All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2015
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PRODUCT NEWS: Lucozade launches new Sports variant
Lucozade is launching an addition to its Lucozade Sport range with a new exotic flavour – Mango & Passion Fruit. The new variant will be available from March will be supported by a £9m marketing investment including TV, sponsorship, digital and in-store activity. Vicky Morgan, marketing manager for Lucozade Sport, ...
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NewsSimon Smith opens speciality food store
Top 50 Indie the Simon Smith Group has teamed up with Spar supplier Blakemore Trade Partners to launch a forecourt and speciality food convenience store at Highworth Service Station in Swindon. Working in partnership, the two family-run businesses have redeveloped the site to create a convenience store dedicated to high-quality, ...
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Spar Parkfoot introduces mobile EPOS
Award-winning forecourt retailer David Charman has found a way to ease bottlenecks at the tills at during busy periods using mobile EPOS. As part of an extensive refit of his Spar Parkfoot Garage at West Malling, Kent, David had a traditional three-lane EPOS solution installed by CBE at the end ...
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Proxy purchasing to tobacco to be outlawed in England
The publication of regulations to make proxy purchasing of tobacco and nicotine products an offence has been welcomed by the NFRN. The Federation’s 16,000 independent retail members have also hailed a ban on the sale of nicotine products to those aged under 18. National president Martyn Brown said: “It is ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Maoam unveils new packaging design
Fruity chew brand Maoam has unveiled a new packaging design across its entire range for the first time since 2002. The refreshed pack designs are intended to increase on-shelf visibility and create a modern and appealing new look for top selling lines including Stripes, Pinballs and Joystixx. Nadia Abou-Ragheb, Maoam ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Walkers extends Market Deli range
Walkers is extending its Market Deli range of pita, tortilla and classic potato chips with the addition of an Anglesey Sea Salt flavour in a potato chip format. Launched in June last year, Market Deli has just been supported with a four-week TV campaign in February to drive awareness of ...
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New card solution for retailers
Markadis, which claims to be the newest merchant card payment provider on the market, has launched a new face-to-face, on the road, pay by phone and ecommerce card acceptance solution for retailers. Adrian Cannon, managing director at Markadis, said: “Our experience in the payments industry has shaped the belief that ...
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Expresso Plus Lavazza enhances hot beverage offer
A Budgens/Shell franchise located between Shepton Mallet and Yeovil has become one of the latest forecourts to install an Expresso Plus Lavazza hot beverage machine. The site employs 15 people and sees an average of 6,500 customers a week and franchise owner Tom Taylor commented: “We chose Expresso Plus because ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Bassetts grows Jelly Babies family
Bassetts Jelly Babies is growing its family with the launch of Berry Mix this Spring. The new bag contains the Jelly Babies characters in blackcurrant, raspberry and strawberry flavours. As with the original Bassetts Jelly Babies variant, Berry Mix contains fruit juice and made with natural colours and flavours. Elizabeth ...
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Poll finds strong interest in autogas LPG
Autogas is claiming an estimated 8 million drivers are interested in using its fuel after an independent poll by Auto Express, Britain’s biggest selling weekly car magazine, revealed that 26% of UK drivers would consider converting their car to run on autogas LPG. The findings come just weeks after the ...
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Arrest after two forecourt burglaries in one night
A man has been arrested after two burglaries at separate petrol stations in Croydon late on Wednesday February 25. Police were called to reports of a break-in at the Shell garage in Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon at 11pm. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the suspect is believed to have smashed ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Jammie Dodgers targets adults
Jammie Dodgers is launching Jammie Bakes, the first Jammie Dodgers product aimed at adults. Backed by a £3m marketing spend spearheaded by national TV advertising, Jammie Dodgers Jammie Bakes are crispy, golden biscuits with a soft, jammie centre. The product will launch with two variants, raspberry and apricot, with an ...
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NewsBe prepared for surge in mobile transactions, Moss tells Top 50 Indies
Retailers need to continue to look for ways to improve their forecourt and convenience offer, and how they engage with customers whether that is face to face or increasingly online, David Moss general manager for Shell’s northern European retail business told the audience at last night’s (February 26) Top 50 ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: New limited edition J2O flavour
Britvic Soft Drinks has blended two fruits to create a new limited edition, J2O Garden Rose, which is a blend of apple, raspberry and rose flavours. Available until August 2015, J2O Garden Rose will be supported via J2O brand social channels throughout spring and summer, disruptive point-of-sale and out of ...
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CCTV released over £30,000 fuel card fraud
Detectives investigating a fuel card cloning scam have released images of two men they believe may have filled up with £30,000 of stolen petrol and diesel from forecourts across Birmingham. A total of 46 cards are suspected of being cloned at a Halesowen petrol station by a rogue cashier and ...
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JCB used to steal cash machine from forecourt
Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a cash machine was stolen from the Gulf service station on Lea Road, Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire. The incident was reported to police at 4.08am on Monday 23rd February. It is believed the ATM was pulled from the wall using a JCB. Investigating ...
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Carsley Group renews BP supply deal
BP has re-signed the Carsley Group, a Top 50 Indie company, for a further five years in a deal worth more than 45mlpa of fuel. The nine-site strong Carsley Group has been with BP since 1998. Howard Nunn, BP’s UK sales manager, said: “We are delighted to be able to ...
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Moves to limit traditional biofuel
A European Parliamentary committee yesterday (Tuesday, February 24) backed a new lower limit on traditional biofuels that can be blended into transport fuels. There has been pressure to reduce the amount of biofuels produced from food crops – because their production can push up food prices and lead to deforestation ...
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NewsBest Forecourt Loo competition hotting up
Competition is hotting up for this year’s Best Forecourt Loo award with three new entries. The facilities at Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, Eglwyswrw, in Pembrokeshire, are our first competitor from Wales, while Brookfield Group has entered the amentities at two of its sites in the North of England, at Tickled ...
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3% increase in National Minimum Wage
The Low Pay Commission, the body which advises the government on the minimum wage, has recommended an increase to the current National minimum Wage for workers aged 21 and over by 3% from £6.50 to £6.70. The increase, if accepted by the government, would come into effect in October 2015. ...