All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2019 – Page 5
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Blue’s better tip
New L&B Blue Bright Air Filter combines a recess in the filter tip with a firmer filter structure, to give adult smokers in the sub-economy sector a better experience.
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Nayax and Beacon Mobile’s new partnership
Nayax and Beacon Mobile have announced a new strategic partnership to provide an integrated sales and marketing solution to the car wash industry. Alan Nawoj, CEO of Beacon Mobile, said: "We are excited to partner with Nayax and bring the most comprehensive and cost-effective marketing and sales solution available to ...
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Raising the bar
Last year as she took over the reins as Shell’s UK retail general manager, Bernie Williamson said she was on a mission to improve the quality perception of food on the forecourt. She’s a woman of her word roll forward to 2019 and the new Jamie Oliver deli by Shell ...
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Carb Killa named protein bar Product of the Year
Grenade’s Carb Killa has won the Product of the Year award in the Protein Bar category at the 2019 Product of The Year Awards. Product of the Year is the UK’s largest consumer survey of product innovation, with over 10,000 shoppers voting each year to crown the winning products in ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on going back to Londis; two become one; and a fond farewell
A remarriage of convenience Once upon a time Mandeep Singh’s site, Hillcrest Filling Station in Huddersfield, had been a Londis store but they had parted company it was a sort of square peg in a round hole situation. When he first contacted me a year or so ago, he had ...
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Premier League Cadbury Legends promo is back
The Premier League Cadbury Legends promotion is back. Running through to March 31, it gives consumers the chance to win thousands of prizes when they purchase a Cadbury Dairy Milk bar. The campaign is supported by a £1.1m campaign. The photo shows last year’s winner, Natalie Hardie, who won, and ...
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Money Talk: Don’t worry, it’s only the auditors and they offer genuine benefits
A year on from the meltdown at Carillion, quite apart from the immense fallout in practical terms, one consequence is that serious questions have been raised about the role of that company’s auditors. The same questions have arisen after almost every subsequent corporate failure the latest being at Patisserie Valerie, ...
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Apple blasts into Lucozade’s core range
Lucozade Energy has added a new flavour to its permanent range Apple Blast. The flavour first launched last August as part of the brand’s partnership with the Lara Croft franchise. It proved an instant hit and became Lucozade Energy’s third most popular flavour in the independent and symbols channel (IRI ...
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Analysis
Chris Judge: analysis editor, Argus Media
UK transport fuels shed around 1ppl in January, but the losses are expected to be short-lived, as international oil markets climbed steadily through the month in response to the US sanctions against oil-rich Venezuela. After shedding more than $30/bl in 2018 to end the year at around $53/bl, benchmark Ice ...
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Woodside Garage sold amid great interest
A prominent petrol station on the North Devon Link Road has been sold after strong competition among potential buyers. Woodside Garage, located alongside the A361 just outside South Molton, has been sold through commercial property agent Charles Darrow. The Gulf-branded site comprises a small single-storey general store with adjoining three-bedroom ...
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Biscuits barrelling along
Despite the ’war on sugar’, the biscuit category is holding up well thanks to the fact that sweet biscuits are universally popular, with nine out of 10 consumers eating them. Mintel research reveals that value sales have increased due to higher average prices and predicts that the sweet biscuit and ...
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Ascona on the acquisition trail with more new sites
The rapidly expanding Ascona forecourt group has revealed its third purchase in a month with the acquisition of Wales Bar Service Station on the A618 in Sheffield. The site was sold by Forecourts4sale on behalf of Keith Wilson, who is retiring. It is a BP-branded forecourt with fuel sales of ...
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Essar Oil acquires BP assets to strengthen network
The Essar Oil UK Group has acquired a number of assets from BP to strengthen its logistics infrastructure network for supplying service stations.There are currently 67 Essar-branded service stations across England and Wales, and the company has confirmed plans to grow its network to 400 retail sites over the next ...
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MFG opts for Londis or Budgens on 110 sites
The UK’s biggest independent forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is rebranding 110 of its shops from Spar to the Londis or Budgens brands as part of an extension of its shop supply agreement with Booker Retail Partners (BRP). MFG signed its first agreement with BRP in May 2016 and ...
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More than 12,000 stores now have PayPoint One
PayPoint has revealed that more than 12,000 stores have now converted to its PayPoint One platform. Launched in 2016, PayPoint One provides an all-in-one retail services platform, delivering cloud-based technology, contactless epos card payments and PayPoint services, such as bill payments and Collect+. The 12,000 milestone means more than two-thirds ...
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NewsForecourts outperforming overall market in food to go
Food to go on petrol forecourts is outperforming the overall food to go market, and is set to grow by 3.8% in 2019, according to research from MCA Insight & HIM. The insight is from MCA and HIM’s UK Food To Go Market Report 2019, which was conducted through over ...
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McCoy’s launch taps trend for Mexican food
The latest line to join the McCoy’s range is Muchos, a distinctive crescent-shaped folded tortilla crisp, in three Mexican flavours. Muchos comprises a corn, wheat and potato based crisp with a blend of six spices and beans locked into the base, before being seasoned with either Smoky Chilli Chicken, Nacho ...
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NewsForecourts encouraged to use recyclable coffee cups
Forecourts are being encouraged to offer hot beverages in environmentally friendly recyclable cups. Frugalpac, which claims to manufacture the first fully recyclable coffee cup made from recycled paper, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Wrexham, north Wales, to produce Frugal Cups. Frugal Cups will be available in three sizes ...
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Walkers marks Uefa Champions League sponsorship with promotion
Walkers is celebrating its continued sponsorship as the official snack partner of the UEFA Champions League (UCL), with a new on-pack promotion that will run for 16 weeks. Kicking off in this month, the “They Score – You Win” promotion offers football fans the opportunity to win prizes by predicting ...
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NewsPhoto-Me makes a splash with launderette campaign
Photo-Me UK is running a “Making A Splash” campaign to promote its Revolution Compact Outdoor Launderette. The Revolution launderette is based around a fully automatic, external launderette, facility - available 24/7 - featuring two large capacity, high performance eco-friendly washing machines plus a robust drying unit. Revolution is ideal for ...