Asda cuts the price of petrol to just 102p per litre

Supermarket chain Asda has cut its fuel price to just 102p for a litre of unleaded petrol.

The retailer has said that customers will not pay more than this for petrol at any of its 300 stores with forecourts, and also reduced the price of diesel to just 108p per litre.

Prices at the store’s petrol pumps have not been this low since May 2016, according to The Sun.

Meanwhile, Morrisons has cut 12p off the price of a litre of petrol at its filling stations. 

This means motorists will pay just 116p a litre for petrol and only 118.5p for a litre of diesel.

Panic buyers have continued to hit the supermarkets, clearing the shelves of essential items.

More than week on since the panic buying first started, shoppers are still flocking to supermarket giants to stock up on essential goods.

Some drivers had feared that they would catch coronavirus from petrol pumps, but Public Health England said that the pumps ‘are no worse than other surfaces’.

It comes as workers have been told that they should stay at home amid the coronavirus crisis.

The death toll in Britain alone stands at 281, while more than 5,683 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed. 

Supermarket chain Morrisons has cut 12p off the price of a litre of petrol at its filling stations. This means motorists will pay just 116p a litre for petrol and only 118.5p for a litre of diesel [File photo]