All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2015

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    Londis invests in forecourts

    2015-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Londis has recognised the importance of forecourts and their differences to standalone convenience stores by forming a new forecourt retail team. The team’s aim is to make Londis best-in-class for forecourts. The move was announced at the symbol group’s conference, which was recently held in London. Other changes announced included ...

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    UK leads Europe on plug-in vehicles

    2015-04-29T00:00:00Z

    The UK has beaten CO2 emissions targets, with the average new car in 2014 posting CO2 emissions 4.2% below this year’s EU-wide target of 130g/km, according to a Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) report. The annual SMMT New Car CO2 Report 2015 reveals that carbon tailpipe emissions have ...

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    Gulf celebrates involvement at Le Mans

    2015-04-29T00:00:00Z

    To celebrate Gulf’s involvement in this year’s 24 hour endurance race at Le Mans, Certas Energy has launched an eight-week consumer promotion across its Gulf forecourts, designed to boost volumes and re-engage the motoring public with Gulf’s racing pedigree. The promotion runs at participating sites until the end of May ...

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    Two forecourts win Londis awards

    2015-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Two forecourts picked up awards when Londis announced the winners of its annual Store of the Year awards. The award for the Londis Forecourt of the Year 2015 was presented to Brian and Joan Charlton of Londis Middleton Service Station, Pickering, North Yorkshire. In addition Certas Energy won the award ...

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    Arsonist jailed for offence on forecourt

    2015-04-29T00:00:00Z

    A man has been jailed for 15 months after admitting setting fuel alight on a forecourt. Daniel Lockyer was convicted of one count of arson reckless as to whether life was endangered at the MRH-owned Gulf fuel station at Egham in Surrey. Guildford Crown Court was told that Lockyer, a ...

  • Forecourt group collects funds for earthquake appeal
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    Forecourt group collects funds for earthquake appeal

    2015-04-29T00:00:00Z

    An appeal for funds to help the survivors of the earthquake in Nepal has been launched by South West-based Chartman, one of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies. Chartman director Clive Sheppard has contacted the group’s nine forecourts about the disaster where the death toll has exceeded 5,000 and is ...

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    HMRC reports 8% drop in March fuel sales

    2015-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Monthly petrol sales fell 10% in March to the lowest recorded figure of 1.31bn litres, following 4% growth in February when drivers took advantage of prices 22ppl lower than the year before, according to the latest figures released by HMRC. Sales of diesel also dropped by 7% from the February ...

  • Police issue CCTV in search for £30,000 fraudster
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    Police issue CCTV in search for £30,000 fraudster

    2015-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Detectives investigating a fuel card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham have arrested a man on suspicion of plotting the fraud, and are still seeking a second suspect. The 38-year-old, from Hodge Hill, presented himself at a police station on April ...

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    Product news: Orangina reinvents itself

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Orangina is reinventing itself in the UK market and undergoing a complete update including: a new target consumer, positioning, visual design, range and communications. Jamie Nascimento, Orangina marketing manager, Lucozade Ribena Suntory, said it was creating and owning a brand new sector for orangina in the soft drinks category, ‘Special ...

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    Glasdon tests poster sign in hurricane force winds

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Glasdon has posted a video on YouTube showing its new Advocate Poster Display Sign being tested in hurricane conditions to prove its durability and suitability for use in forecourt situations. The video shows a unit being subjected to winds of up to 82mph and it remains in position and undamaged. ...

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    Product news: Smint unveils limited edition

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Smint, has unveiled its new limited edition ‘Fresh to Impress’ range, available in stores nationwide this summer. Further to its ‘Design Our Cover’ competition that ran over two months last year, the three winning cover designs now feature across 300,000 packs of Smint Mint 8g. The removable covers have a ...

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    Fuel sales show surprise drop in March

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Despite fuel prices being substantially below the level of a year ago, volume sales at stores selling automotive fuel took a surprise fall in March, according to the latest Retail Sales report from the Government’s statistics body. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that sales in ...

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    Product news: Dairy Crest tailors packs for convenience

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has launched tailored butter and spread packs created specifically for the convenience sector. The new packs will span Dairy Crest’s Utterly Butterly and Country Life ranges and have been created to help retailers carefully manage their overall outlay and stock levels. The new packs also carry a price ...

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    Product news: Kettle Chips introduces new seasonal flavour

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Kettle Chips is introducing a new seasonal flavour - Chips Thai Sweet Chilli, Lemongrass & Coriander - to its range of hand cooked, sharing chips in time for the summer sales period. Jim Couchman, head of impulse at Kettle Foods comments: “The Seasonal Editions play a key role in delivering ...

  • Police issue CCTV in search for suspect
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    Police issue CCTV in search for suspect

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Officers from Newcastle Local Policing Team (LPT) in Staffordshire have issued a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with theft from a fuel station. The incident happened at 3.40pm on Friday 20 March. A man entered offices at Holditch Service Station, Talke Road, and ...

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    Police raid car wash in stolen cars investigation

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    A car wash in St Helens was one of two premises raided in an operation involving Merseyside Police, St Helens Council, the UK Border Force and Trading Standards. Local reports identified Express Hand Car Wash on Pocket Nook Street and Jackson Street Tyres on Jackson Street as the premises where ...

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    Product news: Cadbury launches PMP tablets

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury Dairy Milk is launching £1 promotional price-marked tablets next month. Matthew Williams, marketing director at Mondelēz International said the new £1 (RRP) promotional PMPs aim to help independent stores make the most of shopper excitement surrounding these products at the same time as capitalising on the advantages of price-marked ...

  • Welsh forecourt wins UK’s Best Forecourt Loo Award
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    Welsh forecourt wins UK’s Best Forecourt Loo Award

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Welsh forecourt retailer Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, in Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, was announced as the winner of the UK’s Best Forecourt Loo award at this week’s Forecourt Show held at the NEC in Birmingham. Asif Ayub, managing director of pump-top promotions specialist Fast Trak, which sponsored the competition, presented the award ...

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    Esso dealer renews supply agreement with Greenergy

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    A long-standing Esso dealer has renewed her fuel supply agreement with Greenergy. Sieme Shoaib and her family visited Greenergy at the Forecourt Show to renew their fuel agreement for a further five years following their successful move from Esso supplied fuel in September 2014. The Shoaib family runs an Esso ...

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    Product news: Rustlers adds two panini variants

    2015-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Kepak Convenience Foods is continuing to attempt to broaden the appeal of Rustlers, with the launch in May of two panini products. The new panini lines are Chicken & Pesto (flame grilled chicken with mozzarella and a pesto mayonnaise) and Pepperoni (slices of pepperoni with mozzarella and a tomato and ...