All Focus On Feature articles – Page 5
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON EV CHARGING: Sparking debate
With the headline ‘Spark’s gone’, The Sun’s recent story about drivers ditching EVs in their droves to return to petrol vehicles due to lack of charging stations has definitely given people food for thought.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON FOOD TO GO: On a roll
The Rollover brand is big in cinemas – Cineworld, for instance, offers them – and they are also sold at 60 football clubs around the UK including nearly a dozen Premiership sides. However, the forecourt sector is an important one for the brand too, so much so that Rollover has increased the number of people in its field sales team. These are the people who will do an initial site visit when a retailer expresses an interest in having Rollover in their store and, once the brand is in situ, will follow up with regular store visits to support the site and check on compliance.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON EASTER: Good eggs
Cadbury Creme Eggs remain as popular as ever, indeed according to Nielsen stats, they are purchased four times more than your average Easter product. Much of their appeal lies in the fact that they are only available for a few months every year and then there’s the promotional campaign that supports them.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON SNACKS: Snack, crackle and shop
Despite the massive size of the crisps, snacks and nuts (CSN) category – worth £3.8bn and counting, according to Nielsen data – there is still room for growth.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON TANKS AND PIPEWORK: Your best defence
Your primary (tank), secondary (bund) and tertiary (separator) containment systems are your first, second and third line of defence against environmental pollution. So says Shirley Miles, head of environmental protection, at Adler and Allan.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON TOBACCO & VAPING: Single-use drives vape sales
There’s no disputing the growth of the vaping category, in particular the meteoric rise in sales of disposable vapes.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON PROPERTY: Roadside remains resilient
In the face of rising operational costs and record inflation levels in 2022, the UK’s petrol filling station market (PFS) has proved to be more resilient than ever.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON BUILDING & DESIGN: Plan for success
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and in areas like design that is definitely true. Up and down the country forecourt owners apply for planning to extend or even knock down and rebuild their businesses.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON EPOS: Reporting for duty
Darren Moir is the manager at the busy Westhill Service Station in the suburbs of Aberdeen. It has BP fuel and a Spar store. Darren has been with the business for 32 years and has therefore seen a lot of changes over those years.
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Focus On FeatureFOOD TO GO: Proper pizza pronto
If you go down to Lawrence Garages’ BP Sholing site in Southampton, you’re sure of a big surprise. And that surprise is quality pizza, 24/7, from a robotic vending machine courtesy of Pizza Rebellion.
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Focus On FeatureSOFT DRINKS: Energy’s still got oomph
For Forecourt Trader of the Year Best Soft Drinks Outlet category winner, Ziheed Mohammed of Woodman Service Station in Leeds, energy drinks are big business.
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Focus On FeatureTECH TALK: Spotlight on fuels - hydrogen gaining traction
There’s no doubting the fact that people in the UK have been buying into the concept of plug-in EVs. SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) data shows that last year was the most successful year ever for sales of new battery EVs and hybrids.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON MAINTENANCE: Planning ahead
While consumers and retailers are focused on cutting costs – and quite rightly so given the horrendous increases in energy bills, among other things – there are some areas of the forecourt trading environment where cuts could do more harm than good.
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Focus On FeatureSOFT DRINKS: Show off your softer side
We look at some of the latest soft drinks trends.
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Focus On FeatureReady for growth
Costa Coffee has been busy over the last few weeks giving away free cold drinks to Costa Club loyalty club members – and the good news is that this included those using its Costa Express machine.
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Focus On FeatureFresh summer savings at Nisa
Nisa’s current Midweek Meal solution is providing consumers with healthy meal ingredients that won’t break the bank.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON WET STOCK: Peace of mind
Over the last 20 years, the fuel retailing industry has become more technologically advanced, and retailers now have access to a vast array of wet-stock management and tank-gauging products and services.
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Focus On FeaturePenelope makes first-ever pitstop at Northway Garage
A baby girl made her way into the world via a grass verge next to Northway Garage in Bishopston, Swansea last week (July 12).
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Focus On FeatureSHOP FOCUS: The value seekers
Prices at the pumps have gone through the roof but so too have prices at the supermarkets.
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Focus On FeatureTECH TALK: You’ve invested in the tech, now make the most of it
Despite the challenges of the last few years, one market that has continued to grow exponentially is electric vehicles – EV passenger car sales increased by 186% in 2020 and continued on this trajectory throughout 2021, when more battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold than the previous five years combined (2016 – 2020).