Two of Swindon’s busiest supermarket fuel stations have closed.
Asda customers will be unable to fill up their vehicles at either of the supermarkets in Swindon after the chain announced the closures on Wednesday.
Swindonians will be without the fuel station at the Orbital Shopping Park store until Thursday, February 22.
The West Swindon Shopping Centre superstore’s petrol station has been closed throughout this week but will reopen on Friday.
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This comes after Asda announced their fuel stations will be converted to fully pay-at-the-pump systems without staff.
This means that the supermarket petrol forecourts will now be totally cashless and residents will no longer be able to use the kiosk.
An Asda spokesperson said: “The petrol station at Asda, Haydon will undergo a refurbishment.
“This will bring great benefits and better service to customers including new pumps and contactless payment facilities.
“The majority of customers who use our drive-thru Superstore fuel stations use pay at the pump and over 90% of all payments are made on a card or contactless device.
“More than half of our drive-thru sites are already unmanned and we are moving the remaining colleagues who work in the kiosk into the adjacent store so they can better serve customers.”
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