Hassan Mohammed expects long queues at his service stations in Walkden and HorwichHassan Mohammed’s Texaco service station on Manchester Road in Walkden(Image: Hassan Mohammed)

The owner of two service stations is slashing fuel prices on Sunday to help people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Hassan Mohammed, 33, who owns Texaco fuel stations in Walkden and Horwich, is reducing the cost of unleaded petrol to £1.20.9 and diesel to £1.32.9 per litre between 6am and 10pm this Sunday.

The father-of-two from Astley Bridge, Bolton, says it will be the cheapest fuel in the country.

He told the Manchester Evening News: “We are the cheapest in the north west and now we’ll be the cheapest in the country by a mile. We like to do this every so often to help people with the cost-of-living crisis.”

The M.E.N. reported in 2022 how he slashed prices previously at his Walkden petrol station on Manchester Road, called The Limes service station.

This time the sale – which he has dubbed Black Fuel Day – will also include a second Texaco station he now also owns on Chorley New Road in Horwich. He said: “We like to do something every so often to help people with the cost-of-living crisis. The budget has just been and we wanted to give people a more positive train on things with Christmas and winter around the corner. We just want to give this opportunity for people to take advantage of.”

Hassan admits he is ‘fairly comfortable’ but has known financial struggles with his family business in the past. He said: “I have around 25 people working across both sites and I pay them well and I still see some of them struggling. I pay them well but other people don’t get (get paid so well). It just makes me think what other people are going through. Most of my employees are working 40 hours a week, so there are no zero hours contracts.”