All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2010 – Page 4

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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.

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    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, ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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.