All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2015 – Page 6
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New look for Jacob’s
United Biscuits has unveiled new-look packaging and a revamped logo for its entire Jacob’s savoury biscuits range in a bid to extend the brand’s appeal to consumers.
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Good outlook for property
Specialist property adviser Christie + Co is predicting a buoyant market in the forecourt sector in its Business Outlook 2015, report. Director and head of retail Steve Rodell predicted the convenience sector would grow in value, and that there would be further oil company disposals over the coming year, and ...
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Get Well Soup
Heinz Soup has once again joined up with national children’s charity Starlight for its ’Get Well Soup’ campaign, raising funds for seriously and terminally ill children.
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Flamin’ hot joins the Walkers Max range
Walkers is extending its Max range with a new flamin’ hot flavour joining the existing cheese & onion and paprika varieties all of which are exclusive to the impulse sector. The 50g bags have an rrp of 79p. To help impulse retailers capitalise on sales, Walkers is producing ...
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Forecourt’s finest
west country & wales: 2.5mlpa plusClive Sheppard from the Winning Post Service Station in Exeter says the site is characterised by attention to detail across all aspects of the operation to ensure that customers leave with a smile on their faces.Clive was the one smiling last September having picked ...
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Red Nose Day packs
PG Tips and Persil are launching a range of limited-edition packs in a bid to raise £1m for Red Nose Day on Friday March 13. Unilever will donate 8p from every promotional pack produced before March.The PG Tips packs feature Monkey wearing Comic Relief’s famous Red Nose while Persil’s Small ...
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Day in the Life: Jodie Johnson
The mayhem starts at 5.45am when I get up and try my best to walk our two dogs. Easier said than done, especially when they’re having a ’diva day’ and refusing to move from their beds. Then it’s time to make sure that my son and my partner are all ...
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Money Talk: Fuel price crash continues - for now
It’s difficult to avoid using hyperbole when describing the current fall in pump prices: unparalleled is one adjective that springs to mind. Even those of us who’ve been involved in this business for 30 or more years struggle to remember anything quite like it. One old ’grey-beard’ did mention the ...
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Analysis
Peter Harding - Retail technology consultant
It’s the first month of the New Year and time to consider what can we expect to see happen in the world of technology over the next 12 months? Following a fairly quiet 2014, Micros is continuing to promote its Prism 2 system, while CBE continues to grow its systems, ...
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MFG puts site up for sale to resolve competition issue
The Seapoint Filling Station in Hythe, Kent, which MFG is selling to resolve competition authority concerns over its acquisition of Murco’s retail business, provides a rare opportunity for a buyer, according to the property adviser working on the sale. Adam Wadlow, director of Barber Wadlow, said: "For a single site ...
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Duty rebate plan clears major hurdle
Plans for a 5ppl fuel duty rebate for 17 rural areas have cleared a major hurdle, chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced. The European Commission (EC) has given its approval and, although it still requires agreement through the Council of the European Union, the minister said he ...
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chris Hunt
This year finds the UK refining sector facing the same extremely testing conditions that it has faced for the past decade, but the pressure on refining has increased dramatically. Towards the end of 2014, we saw the closure of Murco’s Milford Haven refinery as an operational facility following four long ...
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Nisa reveals its new chief
Nisa has announced the appointment of Nick Read as its new chief executive officer. He will take over from Neil Turton this month.Read joins Nisa from Thomas Cook, where he shaped the customer experience as group customer service director.Prior to this he was the commercial operations director at Vodafone UK.Nisa ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on a million pound knock-down rebuild plus the fall in fuel prices
Knock-down prices: Nothing like a makeover to start the year. And if you want your place to look like a million dollars or should I say pounds, then you might have to spend that much. In North London’s Enfield that’s about the amount Nailesh and Ajay Gokani spent on revamping ...
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New canopy installation method trialled
Global-MSI has trialled a new canopy installation method at a Shell site at Fakenham in Norfolk.The first stage of the canopy assembly proceeded as normal, but instead of lifting it into place using a crane and then finishing it off in situ, it was raised using hydraulic jacks.This meant that ...
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No regrets campaign
Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) has invested in a multi-million pound Diet Coke campaign designed to help retailers drive sales of the soft drink by engaging with shoppers even further.The new ’Regret Nothing’ campaign is meant to inspire women to indulge their impulsive side. It follows research by Diet Coke that ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Falcon Garage, Burghfield Road, Tadley, Hampshire
LOCATION: The Falcon Garage at Tadley is located on the A340, where it snakes around the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) towards Aldermaston. FORECOURT: Falcon Garage is impossible to miss. It’s a large site with a tall Budgens sign, a huge Shell-branded canopy and pole. There are six pump islands ...
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in brief
Moto renews P&H deal Motorway services operator Moto has renewed its supply deal with Palmer and Harvey, for an additional three years. Palmer and Harvey has been supplying Moto since March 2008, and the new contract commenced on January 1, 2015, and will run until December 2017, providing 41 Moto ...
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iPad mini prize as we flush out the Best Forecourt Loo
An iPad Mini has been announced as the prize for the Best Forecourt Loo competition, which this year is being sponsored by pump-top promotions specialist Fast Trak. The competition will once again run via a Facebook campaign. All you have to do is send us your nominations with relevant photography ...
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best hot beverages outlet - sponsored by Costa express
BP’s Wild Bean Café has prided itself on its coffee offering for more than a decade but last year it decided to refresh its offer.The relaunch looked at all aspects of the offer from the way it is sign-posted to consumers and new training for the staff to widening ...