Fuel hits £9 ($11) per gallon...

[Mark_Lottomart]

Hard to tell from the reflection but possibly a white Land Rover Discovery or Evoque?

Good observational skills! It’s a Disco!

 

[Mark_Lottomart]

Where on earth do you find anywhere to drive in Gibraltar? The place is only 2 miles square? I know! He's filling the bugger up and driving into Spain where it's far more expensive and flogging it lol...

Haha good point. We don’t use it much, mainly for weekends away in Spain. I like the idea of flogging it though!

 

[dpp00]

but the price of fuel is always cheap as are most things, its always governments TAX and VAT that makes ridiculous priceing,

on average uk goverment makes about 80 to 90 pence in tax and vat per litre (you read that right per litre )

 

[Mr_Slot5]

Good observational skills! It’s a Disco!

I’ll give myself a pat on the back for that one

 

[goatwack]

Yes, it's about beans, but relevant in my mind. A minute ago we were talking about lettuce weren't we?

Fear not, energy companies may be at record- breaking pisstaking levels currently, but supermarkets (ok, 'one' supermarket) are looking to fight back against certain companies' unchecked price hikes. In this case, Tesco vs Heinz!

Yes, it's relatively speaking minor to most. But as many families struggle just to put food on the table, price-fiddling a nation's favourite, such as baked beans, is a bit much.

Joke or not, I hope it sets some sort of precedent that pricing out a large swathe of the population is not an acceptable practice, and perhaps we'll see this affect other retailers to follow suit. But all in all, quite a surprise to see.

I suppose one could say Heinz have been slapped into line. And not a moment too soon!

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[dunover]

Yes, it's about beans, but relevant in my mind. A minute ago we were talking about lettuce weren't we?

Fear not, energy companies may be at record- breaking pisstaking levels currently, but supermarkets (ok, 'one' supermarket) are looking to fight back against certain companies' unchecked price hikes. In this case, Tesco vs Heinz!

Yes, it's relatively speaking minor to most. But as many families struggle just to put food on the table, price-fiddling a nation's favourite, such as baked beans, is a bit much.

Joke or not, I hope it sets some sort of precedent that pricing out a large swathe of the population is not an acceptable practice, and perhaps we'll see this affect other retailers to follow suit. But all in all, quite a surprise to see.

I suppose one could say Heinz have been slapped into line. And not a moment too soon!

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Not really a baked beans connoisseur but when I do eat them the supermarket brand ones do the job just as well, although I admit Heinz have that distinctive firm texture with less broken ones. The supermarket competition here is the main reason in the UK that food prices are low relative to other countries, using their buying power and operating on low margins.

 

[slot_zombie]

Just a commercial negotiating tactic by Tesco, while also having the benefit of "looking good" to the consumer.

Heinz will probably have to make some concessions to them on price, then it's golf course, drinks all round and beans back on the shelf.

 

[deleted20230517]

I was used to such prices, had a luxury RS4 that would take 102 RON at the price of nearly 2 euro a litre.

But now i drive just less.