All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2017 – Page 2
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Simple cash counting
Cashmaster is launching Cashmaster Connect, a new management information application for use with its newest count-by-weight cash-counting scales range Cashmaster One.The new application gives retailers a simple way to record cash-count data from tills accurately and efficiently in a matter of seconds. Cashmaster Connect allows users to automatically output till ...
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GM and Honda collaborate on hydrogen fuel cell
General Motors (GM) and Honda have announced what they describe as the car industry’s first manufacturing joint venture to mass produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. Fuel Cell System Manufacturing will operate within GM’s existing battery pack manufacturing facility ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on a solution to an epos problem and reporting non-compliance
When things aren’t going with the Flow: What a labyrinth it can be when companies hive bits off here and there so that your supplier/service support becomes owned by another company. They will usually all claim business as usual but for those on the receiving end when it goes wrong ...
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Analysis
Chris Hunt: UKPIA director general
’May you live in interesting times’ is actually purported to be a Chinese curse 2016 was certainly interesting for society in general and our industry in particular. Whether it was cursed remains to be seen. Brexit, both in the run up and subsequent period, following the surprise referendum result, has ...
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Fruity and sour combo
Wrigley is combining two of the best-loved flavours from its £35m Skittles range to create a new limited-edition Fruits and Sours flavour. Strawberry, Blackcurrant and Lime flavours from Skittles Fruits have been mixed with Sour Pineapple, Sour Raspberry and Sour Mandarin from Crazy Sours, to create a new taste experience. ...
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NewsDay in the Life: Lee Papper
I founded TLM Group Technology in 2011, having worked in the forecourt industry for nearly 20 years for various companies including LSL, Gilbarco and Torex. I started my career as a trainee and worked my way up to service engineer. I wanted to start my own company because I felt ...
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Sparkling debut
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is launching a lightly sparkling variant of Glacéau Smartwater. It comprises vapour-distilled spring water with added electrolytes and just the right amount of carbonation to create a "distinctive clean and crisp taste". The new product is available in a 600ml PET bottle and a six x ...
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Kay starts development at Irlam
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has just started work on its largest development to date on a brownfield site at Irlam in Greater Manchester. Irlam Gateway is the third of a rolling programme of new-to-industry sites and the group’s sixth development in a little over two years. The development ...
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Forecourt imagery guru James Pyott dies
James Pyott, founder of the Pyott Agency, which developed the global image for the Esso Synergy branding rolled out on 20,00 forecourts worldwide, sadly died last month. The company had a remit to be the world’s specialist in forecourt and backcourt design, and among many significant projects across many sectors, ...
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Investment in hot drinks tower pays dividends
A Northumberland service station has seen hot beverage sales rise nearly 20% after the installation of a new Ringtons hot drinks tower in its forecourt shop.The owners of The Purdy Lodge in Belford invested in a bespoke coffee tower fitted with the latest La Cimbali bean-to-cup coffee machine. Specified and ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Euro Garges/Sainsbury’s Local, Heathrow North
LOCATION: This site is just off the M4, on Shepiston Lane, right near Heathrow Airport. Forecourt: Banners out the front of this spacious forecourt highlight the goodies inside including a Greggs and a Subway. One banner says ’Fuel your senses’. I was not sure what that meant but afterwards googled ...
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Policeman shot on forecourt
A forecourt where a police officer was shot was "riddled with high velocity gunfire", which could easily have killed children who were at the service station or caused an explosion, according to senior officers. A police officer was hit by three bullets in the attack at the Maxol filling station ...
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Hydrogen pushed as a key fuel solution
A global initiative to drive use of hydrogen has been agreed at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Thirteen leading energy, transport and industry companies launched the initiative to "voice a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to foster the energy transition". The Hydrogen Council aims to position hydrogen ...
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NewsGround-breaking moves
The specialist construction companies involved in the forecourt sector have all been experiencing a surge in business in the past year. The majority of the projects have been knock-down-rebuilds (KDRBs), with many dealers looking to expand the retail side of their businesses and revamping the look of their forecourts, but ...
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Sales hit high note
Sales of petrol stations hit a post-recession record last year, as retail property prices bounced back to 2007 levels buoyed by an increase of 8.8% on 2015 according to Steve Rodell, head of retail at Christie & Co, which claims to have sold more petrol stations than ever before. "During ...
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In-vehicle payment
Gilbarco Veeder-Root has joined with Honda in the development of an in-vehicle payment system which was previewed at the Consumer Technology Association’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month.The demonstration on Honda’s stand at the show was done with fuel pumps from Gilbarco Veeder-Root and smart parking metres from ...
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Analysis
Tapping into key trends
The internet has now been widely available for so long that many consumers have grown up with it, and as it continues to develop and affect more areas of everyone’s lives it is helping to shape trends in shopper behaviour in the convenience sector. HIM Research & Consulting has been ...
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Leading locations
It was a very sweet moment for the team at Townstal Road Garage and especially for properietor Julian Holliss of Holliss Filling Stations to achieve such success at the awards, following a gruelling few years fighting off supermarket competition. In recent years, the site has upgraded its offer with a ...
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Maxol has more plans for Moreish
Irish family-owned forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has announced its 2017 plans for Moreish, the company’s fresh-food offering, based on growing trends in the food industry and consumer feedback. These include the launch of a new Moreish signature sandwich range with a greater focus on healthier foods, gluten-free options, and ...
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Money Talk: Petrol versus pub
How’s trading been so far this year for you? While it’s too early for any figures, conversations with retailers in both the petrol and hospitality sectors (regular readers will know that at EKW we’ve had a foot in both camps for many years), suggest that the recent post-Christmas ’quiet period’ ...