TotalEnergies will extend its discount of 10 cents to all its service stations, while those of System U will cut their margins as much as possible.
The government’s call on fuels is beginning to be heard. While Jean Castex again urged distributors and oil companies on Wednesday March 16 to do “a complementary gestureIn the midst of soaring prices, TotalEnergies and Système U have announced that they are putting their hands in their pockets.
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During the Wednesday presentation of theresilience planto deal with the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine, Jean Castex had declared that “the Total group (had) already given its agreement in principle to go further” the government rebate of 15 centimes per liter on fuels. A measure, announced last weekend, which is to come into force on April 1, for four months.
In the process, the CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, effectively confirmed on Twitter that the rebate of 10 cents per litre, applied since mid-February by the oil company in the group’s 1,150 stations in rural areas, would be extended to “all gas stationsof the group in France from April 1st.
“Small gesture of 1 to 2 cents» in U stores
This Thursday morning, it was System U’s turn to respond favorably to the government’s call on fuels. The retail brand, which has around 800 service stations in France, will trim its margins as much as possible, announced its president Dominique Schelcher on Franceinfo.
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Emphasizing his “very narrow room for maneuver», of «1.5 cents” per liter on fuel and with “many stations already in permanent cost price“, the boss of U stores indicated that his company was going to “contribute to this small gesture of 1 to 2 cents, […] where possible“. “Our stations will meet the price, and our customers will see it in the field.“, he advanced.
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If they have not announced any additional effort, several other large retailers have multiplied fuel promotions in recent months. We can cite operations “at cost price” at E.Leclerc or Intermarché, or the liter of fuel at 1 euro at Casino. Commercial operations that have multiplied since the end of last year. They are in fact linked to the surge in prices of tariffs at the pump, generated by the global economic recovery and then aggravated by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
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