petrol supply

[coggles]

which oil companies supply Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury, Morrisons and the other multiples with their petrol? 

[ianess]

Around here the fuel tankers seem to come out of the BP refinery at Grangemouth.  Is all fuel not the same regardless of the name on the forecourt?
It never fails to amaze me that supermarkets can give 5p off per litre if you spend say �50 in-store. Petrol prices just seem to be a lottery.

[goldfish100]

I think Morrisons and Asda are supplied by ESSO. Tesco too probably.

[Alltorque]

Supermarkets have national agreements with the major refiners. These give them wholesale prices, (as you'd expect), plus facilities to pick-up loads of fuel in their own tankers from local depots. So, you might be buying fuel from any of the majors and the supermarket is just a reseller. Tesco undercutting the oil majors by 5p/Ltr is not a great trick. a) they don't have any of the overheads of crude oil exploration/extraction/transport ashore/refining/distribution but they DO have thousands of products to sell you which generate their own, (sometimes excessive), profits. As something like 73% of fuel cost is Government tax + duty, you can work out just how much of that 5p/Ltr is funded by Tesco and how much is funded by you, the taxpayer. Not sounding quite so generous now ?

[Grunty]

Goldfish100 - I'm sure that is not known to the many people who boycott Esso. (I'm not getting into that discussion here, but they do).

[coggles]

On behalf of my husband (who posted this question but didn't change to his username) I shall thank you all for answering. He won't be home until late tonight, so you will get a response from him, but not immediately!

Thank you again - some interesting facts...