Perhaps in other countries retailers are not so full of avarice that 
when the fuel price is reduced, as we have seen with the reduction in 
the international price of crude oil, from US$147 a barrel to around the 
US$113 mark, they pass on the savings to the cash-strapped consumers, 
rather than doing what our retailers do and that is to boost their 
already over-extended profit accounts.

Unfortunately I cannot remember all consumer prices at the time the oil 
price was increasing when it past the US$113 a barrel mark on its way up 
to US$147. Petrol was increased by massive amounts, now that the oil 
price has reduced and our currency is relatively stable, we are due for 
a good price reduction, but we have been informed that it will be only a 
paltry 69c to 75c a litre, with diesel coming down dramatically. Will 
the greedy, profiteering retailers pass on their fuel savings to the 
consumers, or add the difference to their profits?

We are sickened each and every year by CEOs of major food retailers 
gloating about the R2-billion nett (after tax) profit the organisation 
has made in the past financial year. That is GREED, plain and simple. 
Their so called "price cuts" are a smokescreen for their avarice. They 
simply add the difference onto another product, and the consumer always 
loses.