All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2016 – Page 4
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HKS recruits former BP retail director
Former BP retail director Graham Sims has been appointed non-executive chairman of HKS Holdings to lead a new accelerated investment, growth and development strategy. HKS, which will be ranked sixth in the new Top 50 Indies published later this month, is owned by the Thakrar family and Graham commented: “I ...
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NewsFormer Esso retail boss Karen Dickens to join MRH as CEO
MRH (GB) has announced the appointment of Karen Dickens as chief executive officer of the company with effect from the 1st of March 2016. Karen has previously held a number of senior managerial positions within ExxonMobil Corporation, both in the UK and abroad, in a career spanning 29 years; her ...
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Bungling ram raiders steal empty ATM
A 27-year-old man has been arrested after a ram raid at the BP garage on the A134 in Sudbury, Suffolk, where a cashpoint machine was stolen. Suffolk Police were alerted around 2.40am on Tuesday 9 February, to reports of a ram raid at the premises on the Chilton Industrial Estate. ...
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Armed robber wields baseball bat
Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Taunton. The incident happened on Saturday February 6 at the Texaco petrol station on Wellington New Road shortly after 1.10pm. A man entered the petrol station shop and demanded that the woman behind ...
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Woman dies after forecourt collision
A woman has died and a man is seriously ill in hospital after a minor collision at a service station on the A27 near Lewes in East Sussex on Sunday February 7. Police said minor damage was caused to a blue Toyota Aygo and a silver Renault Kangoo with French ...
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ACS slams bid to justify Sunday trading change
Government attempts to justify relaxing Sunday trading regulations have been ridiculed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), and it has called on MPs to reject the proposed change. The Department for Business (BIS) published its response to the consultation on liberalising Sunday Trading, but the ACS said it had ...
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NewsForecourt canopies battered by Storm Imogen
Forecourts took a battering in the 90mph winds of Storm Imogen with several having to close because of damage to their canopies. In Cheddar Valley, the Simply Fresh/BP site at Weare had to close at 1pm on Tuesday after the wind ripped a panel off the underside of the canopy. ...
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product news: Walkers offers UEFA tickets as prizes
Walkers is continuing to celebrate its sponsorship as the official snack partner of the UEFA Champions League with a new on-pack promotion that allows consumers to win match tickets to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final, which will be hosted in Milan. The latest #gameready promotional activity will run across ...
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product news: Haribo unveils on-pack promotion
More than 2,000 family cinema tickets will be up for grabs from Haribo this spring, as it unveils its biggest ever on-pack promotion. The instant win campaign, offering family cinema tickets to be won every hour, will feature on special packs of Haribo Super Mix from the February 15 for ...
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product news: Kerry Foods launches Pure ready meals
Kerry Foods has launched a new range of “free from” ready meals under the Pure brand. The seven-strong range – featuring four lunchtime and three evening meal options – is gluten- and dairy-free and uses only natural ingredients, no artificial colours, and is free from preservatives and artificial flavours. Alastair ...
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NewsSupermarkets’ share of fuel market falls
Growth in the supermarkets’ share of the UK fuel market stalled in 2015 for the first time in more than 15 years, even though they added 40 new sites last year. The latest data from Experian Catalist shows their market share in 2015 was 43.8%, fractionally down on the 43.9% ...
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product news: Unilever invests in ice cream freezers
Unilever is aiming to boost the value of the ice cream category in 2016 through a substantial investment in its salesforce and increased freezer distribution, as well as a range of new products. From March, Unilever will be increase its field salesforce in a bid to reach five times as ...
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Tanker driver not guilty over Tesco contamination
A man has been found not guilty of contaminating fuel which caused dozens of breakdowns for customers of a Tesco service station in Dorset. Prosecutors at Basildon Crown Court claimed a tanker driver, Jeffrey Wheeler, removed diesel from a tanker and replaced it with non-road fuel diesel in Essex at ...
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DCC migrates French business to the cloud
Irish conglomerate DCC, which owns Certas Energy, has tracked 1 billion litres of fuel through its French network since it implemented an IT solution from Implico. After DCC took over the former Esso service station network in France, Implico migrated the business’s IT and back-office processes to the cloud. Since ...
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product news: Red Bull reduces price mark
Red Bull is reducing the RRP of its 355ml price-marked can from £1.59 to £1.49 from February. With shoppers preferring priced-mark packs in convenience, this new price aims to maintain the premium position of the brand, while delivering an increased ROS and fuelling additional category growth. Gavin Lissimore, head of ...
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Positive vibes at Shell’s dealer conference as investment strengthens brand
Retailers are signing up to Shell in the UK because of the growing strength of the brand, which follows the company’s aspiration to be the number one global fuel retailer, according to David Moss, Shell UK’s general manager, retail. Addressing a large audience of dealers at the company’s annual conference ...
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Gunman robs Bracknell forecourt
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following the robbery of a petrol station in Bracknell. Shortly after 1.30am on February 3 a man entered the Esso garage, in Downshire Way, Priestwood. He removed what was appeared to be a firearm from his pocket, before demanding cash from a member ...
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product news: Poppets Mini Eggs goes into gift boxes
Poppets, the bite-size toffee and fondant-filled chocolates, are launching a new addition to the Poppets gift boxes in the form of Poppets Mini Eggs. Hitting stores in time for Easter, manufacturer Big Bear Confectionery has already seen success with the 154g gift boxes, available in toffee, orange and mint filling ...
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product news: UB brings back Trio
United Biscuits (UB) has announced the relaunch of its Trio chocolate biscuit bar (CBB) from the beginning of March. It says the return of the brand follows overwhelming consumer demand to see the ‘Best British Biscuit of the 90s (as voted by Metro readers in June 2015) back on ...
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LCM Environmental appoints new CEO
Fuel specialist LCM Environmental Ltd has announced that Darcy Lane has joined its senior management team as chief operating officer. Previously with Aircraft Services International Group (ASIG), Darcy has had total responsibility for fuel operations at Gatwick International Airport and previously at Charlotte International Airport, the US’ fourth largest airport. ...