All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2017 – Page 3
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Product news: Quaker Oats introduces overnight pots
Quaker Oats is introducing a new Overnight Oats pot, which is made by adding milk in the evening, refrigerating and consuming chilled in the morning. The new format is designed to help retailers tap into the popularity of Overnight Oats, with 35% of people already aware of this trend. Quaker ...
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Wayne Fueling Systems stages Technology Summit
Wayne Fueling Systems, part of Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) and a global provider of fuel dispensing, payment, automation, and control technologies for retail and commercial fuel stations, has concluded its 2017 Technology Summit in Austin, Texas. This year’s summit brought nearly 300 Wayne customers, distributors, and suppliers to Wayne’s North ...
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Product news: Diageo puts RTDs in PMPs
Diageo has relaunched its ready to drink (RTD) range with six new price-marked packs (PMPs) to help retailers take advantage of a £38m sales opportunity provided by Premix, the only RTD category currently in growth. The six strong range comprises: Gordon’s Gin & Tonic, Smirnoff & Cola, Smirnoff & Cranberry, ...
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Product news: Nestle cuts sugar in KitKat
Nestlé Confectionery’s flagship brand Kitkat is introducing a new recipe across its milk chocolate range - with each chocolate bar now containing extra milk and cocoa and less sugar – supported by a multi-million pound advertising campaign. Nestlé insists that KitKat will have the same taste, but now with an ...
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Product news: Health and on-the-go lifestyles key drivers for soft drinks sales, says Britvic report
Soft drinks producer Britvic has revealed that with healthier and on-the-go lifestyles very much on the agenda, there is plenty of opportunity for growth of the soft drinks category in the convenience sector. In its latest review of the soft drinks market, the company reported continued growth in importance of ...
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Criminals convicted for breaking into oil pipeline
The first conviction in Wales for hot tapping – where criminals break into oil pipelines – has been made following an incident in Pembrokeshire where 2,000 litres of diesel were stolen.Iulian Neacsu, aged 21, received a 21-month sentence for damage to and theft from the pipeline. Nicolae Petre, aged 36 ...
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Product news: Bottlegreen expands portfolio
SHS Drinks, which produces bottlegreen, the UK’s best-selling elderflower drink, is expanding its portfolio of premium sparkling pressés, cordials and mixers with the spring launch of bottlegreen Sparkling Infusion. The new range comprises a trio of sparkling waters infused with natural fruits or botanicals. With each can containing less than ...
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NewsBOSS launches forecourt crime index
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has launched a new forecourt crime index to help retailers benchmark their performance against quantified national averages. To set up the index BOSS has analysed data from thousands of incidents that it has recorded as part of its Payment Watch activities since 2014. The ...
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Product news: Cadbury Roundie biscuit launched
Mondelez International is unveiling its first Cadbury biscuit in the UK with the launch of Cadbury Roundie. Available now, Cadbury Roundie blends layers of crispy wafers with thick chocolate cream and is coated in chocolate. The biscuits are available in a multipack of five including milk chocolate, dark chocolate and ...
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Roadchef sets up apprenticeship scheme
Motorway service area operator Roadchef has engaged in a new partnership with private hospitality training provider Lifetime Training to deliver bespoke apprenticeship programmes to its employees. The company is launching the new programme across all of its 21 locations and 30 Roadchef service areas. Courses have been tailored specifically for ...
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Route of Lower Thames Crossing announced
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has announced the preferred route for a new Lower Thames Crossing. The new crossing will create a new link between the A2 and the M25 and reduce the burden on the Dartford Crossing. The Lower Thames Crossing is expected to carry 4.5 million heavy goods vehicles ...
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Product news: Doom Bar sponsors British & Irish Lions
The British & Irish Lions rugby team has announced that Cornwall-based Sharp’s Brewery’s premium cask beer, Doom Bar, has become an official sponsor for the 2017 tour to New Zealand. Doom Bar will be joining the Lions family as an official sponsor in the UK and Ireland. The partnership will ...
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NewsJohn Lynn joins TLM board as it signs alliance with US company
TLM Technologies has recruited former MRH managing director John Lynn to join its board as a non-executive director, and has signed an alliance with a US software company. Lynn has more than 30 years’ experience in the downstream oil and convenience industry. Prior to his role at MRH he was ...
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Plex Display adds to pavement sign range
Plex Display, a supplier of signs and displays tools for forecourts and convenience stores, is launching two new, larger sizes to its Icon pavement sign range in 2017. May will see the introduction of a 60” x 40” poster size Icon store sign while an A0 size will be available ...
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Plans to charge cars based on actual vehicle emissions
A company aiming to develop technology to enable local authorities to charge drivers based on actual vehicle emissions has been awarded a £1m grant. The grant was awarded to Tantalum Corporation by Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, to develop real-time NOx emissions estimation capability. Tantalum Corporation, is working ...
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NewsHenderson Group achieves record sales
One of Northern Ireland’s largest forecourt operators, The Henderson Group, has announced record levels of sales, investment and jobs growth in the year ending December 31, 2016. The company, which owns the Spar, EuroSpar and Vivo brands in Northern Ireland, owns 57 forecourts and operates an additional seven. Ron Whitten, ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie signs five sites to Essar brand
Top 50 Indie Javid Iqbal has signed up five of his sites to the Essar brand. The sites, which were previously with the Esso brand and are located in Staffordshire and Derbyshire, opened under their new livery on March 30. The following day, a new Essar-branded station was commissioned in ...
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Government awards £109m in grants for next generation vehicles
Government funding of £109.7m has been awarded to help develop the next generation of driverless and low-carbon vehicles, as part of the Industrial Strategy and the government’s Plan for Britain. Seven projects will share grants from the latest round of funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), the joint industry-government ...
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Tracy West: Shop Talk
Everyone knows cigarettes are expensive but I was shocked when I recently bought 20 Embassy for Mr West. They cost £9.99. Wow! And those 20 won’t even last him one day. Looking at the ugly packaging, I can see why the tobacco manufacturers were battling so hard to maintain their ...
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What a real Pro!
The Pro Elite (rrp £59.99) is the latest addition to the Stoplock security lock family. It features a deeper bend when compared to its sister models, to allow for a general increase in steering wheel size and the larger space that’s allocated to airbags. The new Pro Elite also has ...