All Food to go articles
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NewsEG On The Move plans to introduce Bill’s Bakery next year
EG On The Move (EGOTM) is the latest forecourt operator to experiment with a proprietary-branded food to go offer – with four of its sites switching from Delice de France La Bakery to its own Bill’s Bakery colours in the new year.
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NewsNew McDonald’s drive-thru opens at Roadchef’s Clacket Lane services
Roadchef has delivered “a significant enhancement in customer convenience” with the addition of a new McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant at Clacket Lane Eastbound services.
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NewsDon’t forget the meal for tonight: Secretan tells forecourt operators
Food to go may be the “shining mission” that forecourt operators are going after to protect against declining categories such as tobacco. But developing meals for tonight and top-up could give better results.
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NewsPark Garage Group continues Bakery 79 expansion with new Kent outlet
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group, which operates 77 forecourts across the UK, is continuing to replace Greggs concessions with its in-house Bakery 79 concept, and is opening its 14th outlet in Bearsted, Kent this week.
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Promotional FeatureHeat up your sales with hot food and soft drinks combos
Soft drinks aren’t just for summer. Highlighting your best-selling selection through hot meal deals can be a smart way to win football and boost basket spend this winter as the nights draw in and shoppers seek out some welcome heat. Here’s how…
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Product NewsDelice de France reveals Chocolate Orange Doughnuts and a Christmas Cracker Roll
Bake-off specialist Delice de France has unveiled its winter range of sweet and savoury products, while also increasing stock levels to help retailers maintain strong availability for the seasonal opportunity.
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Product NewsSalted Caramel Cupcake and Festive Bake join Country Choice Christmas line-up
Country Choice is getting into the Christmas spirit with a festive range that includes the addition of two new sweet treats and four savouries.
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Product NewsUrban Eat partners with Teenage Cancer Trust with festive sandwiches
Urban Eat is partnering with the Teenage Cancer Trust for the launch of its limited-edition sandwich range landing in stores from November 11.
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NewsNetherton to get new Starbucks with EV charging
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has granted planning permission for a new Starbucks with EV charging spaces in the Netherton area of the town.
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NewsGill Marsh Forecourts develops evening hot food trade with Praveen Kumar
Gill Marsh Forecourts hopes to increase food to go sales from £14,000 a week to over £20,000 at its flagship forecourt by offering heated Praveen Kumar Indian ready-meals and accompaniments.
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NewsCobham Services plans to add German Doner Kebab
German Doner Kebab (GDK) plans to open next month at Cobham Services: the UK’s busiest and largest service station and this month’s winner of Forecourt Trader’s prestigious motorway services award.
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NewsTop 50 newcomer uses new site’s kitchen to launch forecourt menu
VST Forecourts, which entered the Top 50 Indies this year, plans to use the commercial kitchen of a recent forecourt acquisition to develop a menu for food-to-go that can be easily replicated at filling stations without full catering facilities.
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NewsEG On The Move seeks planning permission for Popeyes drive-thru
EG On The Move has submitted planning permission to Pendle Council to add a Popeyes drive-thru restaurant to its Greenfield Road, Colne site.
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Product NewsTake-home packs boost sales of Arctic iced coffee
While forecourt operators will get most of their iced coffee sales from impulse-sized packs, one-litre cartons could help them tap into a new type of customer for the popular category, says Arctic Coffee.
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NewsEG on the Move first to market with Delice to Go concept
Top 50 Indie EG On The Move is the first forecourt operator to offer Delice de France’s new Delice To Go food-to-go concept. And it’s working so well that Delice is actively looking for more sites to launch it in and is open to conversations with more forecourt operators.
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Product NewsCosta continues to create occasions for RTD coffee
Ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee is forecast to be the highest growth category in soft drinks says Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), which continues to innovate with its latest Costa Coffee Double Shot + Caramel variant targeting low-energy moments.
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NewsBP challenges preconceptions of forecourt coffee in Wild Bean Cafe campaign
BP has made its biggest marketing investment in its Wild Bean Cafe brand in the UK, challenging what it says are “long-held assumptions” that forecourt coffee and food is low quality, by reframing the brand as “one of life’s pleasant surprises”.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON: The big breakfast opportunity for forecourts
The furore over the weekend’s news that McDonald’s has quietly withdrawn its long-time favourite Breakfast Roll and replaced it with the Sausage Sandwich shows just how seriously customers view choices for their first meal of the day: and it is a mindset that should be matched by forecourt operators with their morning food to go range.
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NewsJukebox wows customers at Exelby Services
Exelby Services has become well known for providing the ‘wow’ factor on its sites – from having a replica of an F1 racing car on the ceiling of its A19 North store to a Red Arrows original Hawk T1 jet at Coneygarth.
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NewsTop 50 Indie Tankerford revamps site, rolls out own food brand and expands Refuel Market fascias
Top 50 Indie Tankerford has introduced its own brand of bakery products under the Crust label as the firm continues to embrace operational independence.