All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2018 – Page 4
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News
Domestic trial of vehicle-to- grid charging
Octopus Energy has launched a new consortium to develop the first large-scale domestic trial of vehicle-to-grid (VTG) charging in the UK, following a £3m funding injection by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles.The £7m project will install 135 V2G chargers in ...
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NewsCornwall Garage Group installs chargers
Top 50 Indie Cornwall Garage Group, which owns 18 petrol forecourts across England, is installing rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers at nine of its sites. The company is working with InstaVolt to install the chargers and four are already in place. David Whistler from Cornwall Garage Group said: “The automotive ...
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KitKat introduces Joe the Mug character
KitKat has a new promotion which links confectionery and hot drinks. It is centred around Joe the Mug, who is looking for the perfect partner to spend his drinks’ break with. An on-pack promotion gives consumers the chance to win one of 50,000 thermochromic Joe the Mugs. A new £1m ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on a tale of two energy queries plus credit card fees
You win some, you lose some I was contacted on two different occasions involving Kirit Patel’s two businesses (Premier Forecourts, Penryn, Cornwall) and on the same subject but with quite different outcomes. In the first case he had bought a rundown property in 2015. The premises had a gas meter ...
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NewsPolice raid hand car washes in slavery investigation
Hand car washes in Milton Keynes and Bedford have been raided by police investigating people trafficking and modern slavery, and the supplying of class A drugs. Thames Valley Police Serious and Organised Crime Unit and officers from the Milton Keynes carried out a number of warrants to tackle a potential ...
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Two more Oreo products join Cadbury line up
Cadbury and Oreo are coming together (again)with two new sharing products.Building on the success of Cadbury Dairy Milk (CDM) Oreo in tablets, there’s a new CDM Oreo Sandwich, with chocolate sandwiched between mini Oreos. The second new line is Cadbury Oreo Bites bags of Cadbury pieces with an Oreo ...
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Buoyancy continues but watch out for pricing peak
Bouyancy in the forecourt property market is likely to continue well into 2018, although a market peak at some point in the year would not be surprising, according to Steve Rodell, managing director retail, at Christie & Co, which has just published its annual Business Outlook report. Following an extremely ...
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Brookfield overhauls New Hall Lane, Preston site
Top 50 Indie The Brookfield Group has reopened New Hall Lane Services in Preston after a major redevelopment of the site. The Shell services is located on one of the main arterial routes into Preston and it now includes a large convenience store as well as an in-store Greggs and ...
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in brief
Gulf sponsors forecourt awardsGulf Retail has been signed as the principal sponsor of the 2018 Forecourt Trader Awards, the most prestigious event in the UK petrol retailing calendar. The awards aim to drive standards in petrol and convenience retailing, by acknowledging and rewarding the skills and achievements in the sector ...
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NewsTopaz launches promotion for Miles fuel brand
Topaz, Ireland’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, has started a five-day “fuel giveaway” at sites in the Irish Republic. Each day at various Topaz locations, motorists are being given the chance to fill up their tanks with Miles fuel at 99c per litre. A total of 33 sites are ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: editor
Out and about in the petrol retailing world and it’s not long before the conversation turns to electric vehicle charging. It’s clearly top of mind for the sector, although no one is completely sure what to do about it. Some retailers are boldly leasing off car parking spaces to charging ...
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NewsFunding boost for vehicle-to-grid research
New technology which will unlock the potential for electric vehicles to help power people’s homes, and deliver electricity back to the grid, is being boosted by almost £30m in government funding. The funding has been awarded to 21 V2G (vehicle to grid) projects, to pay for research and design and ...
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Wolf Blass limited editions celebrate rugby
Wolf Blass is once again launching a limited-edition range of labels to celebrate international rugby. Last year, in grocery alone, the labels led to a 37% uplift in sales versus a normal Wolf Blass promotion. This year the labels feature on five Yellow Label SKUs (Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Malbec, Shiraz ...
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Analysis
Ray Blake: PRA technical director
The PRA technical team is receiving a number of enquiries about when they must notify their Petroleum Enforcing Authority (PEA) of changes they wish to make to their fuel storage and dispensing arrangements. Apart from when applying for a Petroleum Storage Certificate for a new installation or a knockdown rebuild, ...
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Bever Innovations’ LED luminaires light trial in the Netherlands is big success
Bever Innovations has completed the next phase in developing its EOS LED forecourt lighting fixtures.Last summer the company tested the latest LED luminaires with EOS technology, at De Gouwe Shell Station in Noordgouwe, in the Netherlands. Director, Jeannot Bruggeling said the results showed that EOS technology incorporated into the LED ...
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Walkers Max Strong: go perfect with beer
New Walkers Max Strong is a range of ridged crisps in spicy flavours to deliver maximum flavour. Intended to appeal to beer drinkers, Walkers hopes the launch will help retailers drive cross-category purchases. Research reveals that savoury snacks feature in only 15% of beer occasions, with half of these being ...
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Lower sugar Fruitilicious joins Haribo bag range
New Haribo Fruitilicious contain 30% less sugar than regular fruit gum sweets.They comprise fruit-shaped, smiley-faced pieces in strawberry, raspberry, pineapple, orange, apple and lemon flavours.Haribo says that within the category’s top 25-selling hanging bags, Fruitilicious delivers the lowest sugar content per 100g. And in blind taste tests with Haribo fans, ...
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Tangerine brings back Barratt sweetie brand
Tangerine Confectionery is bringing back the Barratt brand meaning that eight out of the company’s 10 best-selling SKUs will now sport the Barratt name. These eight lines include top seller DipDab 23g which is being joined by a new Sour Apple flavour DipDab.The return of Barratt is supported with an ...
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Analysis
Electric avenues
Many forecourts owners have been looking at the various options for installing electric charging facilities, with many deciding it is too early to commit, but a Bill currently going through Parliament may force their hand.As it currently stands, the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill will give the Transport Secretary powers ...
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NewsForecourt staff member injured in attack by two men
A forecourt shop worker suffered injuries to his arm and body after he was assaulted and robbed at a petrol filling station in Grimsby. The incident occurred at around 1am on Monday February 12 at the Esso-branded Albion Street petrol station, when two men riding bicycles approached a member of ...