All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2003 – Page 2

  • News

    Feel the burn with Eco-Tab

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    A new fuel additive has been introduced to the UK market to reduce emissions and make cars more responsive. Eco-Tab works like a catalyst, helping fuel inside the engine to have an optimum burn, and is said to increase the power of the car by 3.5 per cent. It also ...

  • Budgens Local man joins indie
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    Budgens Local man joins indie

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Budgens Local senior business development manager Brett Corder has left the multiple to join Forecourt Trader of the year winners Jonathan and Rebecca James.They have employed Brett as operations director with responsibility to oversee the management team at their three forecourts in Ely and Chatteris, and Budgens Local supermarket in ...

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    BP connect for new toll

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    RoadChef opens the doors on its BP Connect forecourt on the M6 toll road this month. The main Norton Canes motorway service area will open at the end of January, but the forecourt is available as soon as its part of the toll road around the north of Birmingham is ...

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    Bolero is hot stuff

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Bravilor’s Bolero 11 range of table-top machines offers a hot chocolate at the touch of a button and is described as being ideal for all beverage-offering locations. The compact single-canister Bolero 11, 11F and BS are all equipped with special mixing systems that add a crème layer and feature an ...

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    Bomba Energy drink blasts into the UK

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Energy drink Bomba Energy – established in Europe, Australia and USA – is now available in the UK from Fruity Beverages.Bomba Energy comes in four colour-coded fruit flavours – red, blue, yellow and black – in grenade-shaped glass bottles with ring-pull caps.It is a mineral water-based drink with caffeine, taurine, ...

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    Greenergy calls for tax break on biofuel

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Greenergy is calling on the Chancellor to support the development of the UK biodiesel market by introducing a targeted duty incentive to promote blended biodiesels.The company recommends that the government introduce a duty rate for five per cent biodiesel blends set at 1.4 pence per litre below the duty on ...

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    Healthy snack goes bananas

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Healthy snack goes bananas Inter Link Foods is introducing a second GO variant to capitalise on the success of its Soreen GO Fruity Cereal Bar.Soreen Banoffee GO is to be launched in January, and like the original, combines all the attributes of Soreen Fruity Malt Loaf plus sultanas, rice, oats ...

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    It’s that time again

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    As the festive season heads into the home stretch, remember to remind your staff that there will be more strangers, and dangers, around. Some of the bounty that makes up Christmas will come in the form of back-of-lorry offers and freshly-minted dud notes and dodgy plastic from the unwanted customer.And ...

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    Industry upbeat for 2004

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The forecourt market looks set for a rewarding year in 2004, according to a survey by financial publishers Plimsoll. Sales are expected to increase an average of one per cent with profit margins remaining low but steady at one per cent. The survey found three distinct views on the ...

  • Fuel prices December 2003
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    Fuel prices December 2003

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Data supplied by Catalist Ltd

  • £1m for Fishermans
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    £1m for Fishermans

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Fishermans’ Friend is launching a new £1m advertising and promotional winter campaign, which runs until February, as well as a new product – Cherry Menthol lozenges. The campaign includes national and specialist press plus a six-sheet outdoor poster campaign that promises consumers ‘Relief from extreme conditions’. Other advertising messages include ...