All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2015 – Page 6
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Product news: Mars in massive England football giveaway
Building on last year’s England shirt giveaway, this year, Mars will again offer fans the chance to win exclusive England merchandise, with one million England designed footballs to be given away as part of the ‘Win 1 of 1 million’ on-pack promotion. New packaging across Mars formats has been designed ...
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PRA launches redesigned website
The PRA has launched its new and completely redesigned website at the Forecourt Show at the NEC running from April 20-22. The new site is completely new and fully responsive, operating on desktop, tablets and smart phones and offers the facility to join the PRA online. It provides comprehensive details ...
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Top 50 Indie opens Hull lorry park
The first purpose-built lorry park on the A63 Westbound, at Hull, has been opened by Sewell on the go, which is ranked 23rd in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies. The £250,000 development located at the Hull West A63 Westbound branch, which has 14 designated bays for HGVs, follows a £1m ...
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Tobacco gantry removed after conviction
A West Midlands shopkeeper has had his tobacco display unit removed by Imperial Tobacco after being found guilty of selling illegal tobacco products. The company said Ari Aziz Mohammed, of UK Mini Market in Smethwick, had his tobacco display unit removed after being in breach of the conditions of his ...
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Attendant attacked with metal pole
Detectives from West Surrey CID are appealing for information after a member of staff was attacked with a metal pole during a robbery at a petrol station in Windlesham. It occurred at 9.30pm on Thursday, 16 April, when a member of staff was cleaning the forecourt of the Esso garage ...
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Fuel gives marginal boost to Tesco results
Fuel sales gave a marginal boost to Tesco’s performance in the UK in the last financial year, according to a disastrous set of annual results to February 28. In its report published on April 22 it revealed that overall sales in the UK were down 1.7%, compared with the previous ...
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Immigration charge centres on car wash
A man has appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ court charged with being part of an operation to smuggle Iraqi illegal immigrants into the UK at a Shipley car wash. Ali Mahmood Ahmed, 37, is accused of running the conspiracy at the Pit Stop Car Wash in Valley Road with ...
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Electric and hybrid cars top satisfaction survey
British drivers have voted electric and hybrid cars the best to own, according to Driver Power, an annual satisfaction survey by car magazine Auto Express. This year’s car owner survey features a hybrid car in first place and two electric vehicles in its top 10 for the first time. The ...
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MFG adds screens at 223 sites
MFG has signed a further five-year contract with Amscreen. It covers an upgrade in screen technology at 58 sites which already have the system, together with a rollout of Amscreen’s 24-inch screen product throughout 223 sites MFG acquired last October. The high definition, larger format, portrait screens will employ Amscreen’s ...
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NewsFuel theft costing average forecourt £3,600 a year
Theft of fuel from Britain’s forecourts cost fuel retailers an estimated £31.4m during 2014 according to the latest Forecourt Crime Statistics Survey from BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate. Since the last BOSS survey for 2012, losses attributable to drive-offs and no means of payment (NMOP) combined have risen to ...
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Product news: Jucee axes all added sugar
Jucee is set to become one of the first soft drinks brands to move its entire range to 100% no-added sugar. The brand made the move to respond to a growing market of health-conscious consumers who are looking for great tasting soft drinks that contain no-added sugar. The last three ...
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Product news: Rustlers adds two panini variants
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 ...
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Esso dealer renews supply agreement with Greenergy
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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NewsWelsh forecourt wins UK’s Best Forecourt Loo Award
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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Product news: Cadbury launches PMP tablets
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 ...
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Police raid car wash in stolen cars investigation
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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NewsPolice issue CCTV in search for suspect
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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Product news: Kettle Chips introduces new seasonal flavour
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 ...
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Product news: Dairy Crest tailors packs for convenience
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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Fuel sales show surprise drop in March
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 ...