Waitomo favours more open wholesale fuel contracts

Waitomo favours more open wholesale fuel contracts
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans Aug. 21 (BusinessDesk) - Waitomo Group says it would welcome greater freedom in fuel contracting proposed by the Commerce Commission, but it has doubts about the returns the regulator believes smaller retailers are making. The discount fuel retailer, previously part-owned by Mobil, has been supplied by that company for more than 70 years and has a trusted relationship with it, operations manager Simon Parham said. While it is hard to say whether the firm might have changed supplier previously if it had a wider range of o...

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