All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2004 – Page 2
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News
Cogent fails retail
The launch of Cogent, a sector skills council for the oil and gas extraction, chemicals manufacturing and petroleum industries, has been branded unhelpful to the forecourt industry.At the official launch of Cogent last month, a number of delegates told Forecourt Trader that the skills council did not go far enough ...
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NewsNew look for cigars
Henri Winterman’s has renamed and redesigned its range of cigarsThe name Founder’s Blend replaces Red Line, and the lion logo has been given a more modern look.Half Corona and Royales – the two key products for forecourts – will be available in the new packaging in April and May respectively.The ...
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Analysis
Changing tide
Site closures have gathered momentum, but last year saw the most come from the oil company network, indicating a much brighter future for the independent retailer. According to the Energy Institute’s UK Retail Marketing Survey 2004, the annual overview of the UK forecourt market, 890 sites stopped trading in 2003 ...
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Analysis
Changing tide
Site closures have gathered momentum, but last year saw the most come from the oil company network, indicating a much brighter future for the independent retailer. According to the Energy Institute’s UK Retail Marketing Survey 2004, the annual overview of the UK forecourt market, 890 sites stopped trading in 2003 ...
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Fuelforce changes mode of operation
Independent forecourt chain Fuelforce has decided to move to a direct managed mode of operation.The retailer trialled direct management at test sites last Summer before putting the rollout into motion.It began to convert 18 sites in Scotland at the beginning of February this year, and full rollout starts this month ...
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Poppets cause a stir
The Poppets spring roadshow was launched in London’s Carnaby Street by Dainton and Pritchard – of TV’s Dirty Sanchez – doing a stunning skateboard jump over six members of the public.Skilled skateboarders Dirty Sanchez are famous for their on-screen dares and stunts such as stapling their fingers to desks and ...
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Mystery of Direct Cash
ATM supplier Direct Cash owes a few retailers some money. Karlos Ambrus of Knowehead Filling Station at Harthill in Lanarkshire, is among them. He paid £475.13 for three months rental upfront to Direct Cash to get an ATM installed, which came with PayPoint as part of the deal. He was ...
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Express carwash
Brushless foam vehicle wash franchise, Autoshine Express, is giving non-trading and low volume petrol stations the opportunity to increase their profit margins from two per cent to 500 per cent the company claims.With an Autoshine Express system, up to 500 cars can be washed a day and can operate all ...
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Somerfield extends its brand to indies
Somerfield is looking for forward-thinking and entrepreneurial independent retailers to become franchisees. The Essentials franchise package will bring the Somerfield fresh food offer to more local and small store formats.The fascia has been trialled at seven TM Retail stores over the last 12 months, revealing average like-for-like growth of 127 ...
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BP signage renewed by XMO
BP has employed new sign company XMO Strata to update signage at more than 300 sites following the launch of premium fuel Ultimate.XMO Strata, headed by sign industry specialist Steven Martin, began the work on 120 company-owned and 200 dealer sites in October to coincide with the BP’s Ultimate marketing ...
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Boost impulse sweet sales
A new range of display systems from Haribo have been designed to help retailers drive impulse sales.The company, which markets three of the top five branded family-size sugar confectionery bags – Starmix, Tangastics and Kiddies’SuperMix – is launching a new countertop unit, plus two new attachments that fit onto existing ...
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No strings attached
Walk down any high street and you will start to see a new set of brands appearing in shop windows – Hotspot and Openzone. These logos signify that the retailer has equipped their store with the latest in wireless technology, enabling customers to link to the internet or network ...
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a:m extends
McVitie’s has added a granola bar to its McV a:m range of breakfast products.Granola bars are already a success in the US and are said to offer an incremental sales opportunity and higher price points to drive category value.The McV a:m Granola Bar is made up of whole nuts, fruits, ...
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Aberness deal: good for Spar
Spar’s wholesaler in Scotland, CJ Lang, has described Somerfield’s takeover of Aberness Foods, which operates the Mace brand, as a “huge opportunity” for expansion of the Spar fascia in Scotland.Ed Ferguson, managing director of CJ Lang, said: “This takeover leaves CJ Lang as the only independent Scottish-based wholesaler and one ...
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New figures show 890 site closures
The number of forecourts in the UK and Northern Ireland is continuing to fall, according to new figures from the Energy Institute and Catalist.The statistics put the number of forecourts at the end of December 2003 at 10,535, meaning that 890 sites stopped trading last year – a rate of ...
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NewsBudget 2004
The Chancellor certainly made life difficult for the headline writers – The Credit Card Budget being the most memorable phrase used after March 19. But nobody expected any dramatic measures to be announced with a general election on the horizon, especially from a Chancellor who has a habit of introducing ...
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News
Soft drink sales up by 11%
Functional drinks and mineral waters are the key drivers of growth in the soft drinks category through forecourts, according to Britvic’s Soft Drinks Category Report for 2004.While sales of soft drinks through multiple forecourts (up 11 per cent) were in line with the overall market, functional drinks grew strongly and ...
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