I thought E10 wasn’t as good for your engine.
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The United at Kambah in the ACT has 91 on the labels for E10, whereas 7-Eleven in the ACT (at least the two stations I frequent) follows their NSW outlets and has 94 on the E10 labels.
Only if you have an ancient engine not designed to use it.
I think a lot of the E10 scepticism and rumours (NOT including the reduced fuel economy, which is certainly true) is a whole load of conspiracy nonsense. You hear stories about mechanics apparently finding that someone who used E10 in their car ended up with problems inside the engine block itself, but I really bloody doubt that ethanol was the main cause behind these. Theoretically the only place which would have failures would be the fuel lines and fuel pump, and that’s if they haven’t been designed to operate with ethanol in mind. The metallic part of the engine block shouldn’t be reactive to ethanol.
People drink beverages with more than 10% ethanol and put it into their digestive system made up of extremely sensitive organs. I’m sure a car’s engine mostly made of metal and plastic parts should be able to handle it just fine.
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The fact that we only have E10 pushed hard in states where it’s done to support primary industry tells me all I need to know about how necessary it is to be included in petrol.
Everywhere else it’s either slowly dying out (VIC) or not even an option in the first place. It’s barely even cheaper than regular U91 at this stage, where it used to be 4-8cpl cheaper on a regular basis.
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I’m not saying it’s necessary or that it’d be cheaper, but I think there should be a definite push in that direction based on it being more environmentally friendly (with the idea that the growth of the plants used to produce biofuel absorbs the same amount of CO2 that is eventually produced in tailpipe emissions) and provides Australia with some degree of domestic fuel security.
Yet there are still questions over whether its better value - it doesnt help that a lot of newish cars actually recommend not using it. It has very little exposure outside of the states that have an E10 mandate
I wouldnt call Brazil a small market - but it had impacts on their food supply after farmers switched from growing crops for food to growing crops for ethanol production (which was more lucrative).
It depends on a number of factors - ethanol has a scouring effect that can degrade components over time, it also can absorb water.
Any engine failure is unlikely to be because of ethanol directly, rather an outcome of damage that ethanol can/may cause other components (like the fuel system)
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Have tried both. Delicious. The malt one is the better.
The Bega and Kraft-Heinz peanut butter saga continues as it’ll now head to the High Court of Australia.
There has been two court cases prior and Bega has won both.
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Kraft-Heinz just won’t give up will they? Their Australian arm at the time sold the rights. It’s to late now, they need to move on. Nothing is stopping them from selling peanut butter here, it just can’t have a yellow label/lid.
Hopefully, no matter what the high court decides, the big players still refuse to stock the Kraft version.
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It’s so weird that the places that do stock it (IGA) generally stuck Bega and Kraft side by side, often at the same price.
Bega haven’t won every battle with the big 2 in terms of stocking former Kraft branded items they continued to make after all this went down - the big 2 reverted back to Kraft Macaroni and Cheese as soon as KraftHeinz was able to manufacture it again, and same story for the dry Kraft branded parmesan cheese.
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haven’t visited this thread for a while
Just wanted to say, those new-ish Oak Nestle/Allen’s lolly flavoured milks are great! Smell and taste just like the real thing (some more so than others however).
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We have known it for a while, but Ampol has officially revealed its new logo.
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I bought my first apartment in 1993. My lovely mum came over and helped me clean the place. I have alway kept and refilled the bottle of Windex she gave me on that day. It means a lot to me, even though its shape make it hard to hold.
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Here’s another one from Darrel Lea.
PB & J
It’s inspired by the Peanut Butter and Jelly combo Americans love. Jelly being Jam to us.
However, this chocolate bar doesn’t have jam in it but Jelly Lollies. And even less like the inspiration is the inclusion of Caramel Fudge chunks.
This is a variation of the Rocklea Road with Raspberry Licorice.
And this Hazelnut one came out a while ago.
They’re no longer exclusive to Woolworths either, got this + the licorice block in Coles yesterday.
Hopefully the flavour isn’t that horrendous artificial PB flavour that sometimes gets used that smells & tastes fishy.
It would be much better with an actual jelly or jammy inclusion and smooth peanut butter rather than peanut pieces.
Someone ask Whittakers to add smooth peanut butter to their Jelly Tip blocks… 
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Yeah, I was reluctant to buy it and try because it said it contained Peanut Butter “Flavour” rather than actual Peanut Butter. Also the Caramel Fudge is a turnoff for me.
I just noticed that recently. What is it exactly? Jelly lolly pieces or jelly filling?