Overview
- Tesco is giving paper coupons to customers who spend £60 or more in store that can be used at roughly 600 Tesco forecourts, with each coupon capped at a £10 saving and required to be presented in person.
- Coverage differs on the exact mechanics of the discount, with some reports calling it 5p off per litre and others describing it as 5% off, creating confusion over how much drivers will save.
- UK pump prices have climbed to levels not seen since 2022, with petrol around 160p per litre and diesel near 179p, a rise the reporting links to Iran-related supply and shipping-route risks.
- Industry analysis by Forecourt Eye found unpaid-fuel incidents rose about 20% and the value of stolen fuel increased about 48% in the five months after the conflict began, prompting new anti-theft measures.
- Forecourt Eye is partnering with Facewatch to offer free crime-reporting tools and an optional live facial-recognition network to help independent forecourt operators who carry most of the losses from drive-offs, and the trend could increase pressure on fuel-duty policy and store-level security costs.