SUPERMARKET giant Asda has revealed 82 locations where it is going cashless in a blow for shoppers.
The Sun previously revealed the retailer has already axed manned tills at 14 petrol stations attached to superstores since last December.
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And it has plans to go fully cashless at a further 68 by summer this year.
Asda said all staff working at the fuel stations will be redeployed to stores, while the shift to “pay at pump” is only affecting forecourts that are found next to superstores.
Out of the 300 fuel forecourts attached to Asda superstores, over 150 are already unmanned.
An Asda spokesperson said it had mad the move as more than 90% of all payments at superstore fuel station forecourts are already made via card or a contactless device.
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They added: “The colleagues who worked on these sites are moving into the store so they can better serve our customers.”
Now, the retailer has revealed the full list of locations where superstore forecourts are going cashless.
Bear in mind, this list includes the 14 which have already made the change:
- Queslet, B43 7HA
- Oldbury, B69 4PU
- Minworth, B76 1XL
- Shirley, B90 3GG
- Colne, BB8 8LU
- Bradford, BD4 7SR
- Bolton, BL1 8QG
- Horwich, BL6 6JA
- Queensferry, CH5 1TP
- Colchester, CO4 5TU
- Canterbury, CT1 1DG
- Greenhithe, DA9 9BT
- Darlington, DL1 3RB
- Great Bridge, DY4 7HW
- Dudley, DY5 1QL
- Fleetwood, FY7 6NU
- Govan, G51 3HR
- Cumbernauld, G67 1JW
- Gloucester, GL1 1DS
- Kingswood, HU7 3DA
- Ipswich, IP1 5PD
- Kilmarnock, KA1 3XF
- Kirkcaldy, KY1 3NU
- Bootle Strand, L20 4BB
- Hunts Cross, L24 9WA
- Lincoln, LN6 8JY
- Eastlands, M11 4BD
- Hulme, M15 5AS
- Radcliffe, M26 3DA
- Byker, NE6 2YJ
- Nottingham, NG2 7JA
- Norwich, NR6 5DT
- Chadderton, OL9 OJE
- Newport IOW, PO3 02QH
- Havant, PO9 3QW
- Clayton Green, PR6 7JY
- Barnsley, S71 1LN
- Swansea, SA6 8PS
- Charlton, SE7 7ST
- Slough, SL1 9LA
- Swindon, SN5 7DL
- Sunderland, SR2 9TT
- Donnington Wood, TF2 7RX
- Golborne, WA3 3SP
- Birchwood, WA3 6PG
- Westbrook, WA5 8UG
- Runcorn, WA7 2PY
- Leigh, WN7 5RZ
- Skelmersdale, WN8 6NL
- Bridge of Dee, AB10 7QA
- Portlethen, AB12, 4XP
- Middleton Park, AB22 8WQ
- Bristol Whitchurch, BS14 0ST
- Patchway, BS34 5TL
- Newtonards, BT23 4EU
- Pentwyn, CF23 8NL
- Cardiff Bay, CF11 0JL
- Aberdare, CF44 0AH
- Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 2YF
- Caerphilly, CF83 3SX
- Derby, DE21 7UY
- Bideford, EX39 3QU
- Woking Sheerwater, GU21 5SE
- High Wycombe, HP12 4NU
- Elgin, IV30 6YQ
- Wrexham, LL13 8HL
- Morley, LS27 OBP
- Ashington, NE63, 9XG
- Mansfield, NG19 0HA
- Grantham, NG31 6NZ
- Kettering, NN16 PHU
- Corby, NN17 5DT
- Great Yarmouth, NR30 1SF
- Rochdale, OL12 6XT
- Fareham, PO14 1TT
- Swindon, SN25 4BG
- Eastleigh, SO53 3YJ
- Falmouth, TR10 9LY
- Hartlepool, TS24 OXR
- Watford, WD24 7RT
- Cannock, WS11 1LH
- York, YO32 9LF
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The shift to “pay at pump” across the 82 Asda sites will come as a blow to shoppers who might want to pay with cash.
Pay at pump lets customers pay for fuel with their debit or credit cards at the pumps – but this is done before filling up.
A set amount of money is deducted via what’s known as a pre-authorisation check to stop people driving off without paying.
This ringfences as much as £120 at some petrol stations before the actual charge is applied based on how much you fill the tank with.
But some motorists have complained of a delay that leaves them unable to access the ringfenced cash and temporarily out of pocket.
Asda charges up to £99 for its pre-authorisation check, though this can be lower if you have less in your account, and you’ll never go in your overdraft.
The supermarket first introduced the charge at its forecourts in Hull, East Yorkshire, in February 2022.
It joined Tesco and Sainsbury’s which implemented the change the year before.
Prior to that, the charge was just £1 meaning many never noticed. But in 2021 Visa and Mastercard increased the holding fee to up to £100.
You don’t ever pay more – the money is held temporarily until the exact amount you fill up on is charged.
Usually this is straight away, but some drivers have found it takes longer and the cash shows as unavailable to spend.
Shoppers wanting to avoid having the money marked as unavailable in their account are advised not to use pay at pump by supermarkets.
Instead they should go to tills inside where no pre-authorisation checks are made.
But this will no longer be possible at Asda locations where kiosks are being axed.
It comes as a number of supermarkets increasingly go cashless in a blow for shoppers.
In November, Morrisons said it had plans to convert scores of self-scan tills to card only.
Aldi has also launched its very first checkout-free supermarket in the last few years.
In April 2019, Sainsbury’s launched the UK’s first till-free grocery shop.
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And in 2021, Amazon launched a checkout free store and Tesco followed in October.
But not all retailers are jumping on the cashless bandwagon. Booths, known as the Waitrose of the north, said in November it would scrap self-checkouts in most of its stores.
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