All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2015 – Page 4
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Tracy West -:Shop Talk
By now, you should all be covered up. And by that I mean your cigarettes and baccy, all cosy and snug behind doors or shutters because on April 6, that’s the law! And it’s quite a complicated law with sub-sections on when you can open doors/shutters, who can look, and ...
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Greenergy supplying nearly 250 Esso-branded sites
Greenergy has revealed that the number of Esso-branded sites it supplies has risen to nearly 250. It began supplying Esso-branded dealers in Northern England, North Wales and Scotland just over two years ago when it took on fuel supply to 90 Esso-branded dealer sites. This was followed with supply to ...
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NewsAnglesey forecourt gutted by fire
Rebuilding work is set to begin this week on a Texaco Service Station at Pentraeth, Anglesey, which was gutted by fire on Good Friday. The owners of the site, Lewis Forecourts, have put up signs in the village, thanking the public for their support and saying that the rebuilding process ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Ginsters unveils microwavable breakfast range
Ginsters is expanding its portfolio with the launch of its first microwavable breakfast range. The initial two SKUs – Bacon Roll and Breakfast Wrap - will launch into convenience, impulse and forecourt channels on April 22. The launch will be supported with in-store POS and merchandising to showcase Ginsters’ breakfast ...
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Car rams petrol pumps in Plymouth smash
A petrol pump has been destroyed by a car that crashed into it at the Texaco garage at Embankment Road in Plymouth, Devon. A black Ford Focus rammed into pumps three and four and hit another car at around 5.30pm on April 2. A fire appliance from Devon & Somerset ...
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Monthly cars sales hit new record high
Monthly car sales hit the highest level this century in March with nearly half a million, 492,774, cars registered. It was the 37th month of consecutive growth for the new car market and the best month since twice-yearly number plate changes were introduced in 1999. Registrations so far this year ...
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Nestlé Professional launches new coffee machine
Nestlé Professional has launched the new Alegria machine, offering retailers the opportunity to deliver up to 15 quality café style coffees, retailing at £1 a cup, including Cappuccino, Latté, Mocha and Espresso – all from the same coffee cartridge. Matt Lane, head of beverage solutions at Nestle Professional, said: “We’ve ...
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Organised crime gang jailed for robberies
Eleven members of an organised crime group who preyed on petrol stations and convenience stores have been jailed for a total of 75 years after a series of robberies in Stockport and Tameside. Six men from Stockport aged between 18 and 34 and a 17-year-old youth pleaded guilty at Minshull ...
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OPW unites management of European teams
Fuid handling solutions company OPW has announced today that as part of its growth strategy and One OPW initiative, it has consolidated the European management teams of OPW KPS, OPW Fibrelite and OPW Fluid Transfer Group to create a single business unit, named OPW EMEA. It says the combined company ...
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Tobacco fraudstars jailed
Four men behind a tobacco counterfeiting fraud, worth around £95,500 in evaded duty, have been jailed for a total of six years after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Eric Cuerton, 57, from Grimbsy, John Stewart, 51, from Birkenhead, and Ronald Johnson, 53, from Dartford, were arrested in ...
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HGV speed limit raised
Speed limits for HGVs (goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes) have increased by 10mph on dual carriageways and single carriageway roads. From 6 April the speed limit increased from 50mph to 60mph on dual carriageways and from 40mph to 50mph on single carriageway roads. Motorway limits for HGVs remain ...
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Knifeman robs Liverpool service station
Merseyside Police is appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at a petrol station in north Liverpool on Thursday 2nd April. Shortly after 9.30am, patrols were called to the BP garage on Great Howard Street by staff reporting they had been robbed. A man had entered the shop armed with ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Highland Spring launches £1.6m campaign to help families get active
Highland Spring has invested £1.6m in a new integrated marketing and sponsorship campaign designed to help families get active and enjoy tennis. Building on the brand’s ‘Full of the Joys’ positioning and its role as the official bottled water of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the Highland Spring ‘Everyone For ...
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NewsMFG and Euro Garages acquire bulk of Shell sell-off sites
Shell UK has accepted offers for the sale of 185 company-owned service stations from Motor Fuel Group and Euro Garages, following a confidential commercial process to find the right independent dealers to purchase up to 250 Shell sites, which began last Autumn. Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired 90 sites, ...
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PRODUCT NEWS; Skittles aims to drive sales with new bottle format
Skittles is launching a new bottle format for its original Fruits flavour, as it taps into the growing consumer demand for confectionery products to enjoy on the go. Worth over £40 million, manufacturer Wrigley claims Skittles is currently growing four times faster than the sugar confectionery category and this new ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Ritz set to shake up snacks aisle with Crisp & Thin
Ritz, the world’s number one savoury biscuit brand, is laiming to shake up the snacks aisle from mid-May with a new baked and light potato snack - Ritz Crisp & Thin - aimed at the growing demand for savoury snacks in the UK. The new product has been developed and ...
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PRODUCT NEWS; Walkers launches ’biggest-ever’ on-pack lunch promotion
Walkers has launched its biggest ever on-pack lunch promotion, offering 1 in 6 shoppers the chance to win a free lunch on Walkers up to the value of £4. The new lunch campaign will run until July 11,2015, giving retailers the chance to boost lunchtime sales. Walkers has partnered ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: JPS roll-your-own tobacco now with papers
From April pouches of JPS roll-your-own tobacco (RYO) will include rolling papers. The move brings JPS in line with other economy RYO products and will be phased in across the range as existing stock sells through. Madeleine Pearce, brand portfolio chassis manager at Imperial Tobacco says: “The inclusion of papers ...
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MFG ranked in Top 10 private companies
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has been ranked 9th in a league table of British private companies with the fastest-growing profits, in the 16th annual Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100. The league table published on 12 April ranks companies according to growth in profits over ...
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AA urges motorists to question election candidates
The AA has launched a pre-election campaign urging drivers to question parliamentary candidates on what they will do to help drivers. Using results on drivers’ views from the AA Populus Panel it has suggested the ten most popular promises for motorists would be: Fewer potholes ...