{"id":16943,"date":"2026-03-13T13:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16943"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:20:51","slug":"discount-day-wipes-out-some-gull-petrol-stations-as-panic-buying-adds-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16943","title":{"rendered":"Discount day wipes out some Gull petrol stations as panic buying adds pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extra demand on Gull’s discount day has left some of its petrol stations running low on fuel.<\/p>\n

Gull said 3 percent of its sites had not been able to meet the extra demand from customers when it cut prices on its regular Thursday promotion.<\/p>\n

Commenters online said Onehunga’s Gull was out of 95 and media reported that Greville Road, Henderson, Torbay, Takanini and Takapuna were also out of at least one sort of fuel.<\/p>\n

“Sites that sold through yesterday, have, or are currently being refuelled for Gull’s customers by our logistics’ provider,” a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

AA spokesperson Terry Collins said the wider fuel network ran on a “just in time” basis and any extra demand from people panic buying would put stress on the system.<\/p>\n

He said those stations would have a wait until the next delivery arrived.<\/p>\n

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Gull said 3 percent of its sites had not been able to meet the extra demand from customers\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0Nick Monro \/ RNZ<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ongoing disruption in the Middle East, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have pushed up oil prices as well as fears about its continued supply internationally.<\/p>\n