Free delivery ‘a victim’ of diesel rises
Thursday 10th April 2008, 11:15AM BST.
FREE DELIVERY will become a thing of the past with the rise in the cost of diesel, according to a local haulage company.
It is expected that by the weekend several local garages will have put up their price of a litre of diesel to £1.
Steve Champion Smith, Guernsey director of Huelin Renouf, said companies that offer a free-delivery service would have no compensation against the price increase. ‘We are monitoring the cost of diesel per vehicle, as we do all the time,’ he said.
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Some companies will still offer free delivery to make their products look like a good deal but will simply increase the cost of goods to cover their expenses.
The cost of living always rises with an increase in the cost of fuel.
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