With the cost of living soaring, a north-east garage owner is working to offer “competitive” fuel prices.
George Gauld, who owns the Five Mile Garage in Kingswells, keeps an eye on the fluctuating fuel prices to adjust his own prices.
Every Monday, the garage owner checks the prices from Esso and changes his prices depending on if they have gone up or down.
This week, he has dropped his prices once more and will hold the price for a week to allow people the chance to fill up their car.
For this week, unleaded petrol will be 144.9p per litre and diesel is priced at 167.9p per litre at the garage.
The family-run garage has always been kept busy with its low-cost fuel, with people even travelling as far as Stonehaven just to fill up their tank at times.
He said: “My pricing runs on a weekly basis from Esso. Every Monday morning I check the pricing and if it goes up I put it up, if it goes down I take it down – for the last few weeks it’s always been coming down.
“So I just pass on that saving to the customers.”
Mr Gauld’s family has owned the business since 1962, and he’s been running it for around 40 years.He wanted to thank the community for supporting his local business by keeping the prices low.
- This article was first published on August 3, 2022.
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