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ACORN SAYS A MIGHTY OK TO abbey FASTFUEL CARDS

September 2006

Constantly rising fuel prices have been making many fleet owners look harder at how they can offset the pain by finding real cost savings. Acorn Catering Equipment are one company who, in early 2006, decided it was time for action – and who are now enjoying the difference.

Acorn supply and service commercial catering equipment for local authorities, health trusts and private companies within a 50-mile radius of their base at Droitwich, near Worcester. They run a fleet of seven diesel vehicles – five vans for their service engineers, plus two cars – and typically spend £1100-1200 on fuel each month. Drivers had been using company credit cards to pay for refuelling, and this meant processing a lot of paperwork at the end of each month.

fuelcards, as Acorn’s Financial Director, Lindsey Vernalls, recalls:

'We needed to do something about the rising diesel prices at the pumps, and so started to look at fuelcard options. Our trade organisation, CEDA [The Catering Equipment Distributors Association], recommended abbey Fuelcards.'

Acorn decided to give each of their drivers an abbey fastfuel fuelcard, each personalised with driver’s name and vehicle registration number, and they are delighted with the benefits. Not only are they enjoying the regular discounts, but the abbey service and savings on administration costs have been equally impressive.

'We’ve been saving between 3p and 5p per litre compared with what we would have paid under our old system'
says Lindsey,
'but we have also seen a significant saving in time and effort in managing the fuel purchasing within our organisation. abbey’s reporting and invoicing is always very smooth and reliable, so that all it requires is a quick check that takes minutes, not hours. And our drivers find refuelling very easy. I cannot fault the system in any way.'

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