!


tesco do put the price up when the 5p off coupon is running - spotted it myself too.

I can always lower the cost of my petrol any time I like, instead of putting in £30 worth I put in £29 worth, bingo lower fuel costs us Lancing peasants aren't so stupid

[johnjohn]

green angel, on 29 November 2011 - 09:44 AM, said:

I can always lower the cost of my petrol any time I like, instead of putting in £30 worth I put in £29 worth, bingo lower fuel costs us Lancing peasants aren't so stupid

Sounds like Osborne type economics

[richard]

miseryguts, on 28 November 2011 - 18:14 PM, said:

tesco do put the price up when the 5p off coupon is running - spotted it myself too.

Absolute bounders! Wonder if I'll get an answer to an e-mail?

[Spinalman]

The fuel comes from the same refinery - probably Fawley in this case - run by Esso. Road tankers from Esso, BP, shell etc all fill up at the same depot with Esso fuel. The only difference is the cocktail of additives they dial up as the tankers are filled up. Age of the fuel is irrelevant - the turnover of petrol stations is so great it does not become an issue.

When I worked at Fawley for a brief time I was told Esso had the best cocktail, and that I should never use supermarket fuel. Tesco's fuel is bought elsewhere I believe.

[PaulOckenden]

Spinalman, on 29 November 2011 - 10:53 AM, said:

Tesco's fuel is bought elsewhere I believe.

Yup - Tesco is the only supermarket where the fuel doesn't come from the normal supply system.

I used to work for Shell - it's amazing how brand loyal the staff are. I once got evil looks from an office full of staff when I admitted buying petrol elsewhere.

P.