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France: TotalEnergies cut-price fuel spikes controversy among rivals

TotalEnergies service stations are accused of distorting competition as they display France's lowest-priced fuel. Supermarkets that usually sell fuel as a loss leader to pull in customers are furious, along with independent service stations.

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00:01Multiple petrol stations have been vandalized in northern France with the words thieves written
00:08and screens smashed in protest against rising fuel prices. While four petrol stations were
00:15vandalized around the town of Douai, one local resident says that for this type of action to
00:20work, people need to mobilize en masse.
00:37Meanwhile, some places across France, including Paris, saw prices for diesel go up to almost
00:44€2.50 per litre, causing some French motorists to flock to Total Energy's service stations
00:51as they announced a cap of €1.99 per litre of E10 petrol and at €2.25 for diesel, considerably
00:59less than the national average. Other petrol stations, especially independent stations
01:05and supermarkets, are complaining about what they call unfair competition from Total Energies.
01:12The energy giant can afford to sell fuel more cheaply because it also produces and refines
01:18oil, even if it incurs considerable losses at their pumps.
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