All Equipment News articles – Page 40
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HKS introduces "profit pods"
Top 50 Indie HKS Retail has installed a hot foodservice “profit pod” at a forecourt store at a BP filling station in Leicester. The installation, supplied by a joint venture of Adande and Gamble Retail Solutions, is part of the HKS’s new concept aimed at delivering fast service for hot ...
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Ice cream machines are hot
Sales of self serve soft ice cream machines have taken off in the forecourt sector, according to Malibu Corporation. It reports that its sales in the forecourt sector have doubled this year and that it has struggled to maintain stock levels due to such high demand. With retailers looking to ...
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Thieves foiled by Fairbanks system
Fuel thieves who attempted to steal diesel from an MRH site in Essex have been foiled after their activities were detected by Fairbanks’ remote fuel tank monitoring service. In the early hours of May 27th thieves targeted the forecourt intent on breaking into the tank farm and pumping out as ...
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Jet dealer cuts energy use by 60%
A Jet dealer has reduced energy consumption on his forecourt by 60% after replacing all the conventional outdoor lighting with low-energy LED bulbs. Subi Vadher has run Mayfield Service in Goodmayes, Essex, for over 27 years and joined the Jet network around 22 years ago. The site is open 24 ...
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Moto extends deal with Amscreen
Moto Hospitality has signed a further five-year contract with digital outdoor screen network provider Amscreen, initiating an upgrade in screen technology within 45 sites across the network. Moto is one of the final networks to benefit from Amscreen’s nationwide screen technology roll-out of 2650 and it brings their weekly audience ...
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Adler and Allan opens Glasgow depot
Oil and environmental services provider Adler and Allan has opened its new Glasgow-based depot, launched as part of a growth and expansion programme. Located in Uddingston, the new premises will serve the North, offering Adler and Allan’s full range of services, including flood mitigation, fuel and tank services, waste ...
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NewsGlobal-MSI recruits key account manager
Global-MSI has appointed Andy Kennedy as key account manager for its UK forecourt structures business, based in Doncaster. Andy comes to Global-MSI with over 30 years’ experience in the petroleum forecourt industry. His career started as a pump service engineer with Gilbarco Veeder-Root in 1984, promoted to regional manager and ...
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Jet site washes up with launderette
A laundrette introduced at a Jet site at Rochford, Essex, has proved popular with existing customers and is attracting new ones, according to the owner of the site, Kumarsamy Sivabalan (known as Siva). Starthill Service Station is located on Ashingdon Road at the heart of residential Rochford, and following a ...
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Fuelspricing.com partners network planner
FuelsPricing.com, has entered into a partnership with GMAP, a global provider of retail network planning services. The collaboration is intended to deepen integration between the respective software packages, leverage the collective experience of delivering solutions on a global scale to a changing fuels marketplace and provide world class value-add to ...
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Wilcomatic enhances car washes
Car wash specialist Wilcomatic is rolling out the new Christ direct drive system, which is available on Varius, Genius and Primus models. By removing gearboxes entirely the equipment is more reliable, efficient and easier to service, and, depending on the brush material, power consumption is 30% lower. The direct drive ...
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MFG and Fairbanks agree new three-year deal
Motor Fuels Group,the Hertfordshire-based Top 50 Indie, has committed to Fairbanks’ fuel management service for another three years.The contract, was agreed earlier this year between Fairbanks managing director Steve Jones and MFG managing director Jeremy Clarke.MFG operate 373 company sites, and has opted for the premium service level which ...
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Glasdon tests Orion storage unit to the limit
Glasdon has gone to extreme lengths to prove the durability of its Orion storage unit, posting a video of it surviving unscathed as a member of staff attacked it with a steel baseball bat.The Orion display unit has been designed to sit outside the shop against the front wall without ...
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Hot food workstations
Foodservice refrigeration specialist Adande has linked up with equipment provider Gamble Retail Solutions to offer a range of hot food workstations. Designed as integrated solutions for the storage, cooking and service of hot food-to-go, the units are suitable for forecourt outlets, supermarkets, convenience stores, quick service restaurants and any environment ...
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Three Costas on one site
Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indie Chartman has become the first independent retailer to install three Costa drinks machines at one of its stores. A third machine has just been introduced at the group’s flagship service station, the Winning Post at Haldon Hill, on the A38 outside Exeter, and on the ...
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Spars go contactless
Following a successful trial, Blakemore Trade Partners has announced a plan to roll out Verifone Vx820 contactless payment technology across its independent Spar estate. The business will introduce contactless payment kit to all epos stores over the coming months, with the roll out expected to be complete by the autumn.AF ...
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Motor Fuel Group now using FuelsPricing.com on all sites
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has implemented Inform Information Systems (IIS) FuelsPricing.com system across its UK network of nearly 300 company-owned forecourt locations. Following the acquisition of Murco’s retail business in October last year, which included 228 company-owned sites across the UK, MFG embarked on a rapid implementation ...
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Sainsbury’s added to the fuelGenie network
Supermarket fuel card provider fuelGenie, which is operated by Worldline, has announced the expansion of its UK filling station network with the introduction of Sainsbury’s as its new supermarket partner. This means fuelGenie customers are now able to use their business fuel card at 300 Sainsbury’s sites nationwide.Claire Alderson, sales ...
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Sealing duo sign deal with Shell
Sealing product engineering specialist companies James Walker and Teadit have signed an Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions International to supply the gasket requirements of all Shell and Shell joint venture sites in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Australia, Canada and South America. The contract covers an initial ...
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Nescafé & Go machine revamped
Nestlé Professional has launched its new Nescafé & Go coffee solution after two years in development. The new Nescafé & Go machine is designed to enable higher throughput sites within convenience stores, newsagents, bakeries and petrol forecourts, to quickly and cost effectively capture the increasing revenues available in the hot ...
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Glasdon tests durability of storage unit
Glasdon has gone to extreme lengths to prove the durability of its Orion Storage Unit posting a video of it surviving unscathed as a member of staff attacks it with a steel baseball bat. The Orion Display Unit has been designed to sit outside the shop against the front wall ...