The word sustainability means different things to different people. One dictionary definition for it is: “The avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance”.
Johnny Srikrishna, who owns Ashdene Service Station (Shell/Budgens) on the A21 near Etchingham in East Sussex, has a considerable bone to pick with YU Energy.
It’s an expensive, persistent and growing issue affecting forecourt operators and their staff: crime – whether we’re talking shoplifting, drive-offs or no means of payment (NMoP). But does it have to be this way?
Fierce competition between forecourts has long been the most effective way to ensure low prices for motorists.
Most of us hate to see the results of fly tipping and yet if the noxious fumes being emitted by our diesel and petrol cars weren’t invisible we’d see that on average we’re effectively dumping from our exhaust the equivalent volume of a whole bag of fast food packaging every second we drive.
From April 2025 – Parliamentary approval and a change of government notwithstanding – vaping, one of the most lucrative retail categories for forecourts in recent years, will be subject to a barrage of new regulations. It will mean retailers having to completely rethink how they stock and merchandise the category, not unlike when the ban on displaying tobacco products took effect some years back.
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