BP Says 30% of Its U.K. Gas Stations Are Out of Main Fuel Grades
From bnnbloomberg.ca
BP Plc, the second-largest fuel retailer in the U.K., said it has run out of the main grades at almost a third of its stations in the country because of panic-buying. “Most of the 1,200 sites we supply across the U.K. remain supplied and open,” the London-based company said in a statement Sunday. “However, with the intense demand seen over the past two days, we estimate that around 30% of sites in this network do not currently have either of the main grades of fuel.” A lack of truck drivers, which had already left British supermarkets unable to fill their shelves, began to hit some fueling stations earlier this week. ...
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