An Angus petrol station has been accused of profiteering by charging prices more than 40p a litre higher than average.
As petrol prices in some parts of Britain dripped below £1 per litre, Stracathro Services are charging 148.9p for unleaded and 152.9p for diesel.
A spokeswoman for the station admitted prices had not taken account of the falling cost of oil at all and that, in fact, they had been unchanged for the past 2 years.
She said the station primarily served haulage firms, but also catered for people in need of an emergency fuel stop between Dundee and Aberdeen.
Howard Cox, who leads the Fair Fuel UK campaign, said there was no justification for charging such high prices.
He said: “The wholesale price of petrol is about £1. With a 3p or 4p mark-up, prices should be about 104p, 105p at the most.
“Six months ago people were making about 3-4p on the price of petrol.
“Recently it has been double or even treble that on average across the country.
“There is no justification and it is fleecing the motorist.
“This fuel price is the highest I’ve heard of in Scotland, although I have heard of a garage in Northumberland charging 154.9p for unleaded.
“It’s blatant profiteering.”
A spokeswoman for Stracathro Services said the station was a “bunkering” site that was primarily used by haulage firms on monthly contracts with low fuel costs.
She said: “I would say that 99% of our business is on a bunkering basis. We haven’t actually moved our price (to the public) in the last 2 years.
“We have a 24-hour station and members of the public can use us as an emergency fuel stop.
“If they have got halfway between Dundee and Aberdeen then it’s nice to find a petrol station open at one o’clock in the morning to sell you £5 of fuel to get you to Aberdeen.
“The other people who pay the pump price are really those who aren’t bothered at all businesspeople whose time is more important to them than the price.
“We are not one of the people who follow the market price.
“It just so happens that the price has dropped right out of the bottom, so our prices are more conspicuous now.”
Meanwhile, the RAC’s fuel price spokesman, Simon Williams, said he expected the average pump price for unleaded to drop below £1 a litre in the coming weeks.
“The price of fuel has been falling substantially due to the falling global oil price that’s brought down the wholesale price,” he said.
“We’ve seen three independent forecourts in the West Midlands area charging £1 a litre.
“I would imagine this petrol station is not getting much business as everyone is aware of the falling fuel prices.
“We expect to see an average price of below £1 a litre in a matter of weeks.
“The price of a barrel of crude oil is down to $45 and the wholesale price of fuel has dropped considerably.”