Portsmouth fuel: Asda to remove '£40 fuel limit' sign from Portsmouth petrol station after it was put up 'in error'
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Customers at the Asda pumps in Fratton were met with a warning this week that they could only buy £40 worth of fuel.
But the supermarket has now told The News that this is a mistake and the sign will be removed.
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Hide AdA spokesman for Asda said: ‘There are no limits on the amount of fuel that customers can buy at any of our petrol stations.’
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The appearance of the sign in Fratton comes amid rising prices of petrol and diesel in recent moves, as well as wider cost hikes which saw inflation reach a 30-year high in March.
It comes ahead of the long Easter bank holiday weekend.
Transport Secretary Grant Schapps has warned of travel disruption in the coming days.
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Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: ‘I think certainly this weekend will be extremely busy on our roads, potentially at our ports.
‘So I do expect there to be disruption.’
Have you noticed any limits or shortages at your nearest petrol station? If you have email matt.mohan-hickson@JPIMedia.co.uk.
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