All Equipment News articles – Page 27
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OPW extends piping to Costco’s requirements
OPW has installed a fuel piping solution specifically adapted to the needs of Costco’s petrol filling station. With a distance of 10 metres between pump islands, if the installer had used traditional 5.8m piping, a welding socket in the middle would have been required, adding cost and time to the ...
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Euro Garages chooses US software to control pricing
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has selected PriceAdvantage software to execute its fuel pricing strategies as well as eliminate manual fuel price processes among its expanding portfolio of 341 sites located throughout mainland UK. PriceAdvantage is a US fuel price management software company and division of Skyline Products, and has ...
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Shell introduces service for disabled customers
Shell has joined forces with not for profit organisation fuelService to help drivers with disabilities receive assistance at the majority of its service stations. “Disabled drivers have always struggled to get their cars refuelled,” said Niall El-Assaad, fuelService’s founder. “In the past the options were to use an infrared transmitter, ...
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Panasonic reveals new oven for food to go
Panasonic will be revealing its new Speed Convection Oven, aimed at visitors from the food to go sector, at the Commercial Kitchen show, at the NEC, in June. According to Iain Phillips, sales and marketing manager, Panasonic UK, with the food to go specialists (worth £4.6bn) in growth, and convenience ...
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Admedia rolls out large-format screens
Out-of-home media owner Admedia will be launching its new large format digital-screen network –Admedia Nexus – across major UK motorway service areas. Admedia Nexus launches with 16 full motion D-48 screens, positioned to target millions of drivers using the motorways connecting the UK’s top 20 conurbations. Admedia says the Nexus ...
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Forecourt Eye recovers cash for Sewell on the go
A new paperless system is helping Forecourt Trader of the Year Sewell on the go to achieve a fuel cost recovery rate of 89% from customers who claim to have no means of payment. Before introducing the paperless Forecourt Eye system, Sewell on the go – which operates 12 service ...
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Istobal’s virtual assistant wins innovation award
Car wash specialist Istobal has won an innovation award for its virtual assistant to help customers with car wash selection. The award was presented by the organisers of the Motortec Automechanika trade fair in Madrid, and was for the car wash category in its Gallery of Innovation. The Virtual Assistant ...
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Report analyses dynamic, day-part fuel pricing
PriceAdvantage, an American fuel price management software company and division of Skyline Products, has released a research report that provides insight into dynamic, day-part fuel pricing. The research report was produced in collaboration with Schneider Electric and Petroleum Pricing Consultants. More than 130 global fuel marketers provided insight into how ...
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Product news: Hovis highlights award on packs
Hovis Soft White 800g loaf is undergoing a packaging update from February to highlight the loaf’s 2017 Product of the Year win within the bakery category. Based on a survey of more than 11,500 consumers, the UK’s largest consumer-voted accolade was awarded following recipe improvements across the Hovis Soft White ...
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Adler & Allan recruits new managing director
Oil and environmental services provider Adler & Allan has appointed Ian Osborne as new group managing director, with a brief to continue the group’s drive in growth. Osborne, who joined Adler & Allan recently, has had a career in business services, including over a decade as a divisional managing director ...
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Xmo Strata’s double
Sign installation and maintenance company Xmo Strata has won two out of four supplier awards given by global facilities management firm CBRE. CBRE turns over $10.9bn a year and has more than 70,000 employees in over 60 countries.The company held a supplier awards evening for suppliers working on its ...
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TLM teases with first details of its Evolution epos solution
TLM Technologies has revealed the first details about its next-generation epos solution, Evolution. It is being specifically built for the fuel and convenience (F&C) sector, and is designed not only to deliver the commonplace functionality of traditional epos systems, but also advanced features that more closely align with modern retail ...
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Swedish fast food is coming to the UK
A hot food-to-go concept that is widespread across forecourts in Europe is being introduced into the UK. Sibylla, a Swedish fast food brand, is launching in the UK with the Sibylla ’Shop in Shop’ concept.Sibylla UK representative, Richard Tyler, explained: "Sibylla ’Shop in Shop’ is a complete solution that allows ...
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Valentine’s Day promotion boosts coffee sales
Tchibo to go! chose Valentine’s Day to run its first consumer promotion offering all 100% Arabica regular and large drinks for only £1, compared to the normal cost of anything up to £2.40 for a large cup."Our aim was to encourage and engage with our end consumer to trial the ...
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Cashless payment app for Jag drivers at Shell sites
Jaguar drivers can now use their car’s touchscreen to pay for fuel at Shell filling stations via a new cashless payment app.Owners who install the Shell app can drive up to any pump at a Shell service station (initially in the UK and then globally) and use the vehicle’s touchscreen ...
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Xmo Strata wins awards for Shell work
Sign installation and maintenance company Xmo Strata has won two out of four supplier awards given by global facilities management firm CBRE. CBRE turns over $10.9bn and has more than 70,000 employees in over 60 countries. The company held a supplier awards evening – for suppliers working on its UK ...
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European hot food concept lands in UK
A hot food to go concept that is widespread across forecourts in Europe is being introduced into the UK. Sibylla, a Swedish fast food brand, is launching in the UK with the Sibylla ’Shop in Shop’ concept. Sibylla UK representative Richard Tyler explained: “Sibylla ’Shop in Shop’ is a ...
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Tobacco solution
Mahmood Saleem, owner of Jet Ardeer Services in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, undertook a large-scale redevelopment of the site in 2016. The original 750sq ft convenience store was razed to the ground and replaced with a two-storey building that now houses a 2,700sq ft shop on the ground floor and offices, ...
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In-vehicle payment
Gilbarco Veeder-Root has joined with Honda in the development of an in-vehicle payment system which was previewed at the Consumer Technology Association’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month.The demonstration on Honda’s stand at the show was done with fuel pumps from Gilbarco Veeder-Root and smart parking metres from ...
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Investment in hot drinks tower pays dividends
A Northumberland service station has seen hot beverage sales rise nearly 20% after the installation of a new Ringtons hot drinks tower in its forecourt shop.The owners of The Purdy Lodge in Belford invested in a bespoke coffee tower fitted with the latest La Cimbali bean-to-cup coffee machine. Specified and ...