Supermarket drives down price of coal

Saturday, 22nd November 2008

By Aimee Le Cocq

CHECKERS has cut the cost of coal. Its buy two, get one free offer means three 20kg bags can be bought for under £15.

‘We needed to do something about the steep rise in coal prices,’ said a spokesman yesterday. ‘So we searched further afield for better quality and a better price, which we are happy to pass on to the customer. It has gone down a storm. We are getting quite short, but we are getting a delivery today.’

The coal is being imported from the UK. In Jersey, the Checkers move has started a price war with the Co-op and the society’s Channel Islands chief executive Jim Hopley said cheap coal was on its way to Guernsey stores.

‘It should arrive by the middle of next week,’ he said yesterday.

‘It’s 20kg for £6.79. We are hoping to hold that to the end of winter.’

Article posted on 4th October, 2008 - 9.29am

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