All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2014 – Page 5
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PRODUCT NEWS: New vype advert focuses on device
Vype e-cigarettes is launching a new advertisement, ’Vaping made simple’, which focuses on the device itself, the Vype ePen, and is launched on terrestrial and satellite TV, and in cinema, on 15 December. The advert leads on the simplicity of Vype ePen, a product combining the performance of a modular ...
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JTI removes gantry after illicit tobacco prosecution
JTI has removed its tobacco gantry from Istanbul Mini Market, 210 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, following prosecution for selling illegal tobacco. Paul Williams, UK head of corporate affairs, commented: “Given the offence committed by this retailer we cannot allow the JTI display equipment which we have provided to remain in the ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Bestway own-label initiative
Best-in, the own-label range from Bestway Wholesale, is running a promotion throughout January offering independent retailers up to 80% profit on return on more than 300 lines in its product range. The Family Fortune promotion which includes best-selling Best-in products in impulse, grocery and non-food, is designed to offer shoppers ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Cadbury Creme Egg Biscuits make a return
Burton’s Biscuit Company is bringing back Cadbury Creme Egg Biscuits as a limited edition from 1st January 2015 until Easter Monday. “During their first Easter, Cadbury Creme Egg Biscuits drove category growth within special treats, ahead of sweet biscuits, bringing in an additional 850,000 buyers to Cadbury sweet biscuits over ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Bobby’s expands confectionery range
Bobby’s Foods has launched a variety of fun lines to its confectionery range. Among the new products are Crazy Face Laser Pops – a version of Bobby’s top-selling Crazy Laser Pops, branded with Bobby’s popular sweets characters. Marked at £1 each, they feature a lolly pop at one end and ...
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Topaz reported to be buying Esso’s Irish operation
Topaz is in talks to take over Esso’s business in the Irish Republic, according to local press reports. Esso has 38 company owned sites, and supplies another 60, and the reports say the deal would be worth about €70m. A spokesman for Topaz would not comment on the deal, but ...
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More English fuel laundering plants raided
Two diesel laundering plants, capable of producing nearly 120,000 litres of suspected illicit fuel and evading almost £12.5m in taxes a year, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The finds follow the discovery of sites in Merseyside and Essex last month. Officers from HMRC and Merseyside ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: New flood prevention measure
Adler and Allan has launched a flood defence system, which it says stops flood water getting in and prevents spills from polluting ground and watercourses. JBaR is designed to protect sites that store oil and other hazardous materials, such as utility compounds, substations, external plant and associated structures. Developed initially ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Putting surveillance in the picture
A new system offering greater clarity for video surveillance has been launched by Ovation Systems. FourSight-DVI is a new HD video quad display monitoring system, designed for fixed and portable installations, which enables the output from up to four cameras to be viewed on a single high resolution LCD display. ...
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HMRC seizes pumps from forecourt
A filling station suspected of selling illicit fuel has had its forecourt pumps removed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC worked with specialist contractors to remove the fuel pumps and an over-ground fuel storage tank safely at the forecourt in County Down, Northern Ireland. At a second site, also ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Richmond raises profile
Richmond is aiming to add some festive cheer to the nation’s chillers this Christmas with the launch of its biggest ever Christmas campaign, including advertising, a Christmas packaging makeover, seasonal NPD and shopper activation. Available nationwide now the new festive packaging will feature across key SKUs with the aim of ...
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NewsRAC predicts unleaded petrol will fall below £1 a litre
The RAC is predicting petrol could be selling for less than £1 a litre for several months at the start of 2015, due to the plummeting price of oil – a pump price last seen in late May 2009. The price of Brent crude has fallen below $60 a barrel ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Landmark to launch £1 promotion
Landmark Wholesale is launching a promotion from 5 to 24 January 2015 that will provide retailers with more than 100 bestselling products priced at £1. Brands such as Andrex, Walkers, Pedigree, Heinz and Tetley are included, alongside own brand bestsellers such as Lifestyle Value foil, teabags, chocolate and kitchen towel. ...
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News2ppl cut takes Asda unleaded to 110.7ppl
The big four supermarket groups have all announced that they will cut a further 2ppl off the price of unleaded petrol and 1ppl off diesel from tomorrow (Thursday December 18). This means Asda’s national price cap on unleaded petrol will be 110.7ppl with diesel at 117.7ppl. Andy Peake, Asda’s petrol ...
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ACS welcomes report on planning
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a report by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee criticising the application of planning policy by local authorities. In its report on the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework, the committee has drawn attention to shortcomings in the way planning ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Advice to focus on economy tobacco brands
Retailers should capitalise on the growing economy sector of the tobacco category in 2015 advises Imperial Tobacco. Jo Wren, head of consumer marketing at Imperial Tobacco, said: “2014 has been a fantastic year for our economy brands across the category. Player’s Gold Leaf, which remains the UK’s fastest growing RYO ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Spar builds on Shop & Win
Spar UK’s Shop & Win mobile promotional campaign is coming back to stores in January, and Spar promises it will be bigger and better. Like the previous campaign in August, Shop & Win will target younger audiences with a mobile marketing drive offering daily prizes supported by instant free and ...
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NewsRobber assaults sales assistant
Police in Sandwell, West Midlands, have released images of a man they want to trace after he assaulted a petrol station worker and stole cash. The man, described as black, around 30 years old, 5’6 with cropped or shaven black hair and stubble, was caught on CCTV as he struck ...
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Burglars steal cigarettes from forecourt shop
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a burglary at the Co-op Texaco petrol station in Charnham Street, Hungerford. At 2.20am on Thursday (December 11/12) three offenders arrived at the petrol station in a dark coloured Audi convertible. Two of them forced entry to the petrol station and stole ...
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Topaz confirms purchase of Esso’s Irish retail business
Topaz Energy Limited has confirmed the reports that began circulating in Ireland last week that it is buying Esso’s retail business in the Republic. Under the agreement, the Topaz parent company, Kendrick Investments Limited, will purchase the shares of Esso Ireland Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ireland ROC Limited ...