Greater Manchester’s ‘cheapest’ petrol station has slashed its prices even further

A petrol station hailed as Greater Manchester’s ‘cheapest’ fuel provider has once again dropped its prices, claiming to now be ‘around 30p cheaper than the supermarkets’.

The Limes Service Station, situated on Manchester Road in Walkden, first dropped its prices for petrol and diesel two weeks ago to ‘give back to the community and help with the cost of living situation in the UK’.

Since July 14th, the station has been offering unleaded at 169.9p and diesel at 185.9p, prices that have proved to be hugely popular amongst not just Walkden locals, but motorists across the region.

And yesterday (July 26th), the station’s co-director Hassan Mohammed announced that prices at the Limes station have been reduced even further to continue to help people as inflation soars.

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The station is now selling unleaded fuel at 159.9p and diesel for 179.9p a litre, which is almost 30p cheaper than the 187.5p average for petrol and more than 15p cheaper than the 196.3p average for diesel.

Speaking of the decision to lower the prices for the second time, Hassan told the Manchester Evening News: “At the moment, there’s no one that’s cheaper than those prices.

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“We’ve had a fantastic response from people over the past twelve days and we’ve seen how much of a difference it’s made to the bottom line of our customers.

“We wanted to do something even further. The wholesale price has dropped slightly which has given us the chance to go down to this level.”

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Hassan said while he aims to keep the prices low for at least seven days, he also hopes to keep costs down for as long as possible. He explained: “I think we should be able to sustain this for seven days as long as the prices don’t fluctuate too much.

“If we can sustain it longer, we’ll keep it going for as long as we can.”

Last week, the AA predicted that the cost of filling up a car could soon become a lot cheaper as the soaring costs of petrol and diesel are poised to finally come down.

According to the recovery service, in the coming weeks drivers will likely fork out £10 less per tank as prices continue to fall.