All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2016 – Page 6
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Park Garage Group trio
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has signed up three new sites with Valero, to operate under the Texaco brand.Managing director Sunil Tandon commented: "We have a long-standing relationship with Valero to sell under the Texaco brand and even with all the changes over the years, I find the personnel ...
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Threat to fuel supplies suspended
A strike at the Port of Grangemouth, which threatened to disrupt fuel supplies to forecourts in Scotland and northern England, has been suspended. Scotland’s only oil refinery is situated at Grangemouth and Unite had claimed tanker drivers were refusing to cross picket lines, and that fuel supplies would be affected. ...
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Eco winners
Sustainability used to be low down on most businesess’s list of concerns, and few of them were willing to spend hard-earned cash on environmental initiatives, but more and more companies are finding that reducing their impact on the environment can also result in substantial cost savings too. One of the ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Hill’s Retail Redditch Service Station, Worcestershire
LOCATION: Hill’s Retail Redditch Service Station is close to the new town estate of Winyates, in the middle of a large residential area. Situated on the B4497, it is also very close to a large Bristol Street Motors site and a Morrisons superstore that sells fuel. FORECOURT: Redditch Service ...
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Dependable strengths
A change of leadership in any company can be an unsettling time. But at Phillips 66 care was taken to facilitate a smooth transition as Pete George, the well-respected and long-serving managing director, UK and Ireland, retired and made way for the incoming Mary Wolf. Taking the lead at Phillips ...
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Day in the Life: Laurence King
My working day begins at 6.30am, with a shower, a bowl of trill (old age) and then I drop my youngest son at the school bus for 7.30am. My office is in Tebay Services (M6) in Cumbria so I might normally travel there, but we now have Gloucester Services (M5) ...
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Euro Garages commits to Wilcomatic
Euro Garages has awarded vehicle wash specialist Wilcomatic a further three-year contract for maintenance and the supply and topping up of wash chemicals.The contract, finalised at the Top 50 Indies dinner at the Hilton in Syon Park, includes all 34 former Esso service stations that were purchased by Euro Garages ...
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Gulf’s shelf-edge tool helps with choosing oil
Lubricants can be a problem for both a forecourt owner what to stock and how to merchandise it and for the driver who is often unaware of what oil should go into their car, and also of the consequences of using the wrong oil.Gulf has come up with ...
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in brief
Essar adds fourth site Essar Oil (UK) has confirmed the opening of its fourth retail site, at Sale in Cheshire, since it entered the UK fuel supply sector. The service station, which has been operated by the Akhtar family for the past five years, is located in a residential locality ...
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Welcome Break signs three-year deal with Fairbanks
Welcome Break has signed a three-year contract to adopt the Fairbanks wet-stock management service across its network after a pilot.Welcome Break operates 31 petrol filling stations, supplying Shell, Texaco and BP-branded fuels, throughout the UK and Fairbanks now monitors the entire network.Within a few weeks of engaging the Fairbanks service, ...
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Speciality bread trio
Cuisine de France has added a speciality bread range to its in-store bakery concept. The range comprises three new products: Spelt Roll; Mediterranean Roll; and Oregano Roll.Shane Vaughan, head of retail marketing at Aryzta Food Solutions, said: "Speciality breads are the star performers of the in-store bakery category they’re ...
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BP rolls out new formula for Ultimate
BP has rolled out what it describes as its biggest fuel launch in the UK in 10 years. Drivers in the UK can now fill up with new BP Ultimate which includes active technology, a formula designed to actively fight dirt, protect against it building up and so help engines ...
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Kevin Eastwood - Executive director BOSS
If your business has been a victim of crime and you have reported the incident to the police, all you want to hear is that the criminal has been found, charged and convicted. Well, at BOSS, we don’t just collect details about incidents on forecourts; we proactively pursue offenders. BOSS ...
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blu e-cigs enhanced
E-cigarette brand blu is launching a product and packaging upgrade for its closed system e-cigarettes that will begin rolling out from this month. Featuring "enhanced technology and sleek new design", the closed system products have been designed to deliver an "improved vaping experience for consumers and greater stand-out on-shelf".Jennifer Roberts, ...
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Big spend for Irn-Bru
AG Barr is investing £6m in Irn-Bru. The campaign has two main platforms national support for the drink’s new pack designs, which launches this month, and activation of the brand’s partnership with The Football League and the Scottish Professional Football League. Marketing support will involve a sustained outdoor advertising ...
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Merril Boulton: Search starts here for this year’s best retailers
So oil prices are slowly rising again currency fluctuations and an anticipated production freeze contributing to the joyfully complex formula that dictates what motorists pay at the pump. Like sailing away from a sunny holiday destination, we seem to be leaving the £1-a-litre prices behind shame, I quite liked matching ...
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Very berry nice
Ribena has a new Very Berry flavour, which combines blackberries, raspberries and strawberries to create a summery drink.Available exclusively to the impulse channel, the new flavour excelled in blind taste tests with 90% of consumers describing Very Berry as ’refreshing’. The drink uses steviol glycosides an extract from the ...
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Scrummy savoury bar
Country Choice has launched a new savoury bar in steak and cheese flavour. It features steak chunks in gravy, mixed with mature Cheddar and Regato hard cheese, wrapped in flaky puff pastry.The company says the 160g Steak & Cheese Bar offers an "adventurous alternative" to the more traditional sausage roll, ...
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Bring home the bacon
Competition for the breakfast spend has never been fiercer. Cafés and coffee shops have been doing it for years but now more pubs and restaurants are promoting morning meals. American/Italian restaurant chain Frankie & Benny, for example, serves breakfast until midday with prices starting at just £3.95 with unlimited tea ...
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Popcorn appeal
Tic Tac is currently available in a special-edition Popcorn flavour. Ferrero customer development director, Levi Boorer, said: "We are confident that Tic Tac Popcorn will have huge appeal with young adults and entice new shoppers who are looking for something fun and different. The product is part of a wider ...