All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2015 – Page 6
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Analysis
Peter Harding - Retail technology consultant
Apple Pay and PayPal are the latest payment methods to reach our retail stores and sites. Available on iPhone 6, Apple Pay enables your mobile phone to be used as a mobile wallet. You simply pass your phone near to the terminal, anything with the ApplePay logo or the currently ...
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Chris Hunt - UKPIA director general
Diesel vehicles have become increasingly popular and now account for over half of new car registrations in the UK. This is in stark contrast to the situation 15 years ago, when petrol vehicles accounted for over 85% of new car registrations. The popularity of diesel vehicles with motorists has continued ...
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Chance to vote for your champion
It’s time to start voting for this year’s Retailer Champion, the special award supported by the principal sponsor of the Forecourt Trader Awards, Certas Energy. From a list of six nominations, you can vote for the person you think is blazing a trail in the forecourt retailing industry. Go to ...
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Campaign to keep Sunday trading regs
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) have called on members to write to their MPs explaining the negative impact that proposed changes to Sunday Trading regulations would have on their business and asking them to raise the issue with the Prime Minister." ...
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in brief
Spar forecourt growth A Rontec forecourt store in Slough has become the 100th new Spar store supplied by Blakemore Trade Partners since the start of its 2014/15 financial year. Blakemore Trade Partners has also begun to fulfil its Spar contract with Euro Garages, so far servicing eight sites, but by ...
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Breathe easy
When BP/M&S approach a supplier wanting to stock their product, you know it must be a good one. And that’s exactly what happened with Peppersmith the mint and gum company started by two ex-Innocent Drinks employees. As a result, BP is now selling Peppersmith’s 100% xylitol mints and gum in ...
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One million balls
Coca-Cola Great Britain has launched its Rugby World Cup 2015 campaign with an on-pack promotion that is giving away up to one million limited-edition Coca-Cola Gilbert replica rugby balls. The size four balls can be won across packs of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero and Coca-Cola Life.Consumers have to enter ...
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Eurotank restructure includes appointment of Ian Jacques
Eurotank has moved to a new group structure in response to changes in the fuel retailing industry and sustained growth outside of the company’s core business in tank maintenance.From this month, Eurotank Service Group will be the umbrella company for Eurotank Environmental, Eurotank Systems, Eurotank Construction and Eurotank Ireland.Eurotank Environmental ...
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Profit pod provides fast food in a small amount of space
Top 50 Indie HKS Retail has installed a hot foodservice "profit pod" at its BP filling station in Leicester. The installation, supplied by a joint venture of Adande and Gamble Retail Solutions, is part of HKS’s new concept aimed at delivering fast service for hot food to go, including freshly ...
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Allied for success
In 1988, Peter and Pat Bellini bought a piece of land and set about building a forecourt and shop. Today, Bellini’s of Ilkeston is a flag bearer for small businesses; a multi award- winning site (the couple won Forecourt Trader of the Year in 2004) and the last remaining independently ...
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All-day tobacco
Imperial Tobacco has added two new additions to its GV roll your own (RYO) range: GV Midnight and GV Sunrise. The former offers consumers a rich, full flavour, while the latter delivers an ultra-smooth smoke. Both products have an rrp of £3.60, but price-marked packs are available at £3.54 while ...
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HMRC introduces new kit in fight against illicit fuel
HMRC has started the roll-out of new road-side fuel-testing equipment across the UK to tackle the trade in illicit diesel. It will be used to check fuel both at the roadside and on dealers’ forecourts. Treasury minister Damian Hinds visited Belfast and Newry as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) unveiled ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper looks at Post Office collection chaos plus new pension rules that will affect you
You pay for a service, you expect to get that service. Nailesh Gokani from Empire Garage, North London, has been experiencing great holes in the Post Office’s money collection service. In the second week in July he wrote them an email saying: "Once again we are having constant problems with ...
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Marvellous addition
Cadbury Dairy Milk’s Marvellous range has a new fun flavour rocky mallow road. Available from this month, it contains pink marshmallows, strawberry jellies and shortcake biscuit pieces, and comes in a 180g tablet and 47g countline.The Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous range has been a huge success for Mondelez, and ...
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Enlarged Rontec signs £1bn fuel deal with BP
Rontec has signed a £1bn supply deal with BP following its merger with Snax 24.The merger formally brings together Gerald Ronson’s two fuel retailing businesses, although for the purposes of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, they have chosen a united listing since 2014, and are currently ranked third with ...
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Sunderland site robbed
Police are appealing for information after a robbery at a petrol filling station in Sunderland. At around midnight on Thursday, July 30, a man went into the BP petrol station in Pennywell and demanded staff hand over cash from the till. A cashier handed over a small amount ...
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product news: Nestlé unveils Mocha KitKat
Nestlé Confectionery is planning to generate incremental sales for retailers this autumn with the launch of a new mocha flavoured KitKat limited edition. The new KitKat 4 Finger Mocha bar will be available from 24th August and has an RRP of 58p. It is the first time the brand has ...
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TV show seeking footage from petrol stations
One of the latest TV shows is looking for contributions from fuel retailers. Caught on Camera: Britain Sees Red is a light-hearted show about situations caught on camera in which people lose their cool. Leticia Meruvia, who works on the show, said: “There are a variety of cases in which ...
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Raid uncovers fake vodka
An illegal alcohol factory, containing 130,000 litres of potentially toxic fake vodka, worth £1.7m in unpaid duty, was uncovered in an industrial unit in Widnes on Friday, 31 July. During a joint operation HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Cheshire Police and trading standards officers seized: 130 x ...
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Euro Garages extends deal with Fairbanks
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has extended its relationship with Fairbanks, the fuel management specialist, by signing a five-year contract for the real-time monitoring of its forecourt network. The service that Fairbanks provides includes the transfer of ‘business critical’ data to third party service providers to assist Euro Garages in ...