All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2020 – Page 5
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Analysis
Protection is on hand
In just one week, more than 1,000 forecourts globally have taken up Devon-based GripHero’s offer of providing free hand-protection dispensers to protect their customers from the transmission of coronavirus at the fuel pump.GripHero is a hand-protection dispenser which sits on top of each hand pump on the forecourt, so that ...
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News
Pepsi Max flavours get snazzy new look
The popular Pepsi Max flavours range (Cherry, Raspberry and Ginger) has been the subject of a colourful new packaging redesign created to appeal to younger consumers.The Pepsi Max flavours make up 53% of the total flavoured cola segment, with Pepsi Max Cherry the number one flavoured cola in the ...
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Extra MSA Leeds Skelton Lake has phased opening
Extra MSA has opened its £64m Leeds Skelton Lake Services at Junction 45 on the M1, two miles east of Leeds city centre.However, due to the coronavirus regulations, it will be opening on a phased basis. Currently the Texaco-branded petrol filling station, run under contract by Top 50 Indie Jos ...
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Analysis
Essential services
Extraordinary times we’re living in, with the whole world adjusting to much-changed circumstances, and not much of a clue as to when things will return to anything that resembles ’normal’. For the forecourt sector it’s been a period of peaks and troughs as the panic-buying hordes loaded their cars with ...
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Analysis
Essential service in virus panic
Fuel retailers have been identified by the government as one of the keys to keeping emergency personnel mobile, and making the transportation of vital supplies possible, during the coronavirus lockdown. But while the fuel retailing industry has been working flat out to ensure it can operate safely for customers and ...
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Epos link to PayPoint One Pro retailers rolls out
An epos link is now available to PayPoint One Pro retailers who are members of Premier, Family Shopper and Shop Locally, following a national trial involving more than 50 retailers.Users will benefit from daily price updates, monthly consumer promotions, the ability to place orders through the PayPoint One mobile app ...
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Limited edition
Choco-Hazelicious is the latest limited-edition flavour from Yazoo. It comes in 400ml and 1ltr sizes, in price-marked and non-price-marked versions.
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Easy squeezy
Hellmann’s award-winning Vegan Mayo is available in a new 100% recyclable squeezy format. A precision tip makes the packs easy to use. Rrp is £2.99.
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Golden Wonder and Deliveroo promotion
Golden Wonder has teamed up with Deliveroo to give consumers the chance to win up to a year’s worth of free takeaways.The Great Golden Wonder Takeaway Giveaway is running across over 25 million packs of crisps and snacks from now until the end of July.The promotion is supported across TV, ...
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Drive-offs rise then fall rapidly during coronavirus lockdown
The British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) has recorded a significant reduction in forecourt crime reports during the first full weekend of the coronavirus lockdown.The news comes as BOSS released the results of the latest Forecourt Crime Index covering the final quarter (Q4) of 2019, which reported that forecourt crime continued ...
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NewsGuide to government funding entitlement and commercial tools
COVID-19 has caused serious challenges. As it stands, forecourt owners are seeing an increase in in-store purchases. The key to managing these challenging times is to make sure that you’re prepared for any eventuality. Now is the time to drive in-store sales and manage cash flow tightly, to ensure that ...
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Coffee’s still a goer
In an exclusive survey of Top 50 Indie dealers, respondents ranked coffee-to-go as the second most important service for their forecourt store (after customer service), with 96% of dealers saying it was extremely or very important. Indeed such is its importance that it ranked ahead of a good convenience offer ...
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PRA warns there could be forecourt closures
Petrol filling stations could be forced to close because the financial pressures caused by coronavirus will render them unviable, the PRA has warned. It came as figures released by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) showed a massive fall in fuel sales.A survey covering nearly 60% of ...
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Lucozade Energy gets a Citrus Chill flavour
Lucozade Energy Citrus Chill is a new lemon and lime flavour, available in 380ml price-marked and standard packs. It is expected to build on the successful launch of Lucozade Energy Apple Blast and Lucozade Energy Watermelon & Strawberry Cooler, the latter of which delivered sales of more than £2.1m in ...
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Coca-Cola Energy launches new Cherry flavour
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is building on the success of the launch of Coca-Cola Energy, which clocked up almost £4m-worth of sales in 2019, by unveiling a new cherry-flavoured variant.CCEP says Coca-Cola Energy Cherry will help retailers capitalise on the demand for flavour innovation in the energy sector by combining ...
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NewsService Centre: Jac Roper on Co-op and Nisa price problems; and an epos dispute ends
Unrest on an uneven playing field A forecourt operator sent me an anonymous update on the Nisa/Co-op situation re price differences (last raised in this column in October). He began by posting some copy from another retailer that had appeared on the Nisa retail online forum. It went like this: ...
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in brief
New bio-cng stations openTwo new biomethane compressed natural gas (Bio-CNG) stations, including one claimed to be Europe’s largest, have been opened by CNG Fuels. The company claims demand for renewable Bio-CNG, as an alternative to diesel for HGVs, has soared 800% since 2017, and is set to more than double ...
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BP pledges no redundancies for next three months
BP has made a commitment not to make any staff redundant in the next three months as a part of the cost-cutting measures it is implementing to deal with the coronavirus.In a statement about the actions it is taking to deal with the situation, it said: "Job security is a ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - BP Wexham Wexham Road, Slough
Location: The site is just off a roundabout in a busy part of Slough. It is easy to spot thanks to the BP pole sign and canopy. The pole sign includes the Costcutter logo and Costa Express as well as BP Ultimate. There is also extensive advertising for the ...
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Analysis
Kevin Eastwood: executive director, BOSS
We have found ourselves in unchartered territory and everyone involved in the forecourt sector has been reflecting on what the public health crisis has meant for ourselves, our families and our businesses. Our highest priority during the crisis is the health and safety of our colleagues, customers, suppliers and the ...