All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2010

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  • News

    Toasty treat

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Toast Me! is being described as the "world’s first toastable meat snack". A big hit in Germany, it is coming to the UK in two varieties: chicken and bacon & egg breakfast.

  • News

    Spots versus Stripes

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    As Official Treat Provider to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, Cadbury has kicked off a two-year campaign designed to split the nation.The company wants the UK to divide into two teams the Spots and the Stripes. Consumers have to sign up on the website (www.spotsvstripes.com), play games and ...

  • News

    Spooky threesome

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Cadbury is launching three new products for Halloween. Creepy new Dead Heads are mini milk chocolate heads filled with blood red caramel. They come in an 80g bag, rrp £1.09. There are two bag designs; each contain nine individually-wrapped heads.Meanwhile new from Cadbury’s The Natural Confectionery Company brand, come Spooky ...

  • News

    Randoms take off

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    On September 6, Nestlé Confectionery is launching price-marked packs of Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles, Rowntree’s Randoms, Smarties hexatube, Milkybar medium and Milkybar Buttons. All are marked at 35p. In addition, each outer of the sweets will include five extra packs free. Rowntree’s Randoms is now available in a 195g sharing bag, ...

  • News

    Powered up

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Varta is launching its most powerful 9v lithium battery designed especially for use in household smoke detectors. Recommended retail price is £11.99.

  • News

    Peperami on TV

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Peperami’s first crowd-sourced ad has made its appearance on TV to support new Peperami Nibblers. Brand owner Unilever received 1,185 entries for the crowd-sourcing initiative. Two were chosen and developed to create the new ad.Nibblers are bite-sized pieces of Peperami. The new ad sees the return of the ’Animal’ character ...

  • News

    Xtremely strong snack offer

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Pringles is offering to spice up snacks sales with two new Xtreme flavours: hot paprika & smokey bacon and spicy sour cream & onion. Brand owner P&G says the launch builds on the success of the current Pringles Xtreme portfolio which was added last year. According to the ...

  • News

    Nice and spicy pasty

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    The latest special-edition pasty from Ginsters is chicken balti, which replaces the ham, leek & cheese variant. The new pasty is made with British chicken marinated in a spicy balti sauce together with potato, onion and peppers in light puff pastry.Recommended retail price is £1.99.Andy Valentine, head of brand marketing ...

  • News

    Sky News on screens

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Sky News is to become the exclusive news provider to Amscreen’s nationwide network of digital forecourt screens. As a result, Sky News feeds will now reach millions of motorists via Amscreen’s 1,600 venue network.Simon Sugar, chief executive officer at Amscreen, said: "We are thrilled to be working with Sky News ...

  • News

    Results of this month’s online poll:

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    How confident do you feel that the government will act to help retailers over Business Rates? very 21%not very 79% A pretty clear message here to Cameron and Clegg retailers don’t have much faith that the coalition will make the changes needed to create a ...

  • Analysis

    Re(de)fining the market

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    When Murphy Oil recently announced plans to sell off its Milford Haven refinery in Wales along with the entire Murco network in the UK it caused more than a few ripples of concern in the industry, as yet another oil company was opting out of refining to concentrate ...

  • News

    Make a mint at Xmas

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Elizabeth Shaw has unveiled its Christmas range which includes seven-piece impulse packs which retail at 99p. Another new line is Elizabeth Shaw mint selection dark and milk mint chocolates infused with mint oils. Rrp is £3.99. The range will be supported by magazine advertising, competitions and promotions as well ...

  • News

    The right side of the law

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Beware the Border Agency’s been busy targeting illegal workersFrom the newspapers it’s easy to get the impression that nothing much happens in Britain during the long summer holidays. But just a quick trawl through the BBC’s recent news archives is quite revealing. There are all of the ’local’ stories ...

  • News

    Stargate lands in UK

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Car Wash UK has installed its first Aquarama Stargate S5 car wash in a UK forecourt. The company said the equipment was recently fitted at Saracens filling station in Thaxted High Street, Essex. The site’s owner Kim Cowell said: "We had been looking for a new car wash machine as ...

  • News

    Touchless installation

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    European Wash Systems has announced the first installation of a DaergOne Touchless car wash in the UK. The equipment is now in operation at the Simon Smith Group flagship forecourt in Monmouth.Tim Munt, European Wash Systems business development manager, said the Simon Smith Group had plans to roll out a ...

  • News

    Halloween hits

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    McVitie’s Cake Company is launching two seasonal limited-edition variants: McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes lemon & slime cake bars and Jaffa Cakes spooky mini rolls.The cake bars come in packs of five retailing at £1.49. Packs feature pumpkins, spider’s webs and bats.The mini rolls are a blend of dark crackly chocolate and ...

  • News

    Going for gold

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Not many people would wave goodbye to a stable job at one of the biggest oil companies in the world to take on the challenge of buying their own forecourt.But that’s exactly what Stuart Giles did after working at BP for more than two decades and rising through the ranks ...

  • In the surgery this month - Thornfalcon Garage, Taunton, Somerset
    News

    In the surgery this month - Thornfalcon Garage, Taunton, Somerset

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    GENERAL APPEARANCE: The Thornfalcon Garage and shop is difficult to miss. It’s a large corner site with two Jet-branded poles one on the A358 and the other on the A378 and both include illuminated prices. And those prices were some 5ppl less than my local supermarkets so the Thornfalcon ...

  • News

    Gourmet food-to-go

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Spanish company Jofemar aims to break into UK forecourts with the launch of the Series 2 version of its Gourmet hot food vending machine. The company says the Gourmet dispenses nutritious hot meals automatically. New features include fresh contemporary livery, improved graphics and enhanced LED back lighting.According to Jofemar, the ...

  • News

    HOW TO ENTER GIVEAWAYS

    2010-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Write your name, address and phone number on a postcard or sealed envelope stating what you want – Rockstar, UB, Pringles or Walkers Nonsuch – and we’ll do the rest, including delivery. Send it to us at Forecourt Trader, William Reed Business Media, Broadfield Park, Crawley, West ...