All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2014
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Update for Rustlers Naan
Kepak Convenience Foods has unveiled new packaging and improved its Rustlers Tikka Chicken Hot Naan. New flowrap packaging is being introduced, and the product will feature more chicken than previously, providing better chicken coverage across the naan bread. Kepak marketing director John Armstrong said: “Rustlers Tikka Chicken Hot Naan has ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: New look for Mr Kipling
Premier Foods is injecting £10m over the next 12 months into its Mr Kipling cake brand, to attract new shoppers and drive growth in the packaged cake category. The initiative has started with a marketing and promotional campaign that is centred around the campaign idea - ‘Life is ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: JTI refreshes Sterling Rolling Tobacco
JTI is refreshing its Sterling Rolling Tobacco brand with new pack formats, a reduced price and additional rolling papers to offer greater value. The brand will also be updated with a new pack design. The updated Sterling Rolling Tobacco packs will change from portrait to a new landscape format, and ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Tic Tac offers a fiver
Ferrero is launching what it describes as its biggest ever campaign across its Tic Tac range to drive relevancy and frequency among its core consumer group of 16 to 34 year olds. The brand will be supported by a £1.7m media spend, and a text to win on pack offer ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Imperial rolling out new gantries
Imperial Tobacco has committed to a substantial increase in its level of furniture investment to support retailers ahead of the full tobacco display restrictions, which come into force on April 6, 2015. The additional investment means that the installation of the compliancy solution, for 17,000 multiple outlets and independent stores, ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Tokheim has its Eye on theft
New software developed to work with the Tokheim Eye system can detect many different types of theft and will assist forecourt owners and managers to reduce losses, according to the equipment’s UK distributor Metro Security. Metro’s managing director Trevor Wallace said that Tokheim Eye’s Shrinkage Analysis software exploits the system’s ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Warning over rise in claims
Forecourt operators need to be extra careful about any potential risks on their sites as the rise of no win no fee lawyers leads to more and more claims, warns sign installation and maintenance firm Xmo Strata. To help counter this threat it has told its employees and sub contractors ...
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DCC buys French Esso sites
DCC plc, the parent company of Certas Energy, has agreed an £84m deal to buy Esso’s 274-strong Express unmanned retail petrol station network and its 48 motorway concessions in France, as well as contracts to supply about 75 dealer owned dealer operated sites. The Express Network has a 4.2% share ...
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Thames Oilport potential "exceeds expectations"
The potential of the site of the Thames Oilport exceeds the original expectations when it was purchased in 2012, according to Greenergy, one of the joint venture partners in the terminal with Shell and Vopak. Writing in the company’s annual report, chief executive Andrew Owens said work was continuing on ...
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Falcon Sharma takes up Certas invitation
A delegation from Falcon Sharma Group have become the first operators to accept an invitation to visit Certas Energy’s network of company-owned forecourts. The invitation was extended at the recent Forecourt Seminar organised by the ACS, when guest speaker Ramsay MacDonald, retail director, Certas Energy offered a ‘warm Scottish welcome’ ...
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Suspected armed robbery in Middlesbrough
Detectives are investigating a suspected armed robbery at a BP service station in Middlesbrough. The BP Tudor Lodge garage, on the corner of Ladgate Lane and Marton Road, near Stewart Park in Middlesbrough, has been closed this morning and was taped off by police investigating the incident. A police car ...
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NewsApplegreen lines up 10 new sites for 2014
Applegreen is due to add a further 10 sites to its estate during 2014, according to managing director Michael O’Loughlin. Writing in the annual report of its parent company, Petrogas Global, O’Loughlin said the company had also commenced a site development programme that would comprise a number of innovations associated ...
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Calls for clampdown on e-cigarettes criticised
Calls by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for stricter controls on the selling and use of e-cigarettes have been criticised by doctors who have developed their own brand of e-cigarette. A report by WHO suggests that restrictions should be placed on the marketing of the devices, their sale to minors, ...
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Blaze at Sainsbury’s forecourt in Greenwich
Twelve people were evacuated from a Sainsbury’s petrol station forecourt in Bugsbys Way, Greenwich, in south-east London on Saturday morning (August 23), after a car and petrol pump caught alight. The car and a petrol pump were destroyed by fire and part of a second car and petrol pump were ...
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ACS welcomes new HMRC crackdown on illicit trade
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a new crackdown on the illicit trade in tobacco and alcohol announced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We believe that any retailer who sells non-duty paid alcohol or tobacco should be subject to the full ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Shloer partners OK!
Shloer has teamed up with OK! to provide an offer to have the magazine delivered each week for eight weeks from September to November, as well as an opportunity for Shloer shoppers to win a free annual subscription. The offer will run as an on-pack promotion on neck labels of ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Support for Lemsip and Nurofen
Reckitt Benckiser is planning to provide substantial support for its cold and flu remedies during the key purchasing period from October through to March. Kate Sweeney, senior brand manager, said: “Reckitt Benckiser with its Nurofen, Lemsip, and Strepsils brands, literally has winter ‘all wrapped up’ for the retailer: leading brands ...
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NewsPetrol and diesel prices hit three-year low
Average petrol and diesel prices have fallen to a three-year low following a new spate of price cuts by the major supermarkets. Yesterday, petrol averaged 129.12ppl at the pump while the cost of diesel averaged 133.5ppl. The last time petrol was lower than yesterday’s price was on 23 February 2011, ...
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Diesel thieves flee crime scene
Thieves who attempted to steal diesel from underground storage tanks at a service station in Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex, fled after being disturbed. Essex Police have just released details about the incident that took place at the Gulf-branded Great Horkesley Garage on August 9. A spokesman for Essex Police said: ...
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Cigarettes stolen from Hampshire forecourt
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after cigarettes were stolen from a service station in Botley, Hampshire. The theft occurred at Botley Service Station on Station Hill between 11.20pm and 11.40pm on Wednesday, August 20. A burgundy Subaru car was seen in the area at the time of the incident. At ...