All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2017 – Page 5
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Product news: Shake-up for milk drink brand Yazoo
Yazoo, the milk drink brand, has given its vanilla recipe a shake-up.In addition, all Yazoo milk drinks will now feature Energy Intake Icons on the front of the pack as well as an updated nutrition table, highlighting reference intake per portion.Richard Duplock, marketing manager at FrieslandCampina said: “With more and ...
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Product news: Nutella is back on TV with Christmas special
Nutella is launching a dedicated £1m Christmas campaign featuring a new TV, a festive pack makeover and digital, social and experiential activations. The campaign will run through to the end of December.Levi Boorer, customer development director at Ferrero UK, commented: “The nation really does love Nutella and our focused Christmas ...
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Product news: Burton’s adds Big and Chunky cookies
Burton’s Biscuit Company is set to introduce new Big & Chunky lines under its £50m Maryland cookie brand. Available from January, the new Big & Chunky cookie range will include two 180g variants – Milk & Dark and White Choc & Caramel (RRP £1.49) – with Big & Chunky Milk ...
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Product news: Allinson’s adds premium variants
Bread brand Allinson’s has launched a new premium product range, said to be inspired by the pioneering spirit of the brand’s founder Thomas Allinson. The new range offers a selection of craft-inspired loaves. Cut and dressed by hand, the range is designed to provide the best bread experience within the ...
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Yara’s Adblue pouch wins APEA award
Yara won the Environmental Protection and Improvement Award for its AdBlue Pouch for the Passenger Car Market at the recent APEA Live event. Anticipating the rapidly booming demand for AdBlue for passenger cars, the company has developed a custom-designed packaging solution with considerably less plastic than conventional AdBlue canisters. Yara’s ...
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NewsCar ablaze on forecourt as fuel theft goes wrong
Police are hunting for two people after an attempted fuel theft went horribly wrong at the Harrow Tesco Express/Esso forecourt in Alexandra Avenue, south Harrow. A man was seen leaning against a black Mercedes, casually filling it up. Moments later fire ripped through the vehicle, blowing out the back window ...
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NewsUK’s largest producer of ethanol halts production
The UK’s largest producer of ethanol has stopped production for the “foreseeable future”, and blamed the government for its inaction over the introduction of E10 fuel. Vivergo Fuels released a statement saying: “We reluctantly welcomed the Government’s Renewable Transport Fuel obligation proposals in September, but have remained extremely concerned that ...
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NewsPetrol and diesel prices rise to three-year high
Petrol and diesel rose by more than 2ppl in November, taking the average price of both fuels to a three-year high, according to the latest RAC Fuel Watch data. A litre of unleaded petrol went up 2.35p from 118.43p to 120.78p, and diesel was up 2.22p from 120.96p to 123.18p. ...
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NewsNew car sales fall for eighth successive month
The UK new car market declined for an eighth consecutive month in November, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 163,541 vehicles were registered, down 11.2% year-on-year, driven by a significant fall in diesel demand. Petrol cars saw a gain of ...
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NewsMRH and PRA chiefs top the bill at tenth UK PetroForum
A focus on future fuels will be at the heart of the program for the tenth UK PetroForum, on 18-19 June 2018 at the Hotel Don Carlos, in Marbella, Spain. Heading up the program will be the UK’s largest independent retailer, MRH Retail. Its CEO, Karen Dickens, will be discussing ...
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NewsNisa helps McColl’s after P&H collapse
Following the collapse of Palmer and Harvey, Nisa has agreed a new short-term supply contract to cover McColl’s stores that were previously supplied by Palmer and Harvey. McColl’s Retail Group had already given notice on its supply contract with P&H, having agreed a wholesale deal with Morrisons, but it is ...
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NewsACS raises concerns over impact of new tobacco regulations
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has written to Exchequer Secretary Andrew Jones MP, raising concerns about the impact of upcoming tobacco track and trace regulations on retailers. The track and trace proposals in the EU Revised Tobacco Products Directive, due to come into force in May 2019, aim to ...
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NewsOil 4 Wales opens 24-hour truck stop after £70k spend
Oil 4 Wales has invested £70,000 in a truck stop at its Brecon depot, in a bid to provide 24-hour facilities for Wales’s haulage and agricultural industries. Oil 4 Wales, which supplies 160,000,000 litres of fuel to over 65,000 customers across the nation, will provide diesel, red diesel and Adblue ...
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Product news: New sugar-free Volvic variants
Volvic, the popular water brand from Danone, has added two new sugar-free flavours across its Touch Of Fruit range in the run-up to Christmas. Summer Fruit Sugar Free is now available in 50cl and 1.5L formats, while the special-edition Watermelon Sugar Free will hit shelves in a 50cl format in ...
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Product news: Lifestyle message in New Year push for goodnessknows
Mars Chocolate UK has announced a new lifestyle activation set to hit shops in the New Year incorporating the company’s latest product innovations. ‘New Year, New Choices’ will offer consumers the latest in a wave of new lifestyle products like goodnessknows, Mars Chocolate UK’s first new brand in 20 years ...
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Product news: Festive line-up from McVitie’s
McVitie’s has announced its 2017 Christmas cake range, which sees the debut of a selection of festive-inspired cake products. The range offers a host of options for Christmas shoppers with party treats through to ideas to add a little seasonal sparkle to lunchboxes. With an estimated RSV of £2.5m for ...
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NewsProduct news: Win a night in Coke’s Christmas truck
Coca-Cola is opening the doors to the iconic red Coca-Cola Christmas truck for the first time, to offer a pair of festive fans, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in the ultimate Christmas sleepover – and stay inside the truck for one night only, on Friday 15th December 2017, in ...
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NewsDebag bakery deck and electric convection ovens arrive in the UK
Specialist catering equipment supplier, Euro Catering, has introduced heavy-duty Debag bakery deck and electric convection ovens to the UK to bring bakers the advantages of professional but easy-to-use ovens already adopted for use in Aldi and Lidl’s in-house bakeries across Europe. The company says its exclusive supply agreement is great ...
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Product news: Festive activity in aid of ’Nisa’ Christmas
Nisa is helping shoppers to have a ‘Nisa’ Christmas this year with a host of special Christmas activity on its @NisaLocally and @MADLCharity social media channels.The activity kicked off with a ‘Christmas Moments’ campaign, a weekly prize giveaway encouraging the public to share their favourite thing about Christmas via Facebook ...
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NewsPlastic not fantastic for tobacco smuggler
A lorry driver who smuggled half a tonne of hand-rolling tobacco into the UK, hidden among boxes filled with plastic waste, has been jailed for 15 months after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Vilmantas Mikalajunas, 37, was arrested by Border Force officers at Dover Eastern Docks on ...