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Jillian MacMath & Briana Millett

Sainsbury's and Asda in supermarket fuel war - with petrol prices slashed

If your car is running low on fuel, you might want to consider filling it up soon.

That's because some of the UK's biggest supermarkets have slashed petrol prices.

Sainsbury's and Asda have cut their fuel prices for the second time in a little more than a week today (Friday, February 7), reports Wales Online.

Asda has reduced the price of its unleaded petrol by up to two pence per litre and diesel by up to four pence per litre.

Sainsbury's is also offering the same discounts across all of its petrol stations - and its customers can also collect Nectar points when they fill up, getting one point per litre.

It's the second time the supermarkets have dropped fuel prices in just over a week.

But according to data from the RAC, the reduction is long overdue.

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Despite the wholesale cost of petrol and diesel falling in January, average fuel prices at the UK’s four biggest supermarkets actually increased every day until a cut was finally announced at the end of the month, they said.

RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams, added: "Based on steadily falling wholesale prices January should have been a good month for drivers at the pumps, but instead they ended up being paying well over the odds at the pumps.

"In fact, January was a perfect example of ‘rocket and feather’ pricing where prices go up far faster than they come down."

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