All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2017 – Page 4
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News
Seasonal bars and slices launched by McVitie’s
McVitie’s has unveiled its 2017 Christmas cake range, which includes new Hobnobs Rudolph Red Nose Teacakes, available in packs of eight, rrp £1. McVitie’s Digestives Winter Orange & Chocolate Slices cash in on the popularity of chocolate orange flavours over the Christmas period. Packs of five come in festive packaging, ...
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Small sites may struggle with charging, says APEA
Small forecourts will struggle to accommodate electric charging facilities because of safety and parking requirements, according to Jamie Thompson, chairman of the technical committee of the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA)."The government is very keen to get electric charging points on petrol stations I don’t think it’s ...
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Kay Group opens another new-to-industry site
Top 50 Indie Kay Group has opened its fourth new-to-industry site in two years. The new Texaco site is located in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, and comes after The Kay Group opened a Texaco-branded new-build site in Irlam, Salford in May, which was the group’s largest development to date.Ken Kay, owner ...
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Analysis
Charlotte Blum: analysis editor, Argus Media
Opec and its non-Opec partners decided on November 30 to extend their production cuts for another nine months, until the end of next year. Expectations of the deal had been keeping crude futures prices above $63/bl since November 22, supporting road fuel prices. UK retail prices have been rising in ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Hursts Grab & Go, Thetford West, Norfolk
LOCATION: This site is on the busy A11 Thetford by-pass in the London-bound direction FORECOURT: It’s a well-designed site with plenty of parking so drivers can move off the forecourt once they’ve filled up, and park right outside the shop. Advertising across the site tells customers that BP Ultimate could ...
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NewsPrice hike forecast after pipeline is shut down
Petrol and diesel prices could rise by as much as 3ppl in the run-up to Christmas, according to the RAC, as a result of a main oil and gas pipeline in the North Sea being shut for emergency repairs. The shutdown of the Forties pipeline, which is responsible for carrying ...
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Maltesers added to Mars ice cream tubs range
Mars Chocolate Drinks and Treats will add Maltesers to its ice cream sharing tub range from February. It is expected to be a big hit as Maltesers are purchased by more than a third of UK households each year. In addition, Mars and Snickers ice cream tubs are now available ...
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NewsTobacco smuggler ordered to cough up £7,500 for tissue scam
A smuggler, caught unloading contraband cigarettes and tobacco hidden in the back of a lorry among boxes of tissues, had his scam blown apart by an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Artur Golebiowski, 38, a sales assistant of Greenford, West London, was arrested as he unloaded his stash at ...
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Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group renews Texaco deal
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has extended its relationship with the Texaco brand, renewing its existing 25-site supply agreement and adding a further three sites, previously branded Gulf."The Texaco brand and Valero’s supply offering continue to be highly successful for our business over the past five years we’ve ...
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Money talk: Blink and you missed it: the 2017 (Autumn) Budget
In the last days before the Budget there had been speculation regarding a specific hit on diesel users with some people suggesting a possible increase in fuel duty on diesel of as much as 2-3ppl which was quite alarming to both the haulage industry and millions of ordinary punters, since ...
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News
New improved £1m Nisa store opens in Drefach
A new 3,000sq ft Nisa shop has opened on the forecourt of Woodlands petrol station in Drefach, Carmarthenshire, in a ceremony performed by five Welsh rugby international stars.The previous 600sq ft Nisa Drefach was demolished and rebuilt from scratch. It has been fitted out to Nisa’s Store of the Future ...
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Product news: Range extension for squbes
Squbes, the savoury seed cube brand, has extended its range into the sweet category by introducing two new indulgent flavours: Dark Chocolate with Coconut & Sea Salt and Salted Caramel & Almond.Made without refined sugar, the new flavours are intended to deliver a guilt-free sweet option that will bring depth ...
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NewsEuro Garages seeks more European expansion
Reasonably-price forecourts are hard to find in the UK, according to Zuber Issa, co-founder and co-ceo of Euro Garages - which trades as the EG Group Ltd in Europe - which has recently boosted its European network by 1,000 with the purchase of ExxonMobil’s retail assets in Germany. “The UK ...
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Trend for hot-food options pushes demand for heated merchandisers
Sales of heated multi-deck merchandisers are on the rise, according to Uxbridge-based foodservice and food retailing equipment provider, Fri-Jado UK Limited. The company’s director of National Accounts, Gary Thacker says the trend is being repeated across the broad spectrum of the food-to-go sector, including forecourts, convenience stores, symbol groups and ...
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NewsSpeedy sale for Wigan site as demand continues
The leasehold of a BP-branded forecourt - Whelley Road Service Station situated in Wigan, Lancashire - has been sold to an independent multiple operator through specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The previous owner, Mohamed Zahir Killedar decided to retire from the industry due to commitments overseas. New owner ...
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NewsOwner of Whitehaven community forecourt sells up to corporate operator and retires
Mace Corkickle Service Station, an Esso and Mace branded forecourt and convenience store relied upon heavily within the local community in Whitehaven, Cumbria, has been sold confidentially to a large corporate operator with plans to increase sales further with the development of a hot food offering. James Moore-Martin, senior business ...
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NewsCigarette smugglers jailed for tax evasion
Two men, who were caught receiving almost a million illegal cigarettes in East London, have been sentenced for evading more than £290,000 in excise duty.Edvinas Zaranka, 36, and Vilius Zdancevicius, 31, were each jailed for a year after admitting handling 990,000 Minsk Capital cigarettes and 500kg of Shisha tobacco, at ...
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NewsNew UKPIA director general as Chris Hunt retires
Stephen Marcos Jones has this week taken over the reigns as director general of the UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA), following the retirement of Chris Hunt who worked for the trade body for 20 years.At his well-attended retirement do, Chris Hunt commented: “I am proud of what the UKPIA ...
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NewsRoadchef brings Pret a Manger to the motorway
Roadchef and Pret a Manger have announced a partnership to bring new shops to the UK’s motorways. The first Pret a Manger shop will open at Chester Motorway Service Area (MSA) on the M56 at junction 14 before Christmas, and a second site will open at Clacket Lane West MSA ...