All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2014 – Page 3
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PRA victory over rates confirmed
The Government published guidance for English local authorities last week confirming that petrol stations will be eligible for a rates discount for the next two years. It outlines the £1,000 discount for small businesses with premises with a rateable value of under £50,000 that was announced by the Chancellor in ...
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Analysis
Peter Harding - Retail technology consultant
Many rumours abounded in 2013 about technology and what it could do for us. This year the push seems to be on three key technology areas and I bring a few to the fore in this article. The main emphasis falls into the following areas: mobile, wearable technology and 3D ...
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First Costco PFS to open by summer
The US retail giant Costco has confirmed to Forecourt Trader that its first UK petrol filling station (PFS) is scheduled to open before the summer. As Forecourt Trader revealed exclusively last summer Costco won planning permission for a PFS in the car park of its Liverpool site. Nick Deeks, Costco ...
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Site suffers from storm damage
Emergency services had to be called to Hazlegrove Services in Yeovil, Somerset, to deal with storm damage to the canopy. Clive Sheppard, director of Chartman, the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indie that owns the site, said staff alerted him to a piece of metal that was flapping loose on top ...
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Day in the Life: Marc Jones
On a Monday, I typically get into work after I’ve dropped my youngest child off at school. A lot of the time we have someone who comes in at 6am to sort out the bread, milk and newspapers and then they open the shop at 7am. We trade from 7am ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month MRH Oxshott, High Street, Oxshott, Surrey
LOCATION: The village of Oxshott is located between Esher and Leatherhead. Close to the main Chelsea FC training ground, it has been described as the "most expensive village with the most footballers in England". My reason for this visit is MRH Retail’s new convenience store, Hursts. FORECOURT: Located at ...
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Jet launches standards and services drive
Jet has launched a new standards and service programme, ’Proud to be Jet’. The programme assesses, benchmarks and continually measures site performance across Jet-branded forecourts based on annual compliance audits and other brand-related activity. The programme has been designed to improve the forecourt experience for customers in terms of facilities ...
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Topaz Energy uses the latest Wayne technology at flagship
Fuel dispenser specialist Wayne has provided Topaz Energy’s flagship forecourt at Dublin Airport with Helix 4000 pumps. The Wayne equipment provides the latest fuel-metering technology, outdoor payment, and multimedia displays, as well as a Helix 2000 high-speed fuel dispenser to serve commercial traffic. "The Topaz service station at Dublin Airport ...
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Sour face of Randoms
Nestlé Confectionery is targeting the growing sours market with its latest launch Rowntree’s Randoms Sweet N Sour. The new product is available now in an impulse bag (rrp 50p) and from March 31 in a sharing bag (rrp £1.29).Aimed at Randoms’ core target audience of 18-24-year-olds, each bag will ...
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Money Talk: Could a fuel retailing revolution be on its way?
T here have been several news stories from the petroleum retailing sector in the past few weeks that at first glance appear unrelated. There was Esso confirming its move towards a wholesale supply mode. Then major supermarket chains admitting that their fuel operations are hurting their bottom line. And now ...
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MRH (GB) selects a new fuel pricing solution
MRH (GB) has implemented Inform Information Systems’ (IIS’) fuel-pricing system, FuelsPricing.com, across its network of over 380 petrol filling stations, some of which feature Hursts stores. MRH, which is number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies listing, opted for the IIS system after carrying out an extensive evaluation over ...
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Pumps used to refill ground level tanks
Berrys Technologies has teamed up with AxFlow for unloading fuel from road tankers at a number of supermarket sites around the UK. With a growing number of fuel storage tanks being positioned at ground level rather than buried, AxFlow has been supplying its Blackmer sliding vane pumps to Berrys Technologies ...
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Looking the part
Opening a new forecourt is always a challenge but some sites are more challenging than others. Take Fraser’s Budgens Marlborough site as a prime example. Not only was the new forecourt being located directly opposite a new Tesco store, the land it was being built on was approximately three metres ...
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Sainsbury’s milestone
A new Sainsbury’s forecourt and store represent a major milestone for the supermarket giant as the number of Sainsbury’s Local stores has exceeded its supermarkets for the first time. The store, Sainsbury’s Balsall Common Local in Coventry, is the 594th Sainsbury’s Local. Sainsbury’s has pledged to open two new c-stores ...
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Mission statement
Despite being the largest retail food chain in the world, Spar is very clear about its goal for 2014 it wants to get more retailers in the UK selling Spar-branded fuel. Last year it began a trial of its retail proposition to independent dealers to put the Spar brand on ...
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Wild new Skittles
Skittles wild berry is now available. Described as a "tasty combination" of raspberry, strawberry, wild cherry, berry punch and melon berry flavour, new wild berry is expected not only appeal to existing consumers but also new consumers with a more mature taste palette.The variant will be available in 55g single ...
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Trio set up partnership
Fairbanks, the provider of wet-stock management solutions, and Tokheim, the supplier of fuel dispensing and automation equipment, have entered into a new partnership with fuels pricing software specialists, Inform Information Systems (IIS). The partners say the collaboration is intended to deepen integration between the respective software packages, leverage the collective ...
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Walkers Pops in
Walkers is entering the new popped snacks segment with the launch of Walkers Pops an ’air popped’ snack that’s described as "full on taste" yet contains 50% less fat than Walkers standard crisps. Available this month, the snacks are made using a high-pressure cooking method that ’pops’ the potato ...
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Analysis
Tasty prospect
A significant new retail entrant to the forecourt sector could make its presence felt in 2014, according to Steve Rodell, director and head of retail at specialist property adviser Christie & Co. "They have significant capital funding and could buy a national chain if they are able to find the ...
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Shell shocker
Customers making their regular stop at Tanerdy Garage in Carmarthen were in for a bit of a shock. Not only was it the start of 2014 and time to get back to work, but the colours were all different on their local forecourt. Colours that had been there for 85 ...