All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2016 – Page 4
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product news: Golden Wonder brand relaunches
Golden Wonder is relaunching the crisp brand with a new look and upgraded flavours. Salt levels have also been reduced across the range to meet FSA 2017 guidelines. The relaunch will be supported by a TV campaign featuring the three hero flavours: Cheese & Onion, Salt & Vinegar and Sausage ...
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NewsFirst drive-thru Costa on British motorway
The first drive-thru Costa at a British motorway service area (MSA) has been opened by Roadchef at its Rownhams East site in Hampshire. The development on the M27, between junctions 3 and 4, adds to the range of services on offer at Rownhams, which includes an eat-in Costa, McDonald’s, WHSmith ...
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product news: Cadbury unveils Ghooost Egg
Mondelez International has invested in the Halloween season with the addition of the Cadbury Ghooost Egg to its range. Cadbury Ghooost Egg is Cadbury chocolate egg filled with gooey white fondant. The new packs will offer customers the chance to instantly win a family ticket to Alton Towers Scarefest if ...
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product news: new campaign to drive Golden Hoops
To support the launch of its new Golden Hoops, Hula Hoops is back on TV screens as part of a £1.5m media campaign. The new advert, which will be on air from 22 August to 25 September, will feature two Golden Hoops bathing on sun loungers in a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement ...
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Competition concerns over cashpoint merger
The acquisition by Diebold of Wincor is facing an in-depth merger investigation by the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) unless the companies offer undertakings to address competition concerns. Diebold and Wincor both supply ATMs (cashpoints) to banks and independent ATM deployers, as well as related software and maintenance services. In ...
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Certas extends use of Kalibrate’s Pricing Cloud to Sweden
Certas Energy (a DCC Energy Company) has expanded its use of Kalibrate’s Pricing Cloud to include over 300 petrol filling stations in Sweden. Certas Energy currently uses Kalibrate pricing solutions to maximise fuel-retail performance for its network of petrol filling stations in Ireland, Scotland and France. Eddie O’Brien, DCC Energy ...
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product news: Florette diversifies into food to go
Salad brand Florette is set to diversify its product range with the launch of Tasty & Balanced protein salads. Available through Ginsters Van Sales Company, the Tasty & Balanced range will propel the salad specialist into the food-to-go market. The new leafy-based range presents on-the-go consumers with a high protein, ...
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Efficiency of HGVs increasing says FTA
The latest Department for Transport (DfT) figures show continued improvements in the efficiency of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) helping meet the growing demand for delivery of goods across the UK, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA). The DfT road freight activity statistics for 2015 show the amount goods transported ...
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NewsKnife-wielding raider flees empy handed
Hampshire Police have released CCTV images in an attempt to identify a knife-wielding raider who attempted to rob a forecourt shop. Officers were called to the Jet Service Station in Woolmer Way, Bordon, at around 9.20pm on Wednesday August 17 to reports of an attempted knifepoint robbery. A man with ...
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PriceAdvantage expands into Europe
PriceAdvantage, an American fuel price management software company and division of Skyline Products, is expanding to serve clients in Europe. The expansion includes software enhancements designed to support the unique needs of European fuel marketers as well as the addition of sales and support staff dedicated to those customers. ...
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Premier reaches 3,300 stores
Premier, Booker’s symbol group, has exceeded 3,300 Premier stores in the UK, which includes the recruitment of 330 new members into the group during the last financial year. This follows the relaunch of Premier in February to help retailers ‘sell more and make more’ with new sales opportunities through food ...
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Tesla extends electric car range to over 300 miles
Electric car maker Tesla claims its S P100D is the third fastest accelerating production car ever produced, with a 0-60 mph time of 2.5 seconds, after it introduced a new larger battery. The 100 kWh battery also increases range to an estimated 315 miles on a single charge, making it ...
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NewsAwards finalists announced
The much-anticipated finalist list for the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards 2016 has been released and is now available to view on the Forecourt Trader Awards website. The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony at the London Hilton Hotel Park Lane on Thursday, September 15. And as ...
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Staff traumatised by sledgehammer attack
A traumatised member of staff has been unable to return to work after a gang attacked the Hull petrol station where they worked with a sledgehammer. Patrick Sewell, managing director of Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go, said the attack on the group’s Holderness Road branch in Hull, which ...
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Certas Energy moves regional office
Certas Energy has confirmed that it will be moving from its regional office in Egham, Surrey, to The Switch, a newly refurbished suite of offices situated in Slough. The move is planned for 1st September as Certas Energy becomes the first company to sign up with this nine-storey landmark which ...
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Rising oil cost halts price decline
Average UK petrol prices have fallen by 2ppl in the past month but towns with the “wrong” mix of supermarkets are paying 3ppl more than their neighbours with competitive superstores, according to the latest AA Fuel Price Report. Mid-August petrol pump prices average 110.22ppl compared with 112.19p a month ago, ...
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MP visits local petrol station to discuss issues
BP and Spar retailer Namesh Nagamani has invited his local MP, Steve Double, into his store to discuss the issues affecting his business, including fuel theft and business rates. The Spar convenience store at the BP Fuel station at Cornwall Gateway Services is located in the heart of Cornwall near ...
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Three jailed over tobacco smuggling
Three men have been jailed after a tobacco smuggling operation was uncovered by an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Lorry driver Milos Dukic (46) of Ljubljana, Slovenia, was stopped by Border Force officers at the Port of Dover as he attempted to board a ferry to Calais, France, in ...
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Service station attendant gets 12 months
A service station attendant was among seven tobacco fraudsters who have been jailed for evading almost £760,000 in tax.The men were linked to the crime after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uncovered their central storage unit in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and caught some of the gang there ...
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Morrisons introduces Clearview across its 344-strong network
Wayne Fueling Systems has been awarded a contract to install their ClearView wet-stock management service product on Morrisons’ 344 petrol stations in the UK.It is the first win for Wayne’s ClearView wet-stock management product since the acquisition of Vianet Fueling Solutions earlier this year. The solution is designed to solve ...