All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2019 – Page 2
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NewsSpar forecourt retailer introduces free water refill station
With plastic reduction a high priority everywhere, forecourt store owner Justin Taylor has become one of the first Spar retailers in the south west to introduce a free water refill station.Justin, who owns the Winford Ford fuel and Spar shop at Littleton Mills near Bristol, expects a gradual fall in ...
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Stanley Security Solutions offers retailers equipment rental option
Stanley Security Solutions’ Stanley Assure Scheme gives forecourt owners the opportunity to rent security systems rather than pay for them outright. This is how it works: Stanley buys back your existing equipment at its residual or market value and takes over that security system (regardless of whether they supplied it ...
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Spar Scotland supports Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight
Spar Scotland will be supporting Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight across all its stores again this year. This year’s campaign will run from Friday August 31 to Monday 30th September, and highlights some of the Scottish brands and products stocked in Spar stores not just during this period but throughout ...
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NewsNew-to-industry scheme proposed in Dorset town
Forecourt developer Forelle Estates is planning a new-to-industry scheme in Gillingham, a town in North Dorset. The proposal comprises a Shell filling station, a store badged with its regular retail partner Budgens and jet wash. The car park would include car charging facilities. The development would be off the B3081 ...
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Vapouriz Retail Solutions introduces vaping displays
Vapouriz Retail Solutions has introduced two new, high-impact units intended to allow retailers to create a compact, eye-catching and profitable vape category in any size of store.The FSDU and Gantry units hold e-liquids, kits and accessories and have the option of stocking CBD e-liquids too.The Vapouriz FSDU is priced at ...
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pladis reveals its festive plans for the McVitie’s brand
Snacking brand pladis has revealed the festive range from McVitie’s, launched under the 2019 Christmas campaign ‘Merry Biscuits Everyone’. The McVitie’s 2019 Christmas selection taps into the popularity of giftable tins and sharing formats, comprising McVitie’s Victoria, McVitie’s Family Circle, McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes Christmas Pole, and McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes Christmas ...
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blu extends portfolio with launch of new starter pack
Vaping brand blu has announced it is extending its myblu portfolio with the launch of a new starter pack featuring its Intense Liquidpods to help more smokers make the switch to vaping. Rolling out into stores now, the new myblu Intense Starter Kit will include the pod-mod vape device and ...
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Birds Eye to promote eating more vegetables
Birds Eye is launching a new £6m marketing campaign – Eat In Full Colour – to encourage consumers to add more colour to their plate with different vegetables. Focused on both its Steamfresh Family Favourites and Garden Peas, the campaign will span TV, out of home, digital, Video on Demand ...
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NewsMPs call for earlier ban on sales of conventional cars and vans
A Parliamentary committee of MPs has urged the government to bring forward its proposed ban on the sale of new conventional cars and vans to 2035 at the latest, and to outlaw hybrids from the same date.The Science and Technology Committee’s report into clean growth was highly critical of the ...
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NewsDetectives investigating armed robbery in Derbyshire
Detectives investigating a knifepoint robbery at a petrol station in Derbyshire have released images of a man they want to speak to. At around 10.45pm on Tuesday, August 20, a man entered the Jet petrol station in High Street, Brimington, armed with a knife. He approached a member of staff ...
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Kepak raises profile of All Day Breakfast Sausage Muffin
Kepak Consumer Foods is rolling out a nationwide campaign to tempt shoppers into trying the All Day Breakfast Sausage Muffin, driving trial among new audiences and increasing product penetration.The Rustlers Breakfast Taste Challenge ‘Up For It’ will centre around an on-pack promotion, offering shoppers a second free All Day Breakfast ...
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Hall’s adds vitamin C variants to its range
Halls, the relief candy brand, has launched Halls Proactive with Vitamin C. It is available in two citrus flavours – Orange and Pink Grapefruit – and comes in a re-sealable bag. Amy Lucas, brand manager for Halls at Mondelēz International, said: “The Halls and Halls Soothers range are iconic brands ...
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NewsACS reminds retailers about pump labelling deadline
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is reminding retailers about the upcoming fuel labelling regulations which are coming into force next month.The new regulations legally require additional labelling to be introduced on all fuel dispensers and nozzles in all UK filling stations by 1 September and aim to help drivers ...
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NewsWelsh retailer invests £100,000 in revelopment of site
A service station in the market town Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire has reopened after a £100,000 redevelopment, including rebranding as a Murco forecourt. The owner of Llandeilo Service Station, Sithamparappillai Paramesvaran (known locally as Appan) closed the site for five months to totally redevelop the forecourt and shop. He said: “A ...
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NewsPolice visit car washes as part of anti-slavery strategy
Officers from Wiltshire Police visited two car washes in north Swindon on Tuesday August 20 as part of a strategy to tackle modern slavery. Sergeant Nathan Perry, who helped plan the operation, said the cash-in-hand businesses could be used as fronts for organised crime gangs. The police officers were joined ...
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NewsWarning after skimming device is found on Northern Irish forecourt
Police in Northern Ireland have issued a warning after a skimming device was discovered fitted to the card slot on a fuel pump at a filling station at Cookstown in County Tyrone.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) warned the public to be on the lookout for anyone acting suspiciously ...
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NewsPosters warn holiday makers about selling untaxed tobacco
A new nationwide advertising campaign to alert summer holiday makers of the consequences of selling untaxed tobacco in Britain has been launched by the TMA, the trade association representing the UK tobacco industry.Poster and phone box adverts at strategic locations show the despair faced by individuals caught bringing tobacco back ...
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NewsSainsbury’s offers 10ppl discount for third time in two months
Sainsbury’s has launched its third promotion in two months offering customers a discount of 10p per litre on fuel when they spend £60 or more on groceries at a Sainsbury’s supermarket or online. The latest deal runs from Thursday August 22 and Tuesday August 27, and follows identical offers between ...
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NewsSewell on the go buys the six sites that it rented in £10m deal
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go now owns all of its 13 sites after buying six sites it was renting in a £10m deal. The East Yorkshire-based company bought the sites from Rix Petroleum and said the deal paved the way for continued growth across the region. The acquisitions ...
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NewsProlific drive-off pair convicted of stealing £2,000 of fuel
Two women convicted of stealing approximately £2,000 worth of fuel from petrol stations around Salisbury, Wiltshire, have been sentenced. Caroline Coker, 42, of Odstock Road, Salisbury, was given an 18-month community order, 19 days of rehabilitation and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, as well as a ...