ONE of the fuel servos on Wallington Road has recently had a makeover after converting from the green and yellow of BP to the yellow and red of Shell.
The garage still fondly known as ‘Lofty’s’, after the previous long-standing owner Albert ‘Lofty’ Menheere, who ran the servo until leasing it out in the 1980s, will continue to be run by the local Castello family. The Castello family who took over the servo two years ago, also run the Pit Stop service station further up the road. That petrol station will continue to be BP.
Robert Castello told the Voice they had made the decision partly because Shell had offered to provide a new set of pumps and because it would enable them to take shopper dockets from Coles – currently no other servo does so on the Bellarine.
“It’s a tough market. With Shell we can team up with Coles and offer shopper dockets. It will help us be more competitive.”
Robert said they would also be able to supply the cheaper new E10 fuel which claims to be better for the environment.
Signage for the Shell site should be completed in the next week.
Shell previously supplied fuel to the old petrol station that existed where the Zebra Bar now sits.
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