SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury’s has slashed its fuel prices.

The chain has cut the price of unleaded by up to two pence per litre and diesel by one pence per litre across its 311 forecourts.

It is the second time Sainsbury’s has cut fuel prices in the past two weeks.

Richard Murrell, Buying Manager for Sainsbury’s, said:

“This is second time we’ve cut the price of diesel and petrol in as many weeks, which is great news for all our customers, especially those enjoying half term. We always aim to provide our customers with fantastic prices and great quality across all of our products and services and we hope this fuel price drop will help put more back in their pockets.”

As reported by the Echo last week, fuel prices have risen for the third month in a row and the cost of filling up is now at its highest since December 2014.