xpletiv wrote: » Since taking over Topaz, who i did consider to be the worst fuel station in the country (boycotted it under DOB), it seems their canadian owners are taking it up a notch. I cannot believe the price of things in the store themselves, but thats ok; they 'make the money' on the extras. Its the price of fuel; most places are around 1.43 for petrol currently around me, except Circle K. Its been 1.49 for petrol and 1.39 diesel for weeks. They always raise them first I see as well; Maxol, Texaco and Applegreen always at least 5 cent cheaper per litre. Their car wash is 14 euro too! A scurge on our country. Shameful the amount they can charge. Do they still have the government contract for state vehicles (ambulance, fire, garda)?
L1011 wrote: » Circle K paid about a quarter of a billion for Topaz, not "3-4 billion".
mcdaids69 wrote: » refinery in whitegate in cork was sold to side company of circle k after .im just used to saying 3-4 billion to locals as i add in refinery as im from cork :rolleyes::rolleyes: .at till you have about 30 seconds with people you have to give them their conversation and keep them in a ball park,doesnt have to be bang on.and just in case i unfollwed the thread its a classic moan one :D
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Mr.H wrote: » Have to say i used to avoid topaz but circle k has been brilliant. In some stations yes its expensive but the station next to my house is the cheapest fuel and diesel in my region. 143/133. I also signed up for a three topaz fuel card so get 3 cent a litre discount. So on diesel im paying 130! Also with drinks like coke and club etc its 2 for 3 euro. I gotta say im not seeing any rip offs but quiet the opposite.
punisher5112 wrote: » They havw quite a monopoly now in a lot of areas and when this happens price is much higher.
Renegade Mechanic wrote: » Texaco for me. They strike an acceptable compromise between price and "the height" they filled their road tankers from on the sea tanker/whitegate imo. Tesco for example draw from the bottom of the barrel. I'd pass on that myself..
Fernanda Howling Dishcloth wrote: » They're the most expensive because a lot of people have fuel cards that knock 4c a litre off. The fuel cards are free, so I don't know why everyone doesn't have one...
Kevin Finnerty wrote: » Because the price on the sign is too dear. They'd get more repeat business if they advertised better prices. The fuel card concept shoots itself in the foot from the off imo.
Sofiztikated wrote: » Yup, Circle K, that are in the top 10 fuel companies in the world, don't know how to operate a forecourt.
CeilingFly wrote: » now that's a load of utter baloney Texaco own 50% of a fuel terminal in Dublin Port. That's where all their fuel comes from. Applegreen own the other 50%, so in effect applegreen and texaco are from the exact same storage tanks. In any case, all fuel in to and out of all fuel terminals is the same. If for some reason the applegreen/texaco terminal runs short, they have an agreement to take supply from the circle k terminal or the TOP terminal. The tankers line up, fill up with petrol and then add 'additives' relevant to who's buying the petrol and that is the ONLY difference. Therefore the base petrol is all the same there is no concept of Texaco say getting the 'good' stuff. None of the fuel companies owns tankers anymore either. They are all sub-contacted out. (Reynolds being the biggest) They may carry an oil companies livery but they don't own or run the tankers.
Renegade Mechanic wrote: » The only "baloney" here is the belief that fuel, when left in storage, doesn't settle into different heights of quality :rolleyes: I never said fuel companies own sea tankers, but it doesn't change the fact that they still bloody well get their products from them. There is a pecking order, the stuff at the bottom is cheaper than the stuff at the top. Deal with it. The "additives" make such a small difference overall you could almost argue they were a gimmick. The main difference lies in order of first to last to draw from the tankers.
Wildly Boaring wrote: » My local circle k is generally the cheapest in the town and does 3 euro carwash when you spend 50 on fuel. You do all realise that these fuel stations are not owned by circle k, applegreen, Texaco etc. They are owned and operated by the local shop owner who has livery and some other stuff provided and generally has certain standards they must meet. They also choose the price they charge at the pump. Even the large motorway stops aren't owned directly by the fuel companies but usually a consortium of several businesses. For example lusk and castlebellingham owned by superstop. That's too, applegeeen, couple financial institutions and pierse until they went bust
