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NewsGreggs marks new partnership with Rontec with opening of 400th franchise shop
Top 50 Indie Rontec has become the latest franchise partner of Greggs, as the food-on-the-go retailer announced the opening of its 400th franchise shop at Rontec’s site in Selby.
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Product News
New apple and raspberry filling for Mini Ring Doughnuts
Bobby’s Foods has just released their newest product into the market - a new mini doughnut filled with apple and raspberry jam.
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News
EG Group plans to demolish six filling stations to make way for Asda stores and KFC drive-thru
EG Group is now aiming to demolish at least six of its petrol filling stations to make way for Asda convenience stores or foodservice developments after it won planning permission for a scheme in Poole, Dorset.
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News
Foodservice continues to drive growth at EG Group as it publishes first quarter update
EG Group has revealed its gross profit on fuel in the first quarter of 2022 increased by 16% to $481m compared with the same period last year, but gross profit margins reduced slightly compared with the quarter ending December 21, 2021, partially driven by increased market volatility in wholesale oil prices and demand.
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Equipment News
FORECOURT SHOW: BP launches Wild Bean Café Express unit
BP launched its new Wild Bean Café Express machine at the Forecourt Show, featuring self-serve Wild Bean coffee, integrated payments, QR scanner for loyalty purposes, plus syrup stations.
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Feature
FOCUS ON FOOD TO GO: A passion for pizza
Such is the UK population’s love of pizza that during the first Covid outbreak in January to April 2020, the most searched food and drink term on Google was ‘pizza’, closely followed by ‘takeaway near me’ then ‘takeaways (Pi Datametrics).
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Product News
PRODUCT NEWS: Weetabix On The Go back in price-marked packs
Breakfast drink, Weetabix On The Go, is bringing back its £1 price-marked packs (PMPs) across its 250ml core range. The Weetabix On The Go brand is now worth £2.1m within the impulse channel, accounting for 86% of breakfast drink sales (Nielsen).
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News
BP signs global convenience delivery partnership deal with Uber
BP and Uber have agreed a new global convenience delivery partnership, extending their existing local arrangements, with 120 UK sites due to be added to the Uber Eats app by the end of June.
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News
Roadchef and McDonald’s team up to roll out cab high litter bins for truckers
Motorway service area operator Roadchef is partnering with McDonald’s UK to launch a range of 6ft tall litter bins designed to be within easy reach for truck drivers.
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Reports
SUMMIT 2022: EG Group’s ‘open retail’ approach satisfies evolving customer demands
EG Group commercial director Ilyas Munshi stressed the importance of foodservice in forecourts, in a pre-recorded film featuring the company’s flagship Frontier Park site.
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Equipment News
Panasonic gives free trial to foodservice operators
Microwave manufacturer Panasonic is giving foodservice operators the option to trial its SCV2 speed convection oven free of charge for four weeks.
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Analysis
Gregg’s accounts for one in ten food to go occasions, says latest Lumina report
Gregg’s has replaced McDonald’s as the dominating brand in the food to go sector, with a 10.7% share of occasions, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Food to Go market report 2021.
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News
EG Group partners with Pizza Hut on eight trial sites
EG Group has announced a new franchising partnership with Pizza Hut and aims to open eight new Pizza Hut trial stores on its forecourts by the end of the year.
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Product News
TV Chef spices up food to go in forecourts
Ginsters brand owner Samworth Brothers and TV chef Ivor Peters have teamed up to bring Indian food to its chilled and ambient categories.
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Equipment News
Fri-Jado puts food in the spotlight with new multi-deck range
Global equipment company Fri-Jado has launched the new Multideck Display (MDD) range as it recognises growing demand for convenient and flexible solutions.
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News
Lumina Intelligence highlights share of food to go in foodservice sales
Food to go is still a substantial part of the out-o- home market, despite a decline as more consumers have moved to on premise drinking and dining, according to the latest quarterly update to the Lumina Intelligence UK Food To Go Market Report 2021.
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News
EG Group acquires 52 KFC restaurants
EG Group has acquired 52 Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurants in the UK from Amsric Group.
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Food-to-go market recovering faster than expected, says IGD
Food and consumer goods insight specialist IGD predicts that the food-to-go channel will be worth £15.6bn at the end of 2021 - 82.5% of its 2019 value.
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News
EG Group-owned fast-food brand Leon announces plans for first drive-thru restaurant
EG Group-owned fast-food brand Leon has announced nationwide expansion plans including news of its first drive-thru concept.
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News
MFG agrees partnership deal with Pret A Manger and opens trial store
MFG has agreed a partnership with Pret A Manger that will see its shops feature on a forecourt for the first time.
