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Billion and the operating margin was actually 0.55% so for every £1 billion and the operating margin was actually 0.55% so for every e1 of revenue that british gas earned selling gas and electricity to homes and small businesses, it's only earning 0.5 5p of profit. now, if you compare with say the food retail sector, which is also an essential business area, food retailers erred in margins of about 2% so it's something like four times more than centrica and british gas are earning on that business so you really need to reform the sector to allow these businesses to be more profitable so that ...

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Energy costs have been steadily increases, and now those that don't drive are also being affected by the high prices. we have fox team coverage for you. phil flynn and grady trimble. but first, grady, outside of a gas station in chicago, prices are still sky high, grady. >> yeah, down about $0.06 from when we got here this morning, so i guess that's good news. but the people we have talked to are worried, sandra, and rightly so, not just the higher gas prices they are dealing with, but it's also the prices of just about everything else that will go up and keep climbing because of those higher ...

If you don't drive, the higher prices are impacting you. jet fuel, that's way up, and uber is adding a surcharge. both uber eats and rides, from $0.35 to $0.55 to help drivers with the increased cost of gas. all of this adding up to a much more expensive picture that you heard americans are struggling to meet. sandra. >> sandra: madison, thank you. some democrats are eyeing the suspension of the federal gas tax to ease prices for americans at the pump. is that a good idea? more than two-thirds of the u.s. is seeing the average gas price top $4 a gallon, including some key battleground states. ...

Climbing but that the prices of everything else is going to go up as well as fuel costs surge. we are already seeing that happen. you mentioned uber and lyft. lyft confirmed to fox business that is tacking on a temporary fuel surcharge after uber made a similar move last week. lyft didn't tell us how much that fee would be but uber says each trip will cost you $0.45 or $0.55 more. each uber eats order will go up by $0.35 or $0.45. grubhub announced its increasing pay for drivers, but didn't say whether it would pass that cost on to customers. >> almost too much, you know. we cannot afford it. ...