All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2016
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product news: Walkers launches holiday promotion
Walkers is giving consumers the chance to win one of 20,000 seven night holidays for four, to one of 26 worldwide destinations. Promotional packs include a code linked to a letter of the alphabet that can be used to spell a destination of the consumer’s choice. To be in with ...
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Euro Garages rolls out new scanners to Esso stores
Euro Garages has rolled out 280 Datalogic Heron bar code scanners across the Esso sites it has acquired since 2012. Following the acquisitions Euro Garages needed a bar code scanning solution at the point-of-sale that would integrate seamlessly with its Verifone chip and pin system. “We looked at a ...
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e-cigarettes can save lives say doctors
The Royal College of Physicians has published a new report concluding that e-cigarettes have the potential to save millions of lives and that doctors should encourage smokers to take up vaping instead. The new findings follow last year’s report by Public Health England (PHE), which found that e-cigarettes are around ...
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product news: Country Choice unveils new sausage roll concept
New from Country Choice is The Sausage Roll Co concept, offering a range of ‘bake from frozen’ sausage rolls, point of sale and fully branded equipment options. Six varieties (West Country Cheddar & Onion; Pork & Smoky Bacon; Pork, Cheese & Pickle; Chilli Beef; Pork & Chorizo; and the Classic) ...
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product news: Tyrrells rolls out Coronation Chicken flavour
To coincide with the Queen’s 90th birthday, Tyrrells, the premium hand-cooked crisp company, is rolling out a Coronation Chicken flavoured summer seasonal. Coronation Chicken was originally created for the Queen’s coronation in 1953, and now Tyrrells is bringing it back for a limited time, using real chicken and curry flavours. ...
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Most motorists reject driverless cars
More than 65% of motorists want to retain the right to drive even though driverless cars are coming, two new pieces of research released by IAM RoadSmart – formerly the Institute of Advanced Motorists. It conducted an independent survey of 1,000 British motorists and a separate poll among its 92,000 ...
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product news: Rowntrees unleashes masterbrand campaign
Rowntrees is launching the brand’s first ever masterbrand media campaign. The £5.6m campaign will showcase the full Rowntrees range of Fruit Pastilles, Fruit Gums, Randoms, Jelly Tots and Tooty Frooties, and will feature new TV advertising as well as video on demand and digital advertising (including the social media channels ...
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product news: Cadbury urges Obey Your Mouth
Cadbury is supporting its chocolate singles range with Obey Your Mouth; a new campaign that taps into consumer needs for a great chocolate experience. The campaign will launch on May 9 with the return of Crunchie to TV after 16 years and will continue over three years with a £6m ...
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US company buys PSD Codax
Innovative Control Systems (ICS), a provider of car wash management and control system technologies, has acquired PSD Codax, the UK-based car wash code entry and access control systems provider. “This new alignment makes great strategic sense for both companies,” said Kevin Detrick, Innovative Control Systems president. “The geographic coverage and ...
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Assistant attacked at Hythe service station
Witnesses are being sought following a report of an attack on a member of staff and a robbery at a service station in Hythe. Kent Police is investigating the incident in which the victim, a man aged in his 50s, was working in a petrol station in Seabrook Road when ...
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Applegreen offers free coffee in safety drive
Applegreen and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) in the Irish Republic and have teamed up to help drivers to combat the effects of driver fatigue over the May Bank Holiday Weekend by providing free cups of coffee to drivers at Applegreen service stations around the country. This is the fourth ...
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product news: Burton’s re-launches Cadbury Animals
Burton’s Biscuit Company is set to re-launch its £9.6m Cadbury Animals brand with new pack designs, an improved biscuit recipe and its biggest ever on-pack promotion with Chessington World of Adventures Resort. The new packs, rolling out from early May across Cadbury Animals and Cadbury Dinos, will feature updated artwork ...
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Retail has highest crime rate of all business sectors
Figures released as part of the Home Office’s Commercial Victimisation Survey have found that one in five premises in the retail and wholesale sector were victims of shop theft over the last year, with the sector having the highest crime rate of any sector surveyed. The survey states that wholesale ...
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NewsLPG cited as a solution to air quality problems
UKLPG, the trade association for the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry, has welcomed the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s (EFRA) inclusion of LPG as part of a range of alternative fuel options described in its report on Air Quality. The Committee’s report calls for new clean air zones in ...
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product news: AG Barr drives Snapple
AG Barr is launching a marketing and innovation programme for the Snapple brand this month. The drive will focus on three key areas; impactful new packaging for the premium brand, the launch of ‘no added sugar’ NPD including Iced Tea products and a sampling campaign and digital activity designed to ...
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product news: Stoats adds to range
Scottish oats company, Stoats, has added porridge sachets and rustic Scottish oat muesli to its range. The new porridge sachets are available in four flavours: Original, Multigrain, Cranachan and Hedgerow. And the new rustic Scottish oat muesli comes in Triple Berry and Hedgerow flavours. Original and Multigrain porridge sachets come ...
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Police investigate defibrilator theft
Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for information after a defibrilator, which is worth £1,500, was stolen from Rosevale Petrol Station in Newtownards, in the early hours of Saturday morning (April 23). Police posted a message about the theft on the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI) Ards Facebook ...
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MRH renews five-year supply deal with Palmer and Harvey
The UK’s largest independent forecourt group MRH has renewed its supply agreement with delivered wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. The new contract, which is worth in excess of £90m a year, will run for five years and involves Palmer and Harvey delivering MRH’s full instore offer, including chilled and frozen products ...
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Supermarkets clean up promotions
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has asked a number of supermarkets to review their promotions and agreed specific changes with Asda. The CMA has worked with supermarkets and Trading Standards Services to ensure that shoppers can have more confidence they are getting a good deal. Which? raised concerns about ...
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Forecourt winner at Pro-retail Awards
Palmer and Harvey has used its Pro-Retail show to unveil a new loyalty scheme which will enable customers to earn up to an extra £2,000 a year, and to reveal the winners of the Pro-retail Awards. The loyalty scheme, called SIRCLE, focuses on core products and promotions that shop owners ...