VIDEO. Toulouse: after the rush on fuel, Total service stations out of stock
The accumulation of discounts at Total service stations caused a shortage of fuel stocks. Restocking is in progress.
The fuel rush, which resumed last Thursday with the government’s 30 cents per liter rebates and Total’s 20 cents, predicted what was to come: running out of stock. Since this weekend, the gas pumps of many Total service stations in Toulouse have been empty.
This Monday afternoon, in the one located on the avenue de Grande-Bretagne, the display panel no longer indicates the price per liter of fuel. This Saturday, she is out of fuel stock. “Friday already, it started with a fuel, indicates the cashier, who still does not know when the service station will be replenished. On Saturday, the shortage extended to other fuels. »
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The information did not circulate well. In front of the pumps, motorists present themselves before leaving empty-handed. Alexandre, 23, picked up a package when he noticed that fuel was out of stock at the service station. A situation similar to many others. “Recently, I didn’t realize that the fuel level was dropping and I found myself without fuel, without being able to refuel. I wanted to refuel several times, both on the ring road and in Ramonville, I had difficulties or there was no more fuel or only excellium. I had to put some…”, says the student.
“It reminds me of confinement”
In the Minimes district, on the boulevard de Suisse, a red and white ribbon blocks access to Total Energies. No fuel has been available since Monday morning. The manager says: “The problem is the supply. Four times more fuel is sold than usual. People need to consume less so that we don’t run out of stock…” The fuel should be delivered this Tuesday morning.
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Camille, sitting in the passenger seat of a car, compares the situation to that of confinement, when “people rushed into the stores to get flour and pasta”.
A few meters further on, the other Total station on the Boulevard de Suisse is filling up. A queue stretches for tens of meters. His fuel shortage lasted a few hours on Monday morning. The new street in this service station, one of the cheapest in Toulouse, raises fears of a new shortage.