All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2018
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Analysis
Turning the tide
For many years the government has turned a deaf ear whenever the PRA and the Car Wash Association (CWA) have highlighted the scourge of illegal hand car washes springing up in towns and cities across the UK, but finally it has been presented with evidence it can’t ignore. The Commons ...
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Traffic lights
Kellogg is adopting colour-coded front-of-pack nutrition labelling, commonly known as traffic lights, in the UK. New labels will start appearing in 2019.
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PVM leads the way
Perfetti Van Melle is leading the way in sugar free and sugar reduced and is currently the number one better-for-you manufacturer in the UK, with sales of £9.2m.
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Home movies
Evening snacking is a massive market, worth £6.5bn to retailers and growing, according to Kantar data. Included in this is, of course, the ’big night in’, and when you look at other stats available, you can see why it’s such a big deal. According to Mintel, 78% of consumers spend ...
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Healthy profits
The term ’healthy snack’ is open to interpretation but one thing most consumers are agreed upon is that fruit makes the healthiest snack. New research from Him, where they quizzed 1,000 consumers in September, found that 94% of them viewed fresh fruit to be healthy. The second healthiest item was ...
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Yazoo Kids gets a fresh, fruity new look
Yazoo Kids has a new look which highlights the goodness of the milk content as well as the flavours. It also communicates the product’s benefits including being a good source of calcium. Every bottle has fun illustrations of strawberries, bananas or chunks of chocolate to denote the flavour and to ...
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Shining examples
With hand car washing under the spotlight and facing proper regulation for the first time there has never been a better time for automated car washes to literally shine. Cutting-edge technology coupled with easy payment devices mean these machines are better than ever.Take Top 50 Indie Euro Garages ...
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TLM Technologies launches evoPricePlus as part of its Evolution suite of products
TLM Technologies has added to its Evolution suite of solutions with new fuel pricing software with artificial intelligence (AI) called evoPricePlus. It is a cloud-based retail fuel pricing solution that proposes prices multiple times a day and analyses pricing performance against AI to give fuel analysts a competitive advantage. The ...
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NewsPair jailed for torching taxi with driver inside on forecourt
Two men who set fire to a taxi on a petrol forecourt in Kent, while the driver was in the car, have been jailed. The driver collected Warren Hearne and Danny Frost from Romney Marsh on Friday 15 December 2017 following their night out. The pair got into the taxi ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Eurospar Hardford Link, Newtownards
Location: On the outskirts of Newtownards On the same site as the Eurospar, there is an off licence, fish and chip shop and another takeaway, which must bring extra custom to the forecourt. It’s a good size forecourt, well laid out with lots of marked parking bays. A jet wash ...
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NewsJames Hall opens new Shell forecourt in Cumbria
A new Shell-branded forecourt and Spar store has been opened in Cumbria by the Spar wholesaler for Northern England, James Hall & Co. The site at Kirkby Stephen is the 118th company-owned store, of which 37 have forecourts with fuel brands including BP, Texaco and Gulf as well as Shell. ...
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Cracking on
Easter just wouldn’t be the same without chocolate eggs and the manufacturer that leads the field in these eggs is Mondelez with a 44% share of the market. Indeed 82% of the UK population ate a Mondelez Easter product last Easter with Cadbury Creme Egg being the number one brand ...
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NewsPlan to consult on English deposit return scheme for drinks containers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the Newsagents Federation (NFRN) have welcomed the government’s new Resources and Waste Strategy for England. The strategy sets out proposals to minimise waste by eliminating avoidable plastics and increasing the productivity of non-biodegradable resources. It follows on from the 25-Year Environment Plan and ...
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Money Talk: We’ve had a rare outbreak of common sense...
At a time when the main news channels seem permanently occupied with the political quagmire around Brexit, it’s tempting to believe that everything else in business and politics is in a state of paralysis and terminal decline. That may of course still be the case, but at least two recent ...
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Analysis
Tracy West: retail commentator
Can you believe it’s December already. Well, actually I know all of you can because you will have been planning your stock and staff for months. Me? Well, I am just your average consumer so the fact that December is here is still a bit of a shock! And with ...
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MFG takeover of MRH clears final competition hurdle
MFG’s acquisition of MRH has now cleared all its regulatory hurdles after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it would accept undertakings by MFG to dispose of 38 of the combined group’s sites.In October the CMA revealed details of the 38 sites that MFG had offered to sell ...
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Christmas Market hot dog debut for Rollover
Rollover has launched a limited-edition Christmas Market hot dog, comprising an authentic, German Bratwurst sausage served in an artisanal pretzel bun with crispy onions and a German-style mustard. Tony Owen, sales and marketing director at Rollover, commented: "In an effort to create seasonal products that consumers will love, I’m ...
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Coca-Cola Christmas truck tour is on the road
The Coca-Cola Christmas truck tour is currently visiting 14 towns and cities before making its final stop in London on December 16. Visitors will be able to enjoy a 150ml can of Coca-Cola zero sugar, Diet Coke or Coca-Cola original taste at each stop. Over the last eight years, the ...
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Christmas jumpers
Limited-edition seasonal packaging supports Supermalt’s Christmas jumper promotion, where consumers can buy or win a special branded sweater.
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NewsReport confirms many people still rely on cash
Britain is not yet ready to go cashless, with about eight million people saying cash is a necessity, according to an interim report by the independent Access to Cash Review. The Review, chaired by the former financial ombudsman Natalie Ceeney, is assessing consumer requirements for cash over the next five ...