All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2016
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NewsMFG to buy fellow Top 50 Indie Synergie
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed an agreement to purchase fellow top 50 Indie Synergie Holdings Limited. The transaction is scheduled to close early September, 2016. Commenting on the agreement, Jeremy Clarke, chief operating officer at MFG, said: “We are delighted with this exciting transaction. The signing ...
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Supermarkets cut 2ppl off fuel
Price cuts have been brought in on fuel by the big four supermarket groups. On Monday August 1 Asda said it was cutting the price of unleaded petrol and diesel by 2ppl with its new price cap of 105.7ppl on unleaded petrol and 106.7ppl on diesel, and this was matched ...
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Pump prices slip after 4 months of growth
After four consecutive months of pump price rises, the average cost of petrol on Britain’s forecourts has started to fall again, data from the RAC’s July Fuel Watch report shows. While the reduction in the price of unleaded is only small – 0.41ppl from 112.20ppl to 111.79ppl – it reverses ...
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Phillips 66 wins safety awards
Phillips 66 has won two gold awards at the 2016 RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards. It achieved the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Gold award and the Gold Award for Fleet Safety in the annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). Helen Evans, ...
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Businesses appeal to minister over living wage
A group of trade associations representing the interests of over 388,000 businesses employing around 4.5 million people, have written to the new Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark, urging caution over planned increases in the National Living Wage in the next four years. In the ...
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Man injured as car smashes into forecourt shop
A customer had to be treated in hospital after a car smashed into a forecourt shop at Halesowen in the West Midlands. The crash happened just after 11am on August 2 at the Balmoral Service Station on Bromsgrove Road. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman, said: “A male in ...
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Two robbers threaten cashier with knife
Police have appealed for witnesses after a cashier at Rushden Service Station in Northamptonshire was threatened with a knife by two men, who ran into the premises and stole a quantity of cash from behind the counter. She was uninjured but extremely shaken by the incident, which happened on Sunday, ...
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NewsMFG buys second Top 50 Indie in a week
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has agreed to purchase fellow Top 50 Indie operator Roadside Group, just four days after announcing the signing of an agreement to purchase the Bolton-based Top 50 Indie Synergie Holdings. Roadside Group operates 10 stations throughout the north-east of England, with its flagship forecourt being located ...
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ACS issues guide on local engagement
High streets minister Andrew Percy has welcomed new guidance for convenience store retailers on engaging with different local decision makers in their area. The guidance, released by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), aims to support convenience retailers in understanding the shift toward more local decision making, give them the ...
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product news: Oreo adds two new flavours
Oreo has added two new flavours inspired by popular American variants – Oreo Strawberry Cheesecake and Oreo Mint. Oreo Strawberry Cheesecake is the first fruity flavour to be introduced to the range and is based on the popular US Berry variant. This was shortly followed by the arrival of number ...
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product news: Marlboro adds seal to packs
Philip Morris has launched a product feature for Marlboro, which it describes as part of its pursuit of quality. Marlboro Red, Gold and Silver Blue KS 20s have been upgraded to ‘Pro-Seal’, which combines cutting-edge technology with a new round cornered look to ensure maximum freshness. Pro-Seal follows other innovations ...
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product news: AG Barr launches half-sugar Rubicon
AG Barr is launching Rubicon Light & Fruity, a new range that delivers the Rubicon taste, but with half the sugar. The new line-up will include a Light & Fruity version of the brand’s bestselling Mango flavour, alongside two blends; Mango & Coconut and Mango, Lime & Mint. ...
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Applegreen plans English motorway services
Applegreen is planning its first motorway service area in mainland Britain, at junction 4 of the M42, near Shirley in the West Midlands. The Top 50 Indie company has been holding consultation meetings with local residents prior to lodging a planning application in September. In its brochure for the scheme ...
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Rontec wins world award from Subway
Top 50 Indie Rontec, has been identified as Subway’s best franchisee in the world for 26-49 stores at the sandwich store business’s 2016 Summer Franchisee Leadership Conference Awards held in Chicago. The award is based on a number of factors including financial strength gain, compliance, sales and store growth. The ...
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product news: Lucozade Sport unveils new bottles
Lucozade Sport is launching a new bottle design this August. The new Lucozade Sport bottles will feature a textured grip and waist, making it easier to hold when on the move. Each flavour in the range will also showcase a different coloured cap to help stand out on shelf. The ...
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product news: Bulmers revamps look
Bulmers has introduced a new look and bottle shape, which will hit the shelves this month. The new design and 500ml bottle draws on the brand’s heritage and orchard credentials, focusing on the apples, alongside a revamped logo and bold labels. Emma Sherwood-Smith, cider director at Heineken, said: “We’re clearly ...
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New car market cooling down
The boom in new car sales is cooling with UK new car registrations up 0.1% in July, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 178,523 units were registered in July and figures for the year to date show 1,599,159 new cars ...
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Nissan uses flawed statistics in charging point claim
Nissan Motors has used dubious statistics to claim there will be more public electric car charging stations than fuel stations in the UK in 2020, and the story has been repeated by many major news outlets. It also used sales figures to suggest electric vehicles have reached the tipping ...
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product news: retailer competition launched by Nestlé Waters
Nestlé Waters has launched an exclusive retailer competition to find Britain’s most hydrated community this August. The competition will encourage retailers to stock up on Nestlé Pure Life water brand and help drive consumption of bottled water during August. To be in with a chance of winning, retailers need to ...
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Wiltshire police probe spate of drive-offs
Wiltshire Police are appealing for information following a series of bilking incidents in Chippenham last week, including one in which £256 of diesel was stolen. Incidents have been reported at the Leigh Delamere Services on the M4, both east and westbound, as well as at a garage in West Cepen ...