Huge change at Sainsbury’s and Asda petrol stations as customers hit with new rules for buying pay-at-the-pump fuel

A HUGE alteration astatine supermarket petrol stations means customers are to beryllium deed with caller rules for buying pay-at-the-pump fuel.

Some stations volition present necessitate a £100 pre-authorisation interest earlier motorists tin capable up arsenic portion of the shake-up.

Conversions to drive-thru outgo kiosks began astatine Asda's 82 superstores successful December, with presumption unit being shifted in-store.

Similar changes are besides expected astatine Sainsbury's and Tesco branches.

Sainsbury's Pay@Pump self-service pumps volition present petition a £100 pre-authorisation magnitude earlier customers tin capable up their motors.

This is to guarantee customers person the capable funds to screen the substance dispensed, arsenic per caller manufacture requirements mandated by Visa and Mastercard.

Morrisons, meanwhile, sold its forecourts business to specializer relation Motor Fuel Group (MFG) successful April successful a woody worthy £2.5 cardinal arsenic it looks to trim its debts.

It encompasses 337 of the supermarket's petrol stations and 400 associated car parks.

However, the supermarket - which took a 20% involvement successful MFG and agreed commercialized and proviso deals - has confirmed it has nary plans for stations to beryllium made afloat cashless, reports Birmingham Live.

The concatenation stated: "While the institution whitethorn elite to use up to £1bn proceeds towards reinvestment, it intends to research if determination are businesslike opportunities to use proceeds to indebtedness reduction."

Tesco customers tin capable up with a maximum of £120 of substance utilizing Pay astatine Pump, and there's nary maximum spend.

The supermarket's sites judge each contactless outgo for income up to £100 successful kiosks but contactless isn't accepted astatine the pumps.

A connection said: "We judge each UK-registered spot and pin cards astatine our Pay astatine Pump stations, but for Visa Electron.

"We judge the pursuing substance cards astatine our kiosks: fuelGenie, UK Fuels, Keyfuels (purple paper only), Allstar."

It added: "If your relationship equilibrium is nether £120, your paper issuer should respond with the little magnitude they'll allow, and the substance pump surface volition amusement the worth you tin capable up to.

"Some paper issuers mightiness not let partial authorisations beneath £120. If this happens, delight effort different outgo card."

An Asda spokesperson said: "As much than 90 per cent of each payments connected our Superstore forecourts are made via paper oregon a contactless device, the colleagues who worked connected these sites are moving into the store truthful they tin amended service our customers.

"These conversions began successful December and we expect to implicit the changeover aboriginal successful 2024."

The Sun has approached Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury's for comment.