FUEL prices across Herefordshire remain high as the cost-of-living crisis continues, but one garage is priding itself on sensible prices.
Griffiths Garage in High Street, Leintwardine, in north Herefordshire near the border with Ludlow, is selling fuel at a much cheaper rate than other petrol stations in the county.
The garage is charging 161.9p per litre of petrol, eight pence cheaper than anywhere else in the county, and diesel at 178.9p.
The second cheapest petrol in Herefordshire can be found at 169.9p at Forge Filling Station, Wormbridge, and in Hereford, Shell in Whitecross Road is cheapest at 177.9p.
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The national average is 185.98p and 195p for petrol and diesel, according to RAC Fuel Watch, and the garage in Leintwardine, selling petrol 24p below the national average, has seen drivers queuing for fuel.
Alex Griffiths, director at Griffiths Garage, said large firms are priced unnecessarily high, and a picture of the garage’s prices has gone viral online, being shared thousands of times on Facebook.
“We only look good because a lot of the wider market, dominated by large firms is pricing badly right now.
“We are not doing anything magic; we’re selling fuel at a price that reflects what we’ve paid for it with a sensible margin."
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He added: “But it is still far too high, and the market remains volatile. Roughly half of the current cost of fuel is tax.
“Our country cannot grow out of the pandemic and our current economic difficulties if people cannot afford to get about.
"We would still love to see the government make a meaningful temporary change to fuel duty to relieve the pressure on us all now."
Liz Truss has said she would put an economic growth plan in place “immediately” if she becomes prime minister, along with imposing a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy.
Speaking during the Tory leadership debate on BBC News, she said: “I understand that people here, people around the country, are struggling with some of the worst cost-of-living problems that we’ve had for generations – it’s hard to pay for fuel, it’s hard to pay for food.”
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