The supermarket giant operates around 600 fuel stations around the UK as prices hit highest levels since Iran war started
Tesco customers are being given a bit of relief from high fuel prices – but they only have until August 23 to take advantage. The supermarket giant operates around 600 fuel stations around the UK – and has said it is currently offering customers a 5p off a litre.
Petrol prices have reached their highest level since 2022 as Brits feel the heat at the pumps. Fuel prices in the UK have reached 159.89p on average, new figures show. It’s the highest level since November 2022 when prices were cooling from a high of 191.55p in 2022 due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Donald Trump earlier this week promised that new talks on ending the conflict with Iran would begin on Monday, after the US president called off what he said would have been “massive” strikes on the country. But Iran has denied any new talks are taking place and the situation looks set to continue.
Tesco shoppers can get 5% off their fuel when they spend £60 or more in store. Customers will receive a coupon that can be used to save on diesel and petrol when they fill up at a Tesco forecourt
The deal is running until Sunday August 16 and the coupon can be redeemed until Sunday 23 August 23.
The maximum saving that can be made with the voucher is £10 and it must be presented in paper form when paying for fuel.
The news comes as this week it was revealed that drivers have stolen an average of nearly £200,000 worth of fuel from UK forecourts every day since the start of the Iran oil crisis, according to analysis. Fuel theft prevention company Forecourt Eye said incidents of fuel taken without payment soared by 20% in the five months after the conflict began on February 28, compared with the preceding five months.
The increase in pump prices driven by the war means the value of stolen fuel rose by 48% over the same period, reaching an estimated daily average of £194,000 across the UK’s 8,359 forecourts. For first-time offenders, there was a 23% increase in the number of incidents and a 26% rise in the volume of fuel stolen, compared with 17% and 20% respectively among repeat offenders.
The figures are based on reports by a representative sample of 550 forecourts. They include drive-offs, when there is no attempt to pay, and no means of payment incidents, when a customer fills up and claims they have no way to pay.
The average price of a litre of petrol climbed to 160p on Friday. That was about 27p more than before the conflict, and represented a three-and-a-half year high.
The average price of diesel is about 37p per litre higher than prior to the war, at 179p.
