Former legend Moose opines !
I see you are posting on ZEL. Might add my two cents - local Z station has been hidden away on Rangitikei Line with very few customers over the years. Very poor sighting from the get-go. Their prices are always last to change and usually on-par with price gougers extraordinaire BP. We have recently had an NPD station built on the same road which is a whopping 20 cents cheaper for 91, 25 cents cheaper for 95 and 30 cents cheaper for 100 (equivalent 98). There has been little price change from the local BP and ZEL, but I decided to quit my loyalty to Caltex and their app scheme and go whole hog with NPD if prices are that much different.
There has been a lineup every night I come home now and it isn't slowing down as people realise they shouldn't be having their eyes gouged out by 10%+ when they pull up to a pump. The shift towards autonomy and lower prices is being keenly felt as the cost of living continues to escalate (see: ComCom absolutely destroying the food duopoly today, not to mention the insane price of rent/housing...).
Sense Partners (Samuel Eaqub) also put out this report recently, which puts it into a bit of stark contrast: https://www.npd.co.nz/wp-content/upl...uel-Prices.pdf
ZEL are having their lunches eaten and I cannot see their "turnaround" strategy doing much unless it is to lower their prices drastically.
Post this on ST if you like 👍