All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2016 – Page 2
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product news: Ginsters sponsors English Football League
Ginsters has become an Official Partner of the English Football League (EFL). The partnership will see Ginsters become the first savoury pastry brand to align with the EFL at a national level with exclusive rights as the EFL’s Official Pasty, Slice and Sausage Roll. The partnership will be further amplified ...
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product news: Walkers teams up with Heinz
Walkers is teaming up with Heinz to launch six new limited-edition sandwich-inspired crisp flavours, such as ‘Toasted Cheese and Worcester Sauce’, ‘Bacon and Ketchup’ and ‘Cheese, Cucumber and Salad Cream’. To highlight the new variants, Walkers’ latest on-pack promotion ‘Go Barmy for a Sarnie’ will give consumers the chance to ...
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TLM offers one-stop shop for Oracle support
TLM has announced it is now able to offer a one-stop shop for Oracle support contracts. Hardware, helpdesk and software maintenance will now be covered in a single contract with TLM for Oracle Convenience & Fuel Solutions. From their next support contract renewal date, convenience and fuel retailers can now ...
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Zytronic touch sensors thrive in the wet
Newcastle-based Zytronic UK has won deal to supply equipment for an international manufacturer of retail car wash units. Nilfisk Car Wash Business Unit has chosen Zytronic’s Projected Capacitive Technology (PCT) touch sensors to provide the user interface and interactive digital signage features for its Wap WaschBär self-service car wash systems. ...
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Fraudster convicted over £3,246 fuel card scam
A man who stole £3,246.27 worth of fuel from service stations in the West Midlands, has been convicted of six fraud offences. Zia Ul-Haq of Falmouth Road in Hodge Hill used cloned fuel cards to purchase thousands of pounds worth of fuel from six forecourts in the Birmingham area. A ...
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Park Garage Group holds annual cricket day
Park Garage Group, the family-owned business currently ranked 7th in the Top 50 Indies, recently held its annual cricket day at Addiscombe Cricket Club, East Croydon, for suppliers, staff and commission operators. Six teams competed with teams sponsored by suppliers Bestway, Valero, Ginsters and Certas Energy. The six-a-side limited overs ...
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NewsFirst Asda finished in multi-site project
The first completed Asda filling station, in a multi-site project for the supermarket retailer, has been handed over by the construction division of fuel engineering company The Premier Group. The site, at the retailer’s East Retford store in Nottinghamshire, has been completed as part of a new contract with Asda, ...
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Essar UK extends downstream with new deal
Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery at Ellesmere Port, has signed its first agreement for the direct supply of aviation fuel to a commercial carrier, with a major deal having been agreed with Emirates airline at Manchester Airport. Emirates flies three times daily from Manchester to ...
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Delivery driver robbed on Sussex forecourt
Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery on the forecourt of Sainsbury’s service station at John MacAdam Way, St Leonards on Sea, at 7.30 am on Monday 25 July. The robbery occurred as the driver of an Iveco eight-tonne truck was in the rear of this vehicle preparing ...
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Tesla to sever final tie to service stations
Tesla is reported to be working on plans to sever the last links between filling stations and customers who own its electric cars. Owners can already charge their cars at home, removing the need to refuel at filling stations, and now, according to US website Electrek, it is trialling a ...
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Thames Oilport increases storage
Thames Oilport has announced that it plans to expand the amount of tankage to be used for diesel storage, bringing into use a further 56,000 cbm of tankage from the first quarter of 2017. This is additional to the 175,000cbm of tankage which came into use in April 2016 and ...
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£2m fund to improve journeys
A £2m fund to allow councils to capitalise on emerging technologies and deliver better journeys for motorists has been launched. Local authorities have been invited by the Department for Transport to apply for a share of the money to develop projects to enhance journeys. Proposals include using technology that will ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie Refuel & Go upgrades lighting
Top 50 Indie Refuel & Go has revamped the lighting at five of its sites. During the latter part of 2015 and the first half of 2016, the London and Home Counties-based company, which is part of Trevellyan Group, had a range of LED lighting installed at its stations in ...
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ACS welcomes sentencing proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed proposed changes to the way that magistrates deal with alcohol-related offences. It was responding to proposals in the Sentencing Council’s consultation on guidelines for alcohol sale offences. The consultation looks at the guidance that magistrates are provided when deciding on the appropriate ...
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NFRN calls for action over illicit tobacco
A trade organisation representing independent retailers has called for a concerted effort to tackle the illicit tobacco market once and for all as a new report has shown that a 71% of smokers admit to buying smuggled products. NFRN chief executive Paul Baxter said: “We are appalled that non UK ...
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product news: Yazoo unveils no added sugar milk drink
Yazoo is introducing a no added sugar milk drink. Available to wholesalers and convenience retailers from next month, Yazoo no added sugar contains only naturally occurring sugars and no artificial sweeteners. The new product will be available in a 200ml bottle and sold individually as well as in 4 x ...
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Seven additional sites expand Jet network
Jet has added seven new sites to its network over the past few months. Since joining, five sites have already been reimaged with Jet’s brand on canopies, stanchions and pumps, and the other two sites will be reimaged by the end of this month. At the point of joining the ...
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product news: Butterkist adds sharing pack
Butterkist is launching its Sweet Cinema Style popcorn in a new bigger better value sharing pack to cater for a variety of sharing occasions. Anjna Mistry, senior brand manager at Butterkist, said: “Our Butterkist Sweet Cinema Style standard sharing bag is the best-selling flavour in the popcorn market and is ...
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product news: Rice Cakes offer Galaxy taste
Mars Chocolate Drinks and Treats has launched Galaxy Rice Cakes. They contain 72 calories per 15g rice cake and are completely wheat and gluten free. Michelle Frost, general manager for Mars Chocolate Drinks and Treats, said: “We are keen to offer consumers more choices on how to enjoy their favourite ...
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NewsPSNI postpones controversial drive-off pilot
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has postponed a scheme to make petrol station owners responsible for tracing drivers who do not pay, after a storm of criticism. Letters were sent to petrol stations in two districts – Lisburn and Castlereagh, and Ards and North Down – in July ...