E. Leclerc is lowering the price of diesel by 21 cents per liter in its 742 service stations thanks to the destocking of strategic reserves, allowing a saving of more than 10 euros on a 50-liter tank.
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The government has decided to destock strategic reserves to lower fuel prices.
Good news at the pump for purchasing power. After TotalEnergies, E. Leclerc is reducing the price of diesel by 21 cents per liter in its 742 service stations from this Sunday, thanks to the destocking of strategic reserves decided by the government.
This reduction will be deducted each day from the price of diesel, “which continues to follow market prices”, promises the distributor in a press release, exceeding the range of 12 to 18 cents per liter hoped for by the executive.
A saving of around 10 euros on a 50 liter tank
On a full tank of 50 liters, the saving reaches just over 10 euros. According to the brand, the difference between the cost of strategic stocks and current prices is transferred to the price at the pump, “without keeping a part of it as a margin”.
Cooperative U, which buys its fuel jointly with E. Leclerc, will also offer a reduction “up to 21 cents” per liter, indicates the brand. But the timing and extent of this drop “will vary from one station to another,” she warns, because its network is made up of independents who each have their own supplies and stocks to sell.
No precise agenda at Intermarché
TotalEnergies, for its part, reduced the price of diesel to 2.15 euros per liter on Saturday in its 705 Access stations, its lowest-cost network, which represents 60% of its fuel sales. This is 10 cents per liter less than the ceiling of 2.25 euros that the group applies in all its stations. Its other stations, off the motorway, will follow from Monday, “depending on developments in international diesel markets”.
The president of the Mousquetaires (Intermarché), Thierry Cotillard, committed in mid-October to pass on the reduction, without setting a date or amount.
A liter of diesel in France was sold on average at 2.379 euros on Saturday around 6:15 p.m. according to an AFP analysis of 8,842 stations.
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