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There has been an angry reaction from UK motorists after a study of motorway service stations found worrying levels of so-called ‘overcharging.’
Perhaps the most shocking part of the study by car insurance provider Admiral was the fact that one location was found to be charging £2.29 for a bottle of water that retails for 44p in a supermarket.
We know that these retail sites will always be able to charge a premium, mainly because they are always located bloody miles away from a conventional supermarket, but surely this is just taking the piss.
According to The Mirror:
A new investigation has laid bare the scale of the motorway service station rip-off – as well as the places it’s worst.
Admiral Car Insurance visited stations up and down the country – comparing prices on staples like sausage rolls, wine gums, chocolate and crisps – to find out exactly what they were charging, then compared it to the same items in a normal supermarket.
They found water was the most overpriced purchase – with stations charging an extra £1.85 for a 500ml bottle compared with 44p in a supermarket.
Admiral’s Clare Egan said: “We all expect to pay a little more for convenience, but the amount people are charged at service stations amounts to highway robbery in some cases.”
The average price hike worked out at 117%, with some service stations charging as much as 135% more than buying the same items at a supermarket.
Worst of all was Durham services – where a basket of sweets and savoury snacks plus drinks wold set you back £16.21, compared to £6.89 in a supermarkt.
Lancaster and Woolley Edge services were the joint next most expennsive – charging £16.17 for the same items – followed by Hilton Park and Leigh Delamere services at £16.16.
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