Supermarket fuel. A myth slightly busted?

[silverfoxcc]

Just received my RREC bulletin today. A piece in there mentioned the recent tie up between Esso and Tesco where if you fill up at an Esso station you get Tesco clubcard points.
The reason behind this is Tesco fuel is Esso
Are there any other supermarket fuel supplier tie ins?

[jamoor]

no supermarkets supply their own fuel! In fact they are just retailers, they dont make anything!

[MG0o]

As far as im aware only tesco have the esso connection, I noticed it a few months ago when I was in esso and was asked if I had a clubcard.

[mybrainhurts]

Tesso, innit...

[Fake7]

so how can tesco do "Momentum 99" but the best Esso can do is 97?

[wemorgan]

Fake7 said:

so how can tesco do "Momentum 99" but the best Esso can do is 97?

You can buy Octaine boosters as a consumer so I guess retailers can do the same but on a larger scale.

[McWigglebum4th]

Fake7 said:

so how can tesco do "Momentum 99" but the best Esso can do is 97?

Because marketing

[CraigyMc]

jamoor said:

no supermarkets supply their own fuel! In fact they are just retailers, they dont make anything!

Tesco own part of greenergy, who supply the fuel to all tesco filling stations, as well as to esso ones in certain places like Scotland, northern Ireland and Wales.

Ironically this does mean that the fuel you buy from esso in those locations is supplied by a business part owned by Tesco, so your post is actually backwards.

They own about 35% or something like that.
http://www.greenergy.com/company/milestones.html

They supply fuel to lots of retailers, and co own things with a few of the majors, like a fuel terminal with shell.

Edited by CraigyMc on Sunday 25th May 07:02

[NelsonR32]

McWigglebum4th said:

Fake7 said:

so how can tesco do "Momentum 99" but the best Esso can do is 97?

Because marketing

Shirley Tesco can't legally sell a fuel as a higher grade than it actually is? Also, why would Esso undersell the fuel octane and want to loose sales to Shell/Tesco?

[7mike]

silverfoxcc said:

Just received my RREC bulletin today. A piece in there mentioned the recent tie up between Esso and Tesco where if you fill up at an Esso station you get Tesco clubcard points.
The reason behind this is Tesco fuel is Esso
Are there any other supermarket fuel supplier tie ins?

I get nectar points from the local BP garage. Guess that means they get their petrol from Sainsbury's

[eliot]

CraigyMc said:

http://www.greenergy.com/company/milestones.html

2011:
May - We start making biodiesel from waste pies and crisps.

[technodup]

NelsonR32 said:

Shirley Tesco can't legally sell a fuel as a higher grade than it actually is? Also, why would Esso undersell the fuel octane and want to loose sales to Shell/Tesco?

He means Tesco recognise the benefit in having a higher grade fuel on sale to attract more customers and appear to be specialists. I'd think it is a sop to those who think supermarket fuel is inferior, having a better grade than long standing suppliers (partly- maybe not enough for PHers) puts that argument to bed.

[Stu R]

NelsonR32 said:

McWigglebum4th said:

Fake7 said:

so how can tesco do "Momentum 99" but the best Esso can do is 97?

Because marketing

Shirley Tesco can't legally sell a fuel as a higher grade than it actually is? Also, why would Esso undersell the fuel octane and want to loose sales to Shell/Tesco?

They don't. It comes from greenergy.

[McWigglebum4th]

NelsonR32 said:

McWigglebum4th said:

Fake7 said:

so how can tesco do "Momentum 99" but the best Esso can do is 97?

Because marketing

Shirley Tesco can't legally sell a fuel as a higher grade than it actually is? Also, why would Esso undersell the fuel octane and want to loose sales to Shell/Tesco?

OR

It could be that Tesco have decided there is a market selling 99 octane fuel to trapped fathers who believe that filling up their people carrier turns them into a 500 RWD fire breathing monster and esso supply them fuel that is 99 octane

Where as Esso marketing believe there is no market for 99 octane fuel on their forecourts

Don't confuse marketing with good ideas



Tesco also sell this




What kind of moron buys instant tea???????

[Buff Mchugelarge]

I go out of my way to find tesco '99 it's usually quite a bit cheaper than Esso '97, Shell optimax etc

My car seems to like it too, it does 3-4 mpg less on Esso 97 out of interest.

[Triumph Man]

My Triumph used to run better on Morrisons 95 ron than, say, Esso or BP 95 ron (if I had no option but to use it). At all other times it used to get Tesco 99.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Fake7 said:

so how can tesco do "Momentum 99" but the best Esso can do is 97?

There are only what 5/6 refineries in the UK and they mostly share them to save on transport costs

Diff fuel is down to the addatives. Any one sellin 97 Ron is because they do not believe there is a market for anything better



Except vpower which I believe is blended and only comes from one refinery, a couple of years back there was a problem and supply dryed up in the SE for a few weaks

[Liquid Tuna]

The reason I avoid supermarket fuel is nothing to do with a question of quality, it's because EVERY time there's a problem with fuel somewhere in this country (the wrong type has been put in a pump, diesel in unleaded etc), it's at a supermarket.

[Robert Elise]

Liquid Tuna said:

The reason I avoid supermarket fuel is nothing to do with a question of quality, it's because EVERY time there's a problem with fuel somewhere in this country (the wrong type has been put in a pump, diesel in unleaded etc), it's at a supermarket.

how can this be? it's the driver who connects the colour coded pipes, and he's delivering to s/mkt and non-s/mkt forecourts

[mike9009]

Robert Elise said:

Liquid Tuna said:

The reason I avoid supermarket fuel is nothing to do with a question of quality, it's because EVERY time there's a problem with fuel somewhere in this country (the wrong type has been put in a pump, diesel in unleaded etc), it's at a supermarket.

how can this be? it's the driver who connects the colour coded pipes, and he's delivering to s/mkt and non-s/mkt forecourts

coz supermarkets are just bad....