All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2010 – Page 3
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Julian Holliss is a real West Country wonder
Every day is different and can start in various ways sometimes an early doors tanker which BP prefers to deliver first drop out to our rural and coastal locations. Or in school term time our children Jemma (10) and William (8) have long days leaving home before 8am and ...
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Going croissant crazy
Bakehouse has extended its savoury pastries range with the launch of a ready-filled cheese croissant with gouda. It is made with authentic long-rested, all-butter croissant dough to give a light open texture and rich full flavour. It is filled with 12-month matured gouda.The company said it had launched the croissant ...
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Pasta in a cup
Premier Foods is launching Batchelors Cup a Pasta in four varieties: chicken, tomato, creamy cheese and roast vegetable. Recommended retail price is 50p.
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Saxon’s Sonax deal
Saxon is now the exclusive UK distributor for the premium German Sonax car care brand. It is offering eight Sonax products including a cockpit cleaner and polishing wax.
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Fuelling debate
The big news this summer was the launch of Shell’s FuelSave (available in unleaded and diesel), which claims to be able to save drivers up to one litre of fuel per tank from the very first fill at no extra cost. The cynics may shake their heads and mutter ...
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Truckstop project delay
Retailer Michael Exelby has expressed his frustration over a planned £5m truckstop project after it was delayed by a planning enquiry. Michael, who runs Exelby Services, said the project at Leeming Bar in North Yorkshire had been given the green light by the local council. But ...
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Discover Rockstar Recovery
AG Barr has launched what it says is the UK’s first non-carbonated ’buzz’ energy drink. Rockstar Recovery is made from all of Rockstar’s usual energy-giving ingredients plus electrolytes. It is available in a refreshing still lemonade flavour which makes it ideal for rehydration and thirst replenishment. ...
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Driver ignorance on hand washes
Over half of British motorists regularly wash their cars by hand or have them done at hand car wash operations, oblivious to the effects this has on the environment. A survey of 1,000 motorists, released by Total and supported by thegreencarwebsite.co.uk, found that 74% of drivers understand that their ...
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Tesco trials its first UK ’drive-thru’ supermarket
Tesco has launched the first drive-thru supermarket in the UK aimed at shoppers who don’t want to wait at home for a delivery. Run by the Tesco dotcom team, the trial started last month at the supermarket’s Baldock Extra store in Hertfordshire. Customers order shopping on the Tesco.com ...
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HOW TO ENTER GIVEAWAYS
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 ...
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Gourmet food-to-go
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 ...
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NewsIn the surgery this month - Thornfalcon Garage, Taunton, Somerset
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 ...
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Going for gold
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 ...
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Halloween hits
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 ...
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Touchless installation
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 ...
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Stargate lands in UK
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 ...
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The right side of the law
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 ...
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Make a mint at Xmas
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 ...
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Analysis
Re(de)fining the market
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 ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
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 ...
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