All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2007
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Restructure for Top 50 indie Malthurst
Malthurst (UK) Limited and Refined Holdings Limited - of which Pace Petroleum is a part - have become wholly-owned subsidiaries of a new holding company, MRH (GB) Ltd - which has also bought two property companies. The new company is owned by Graham Peacock, Susan Tobbell, Fraser Duffin and ...
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Aleef keen to put the past behind it
Directors at Aleef Garages are keen to put the past behind them following a court case involving three former directors and a massive tax fraud. Asif Patel (pictured far right with cousin Anis), said Bolton-based Aleef, which runs 39 forecourts, was now a totally different company looking forward to a ...
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Anchor’s free-range spend
Anchor is spending heavily on advertising in the run up to Christmas to spread its free-range message.The ads are appearing in December monthly magazines as well as weekly women’s titles.Sales of butter, particularly block butter, rise significantly during the festive season as consumers start cooking, baking and entertaining.The ...
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NewsIn the surgery this month - Esso On the Run, Banbury, Oxfordshire
GENERAL APPEARANCE: As it’s over a year since I visited an Esso On the Run site, I decided to ’stealthcheck’ the next one I saw. Just on the southern edge of Banbury, on the A4260 Oxford Road, I saw the distinctive pole of an Esso On the Run and pulled ...
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Red Bull’s big push
Red Bull is spending more than £2m to drive customer awareness this Christmas. Activity will include TV and cinema advertising.Red Bull says its sales increased by 13% last Christmas.Caroline Jacomb, Red Bull trade marketing channel manager, says: "Christmas provides the ideal opportunity for retailers to maximise their sales as the ...
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Big squeeze
Heinz is branching out into mustard for the first time with a product aimed at those who like milder sauces.Heinz English mustard is being launched in a 270g squeezy ’handy pack’ format - this follows the successful introduction of the Heinz salad cream handy pack range in April.Recommended retail price ...
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PRA buys BigOil.net
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has bought fuel price supplier BigOil.net.The service incorporates the Platts fuel price market data and was launched by Milford Haven-based Big Media Group Ltd in 2004.PRA director Ray Holloway said: "The PRA has secured the future of this established service."It provides vital price information to ...
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in brief
The UK’s first bioethanol plant has been officially opened in Norfork by British Sugar. Located next to the company’s beet sugar factory in Wissington, the plant aims to produce 70m litres of bioethanol per year from 110,000 tonnes of locally-grown sugar beet. The sugar factory will use its combined heat ...
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Brutal pricing
Shell is certainly pushing the buttons of independent retailers nationwide as it continues with what is emerging as a brutal and incomprehensible pricing stance.No one seems to have a clue why Shell is doing it - and so far the company has not come back to us with any explanation ...
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Goo-d campaign
Cadbury Creme Eggs will get an early sales push next year via a £4.5m ad campaign.Cadbury Trebor Bassett (CTB) is launching a new series of quirky TV ads on January 1 with the tagline "Here today, goo tomorrow".The campaign for the eggs aims to ensure retailers benefit from a ...
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Total celebrates first year of COGOP
Total welcomed 40 dealers to its anniversary seminar at Fawsley Hall in Northamptonshire last month, in recognition of one year of the COGOP - company owned group operator. Total’s retail director Marc Dagniaux announced last year that the company wanted to get closer to dealer groups because it could see ...
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Service Centre with Jac Roper
== Another abuse of power ==So, you sweat along on the main business, tinkering with the sideline essentials like paying your bills on time and looking around for a better deal from one of your service providers, maybe switch sources and then... hang on, a back-dated bill for £35,000?This nightmare ...
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Ring the changes
Scotsman Beverage Systems is launching its Ice Bell chiller in the UK.The Ice Bell is an illuminated, open-topped unit which is shaped like a soft drinks bell glass.It is 1m tall and designed to be an eye-catching alternative to the traditional chillers.Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is currently trialling it in Moto ...
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Clean up your sales
There have been SO many developments in car washes in recent years it would be easy to get left behind. The latest technology means that softer brushes, shiny new car wash enclosures and multi-coloured foam are all the rage. And with increasing competition springing up in non-forecourt locations, as ...
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Coffee for a quid
Somerfield has teamed up with Simply Coffee to provide coffee at 100 of its forecourts.The company has already installed 60 of its espresso machines in Somerfield forecourts around the UK, and the remaining 40 will be on site in the next few weeks.Each unit sells fresh, gourmet Arabica coffee from ...
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Compact printer
Kodak has introduced an entry-level kiosk to offer smaller stores its self-service digital picture printing. The Kodak Picture Kiosk GS Compact is aimed at outlets with a print demand of 30-50 prints a day. The machine is a small, countertop unit which is simple to install and offers 4"x6", 5"x7" ...
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Electric dreams
Gallaher is giving Forecourt Trader readers the chance to win a Sony DVD player and an outer of Hamlet cigars. In addition, four runners-up will each win an outer of Hamlet cigars to sell in store.The giveaway is being run to celebrate Gallaher’s latest on-pack trade activity. This will give ...
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How to enter Giveaways
To win, simply write your name, address and telephone number on a postcard or a sealed envelope stating what you want – Hamlet or Wrigley – and we’ll do the rest, including delivery. Send it to Forecourt Trader, Broadfield Park, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9RT by December 31, 2007.
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Green with envy
We’re all been told to do our bit to clean up the planet, but what happens if you’re keen to sell ’greener’ fuels but your supplier isn’t? In fact, what if the oil company slaps you with a ban and tells you that you’re not allowed to stock biofuels at ...