All Food to go articles – Page 9
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Easy pickings
The forecourt channel is a very important one for Ginsters and this is illustrated by the brand’s prominence in forecourt stores. "When Ginsters launched in 1977, the brand was built in the impulse channel. It was and still is an ’on the move’ brand," says Andy ...
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Food for thought
The Fraser Group had always found it hard to make a success of the food-to-go sector. Owners Robert and Hugh Fraser knew how important the category could be to a forecourt but somehow could not seem to make it work well enough for them until recently. The retailers, who ...
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The lowdown
Food-to-go is often regarded as the ’holy grail’ of food categories - a real footfall driver that brings in lots of sales and profits. However for this to happen you have to do your homework and get it right. Get it wrong and it could be a costly mistake.To help ...
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Lunch crunch
With more people watching what they spend, will the luxury of a shop-bought lunch be forsaken for a home-made butty? Homeware and hardware chain Robert Dyas has reported a 68% year-on-year rise in sales of lunch-boxes but the sandwich and food-to-go suppliers to the forecourt trade remain pretty upbeat about ...
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Competition time
When it comes to food to go, who do you class as your competition? The Tesco down the road or the Greggs in town? The answer of course is that both of them are your competitors but it doesn’t end there. Competition in fact ranges from the packed lunch made ...
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Early starters
Nutritionists are always saying that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The reason? Well according to studies, people who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight, they have a higher intake of key vitamins and minerals, and are less likely to suffer from colds than those ...
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Healthdrive
consumer lifestyle changes mean sales in the food-to-go sector are rising - but customers are getting very picky about what they eat. A growing number want healthier lines - things like wraps, low-fat sandwiches or even sushi - and these products are slowly finding their way onto forecourts.According to the ...
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NewsTravelling bite
Busy Britons are said to be Europe’s biggest spenders on meals on the go - racking up an average bill of £120 per person a year, according to research company Datamonitor. And if you include the extra snacks that many of us manage to fit in around set meal times ...
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NewsRoll with the changes
Gordon Gekko may have thought lunch was for wimps and dear old Del Boy might have agreed, but forecourt retailers don’t want to wimp out on their lunchtime offer because there’s just too much to lose. According to Mintel, UK consumers spent £27.5bn on eating out in 2005, and within ...
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Meals on wheels
As more time-starved drivers take to the road in the UK, so the need for meals on the move continues to grow, with forecourts being the prime destination for travelling motorists.Datamonitor, in its report into meals consumed out of the home, published in May this year, estimates that by 2009, ...
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Legends in their own lunchtime
Lunchtime is not what it used to be. Gone are the days of the leisurely lunch, or even the standard hour come to that. Research shows that 86% of people take less than half an hour for lunch and that even the timing has become ‘elastic’, with people taking lunch ...
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Rise and shine
Breakfast is big business for retailers these days, with research showing that an increasing number of people are grabbing their first meal of the day out of the home. According to Mintel’s ‘Snacking on the Go’ report (April 2004), ‘breakfast is the most missed meal for many consumers, who do ...
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Speedy solutions
The time-pushed consumer has never had it so good – manufacturers have been busy spending millions on research and technology to come up with meal solutions that are not only quick and easy to prepare but have a quality taste and feel to them too. The market – catering to ...
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Fast forward
As independent retailers continue to seek alternative ways to make money out of running a petrol station, fast food has become an obvious vehicle to do just that. Forecourts are well placed to cash in on the needs of hungry consumers, and the cash rich-time poor trend has been a ...
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Lunch bunch
You’re on your way to work, you’ve a busy day ahead and won’t get time to stop for lunch. You stop at the garage en route for the office, fill up with petrol and at the same time grab something for lunch. Sound familiar? It might not be for you ...
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Morning stars
Most people know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day – setting you up for the hours ahead. But many people don’t get time for breakfast – either having to head off early for their busy commute or just having to work longer hours.This may sound like ...
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Meals in minutes
Cash rich, time poor consumers have no time to wait. If they want a meal they want it now and if not now, then in a couple of minutes.“Busy lifestyles dictate the need to occasionally have a ready meal as consumers are often strapped for time and have more important ...
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Some like it hot
Forecourt operators are raising the stakes in fast food like never before. Take BP Connect, for example; its Wild Bean Café is going from strength to strength, and the oil company is supporting it with so much gusto that it has even invested in a radio and billboard ad campaign ...