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Are you aware the some of the Fuel Finder data is total garbage?

https://successfulsoftware.net/2026/03/29/stop-publishing-ga...

Why did you make 'Esso' and 'Shell' the same colour in your brand chart?

Yeah aware of some data quality issues in the feed, bad coordinates, missing brands, occasional obviously wrong prices. I filter out anything outside 100-300p and exclude stations flagged as closed but there's definitely still noise in there. check the methodology page for the full detail on how i clean it.

On the colours, esso and shell are both red brands so they ended up close on the chart. will fix that.

The Shell logo is mostly yellow, isn't it?

shell's logo does have a lot of yellow but morrisons has already claimed yellow on the chart.

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