Fuel stations make more from their shops than their pumps 

Motorists are filling up with confectionery, deli food, and groceries at Ireland's filling stations as the attached shops make their owners more money than the fuel does. Stock picture: Larry Cummins

While there is rising anger among consumers at the price they are having to pay at the pumps, garages actually make more money inside their shops than they do from the fuel they sell.

According to estimates by business and consumer analysts Experian, companies make hundreds of millions of euro more in food and beverages and other goods than fuel.