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Edition Thionville – Hayange | The gas station boost

Since when have you not refueled? An eternity. One of the effects of prolonged confinement is that most of us have little or no need to move: an unprecedented brake application that directly impacts petrol stations. “Consumption has dropped by 50%, despite the drop in fuel prices,” said Gilles Beconcini, director of the Leclerc center in Thionville. Open only to self-service, the Leclerc station shows a loss of 45% in volume and 50% in value in April. “We went from 370,000 liters of fuel sold in February, to 283,000 liters in March and 180,000 in April,” said the manager of the Leclerc station located in the Linkling area. At the same time, the price of a liter of diesel has lost almost 20 cents and has not been as attractive since August 2017. Lead-free is no exception to this plunge and saves up to 23 cents drop in two months and averages € 1.26 per liter, unheard of since early 2016.

“We feel that May 11 is approaching”

As for the Total station located at the Merlin roundabout in Thionville, the same observation, the drop in distribution both in volume and in turnover was around 50% in April. “We hardly see any more individuals at the pumps. The professionals have started coming back a little over the past week because they are slowly returning to work, “said Magali, manager of the service station. We will have to wait a little longer for traffic to return to what it was, unless this unprecedented health crisis benefits soft modes of transport such as the bicycle … In petrol stations as elsewhere, the reopening of shops is subject to strict hygiene and flow regulation rules. Gloves and hydroalcoholic gel are available to customers. As for employees of Total stations in particular, they are provided with gloves, masks, visors and protected by a plexiglass wall, the B.A.-ba to return to work after several weeks of partial unemployment. “We feel that May 11 is approaching, activity is slowly resuming, people are starting to ride again.”

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