All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2007
View all stories from this issue.
-
News
GROCERY INQUIRY GOES LOCAL
The Competition Commission is to focus its attention on local markets for the next stage of its inquiry into the UK’s grocery industry.The ‘emerging thinking’ report published today (January 23rd), has identified areas for further investigation. These include closer analysis of the supermarkets’ buying power and relationships with suppliers, and ...
-
News
DRIVER KILLED BY FALLING CANOPY
A 58-year-old man died after a petrol station canopy fell and hit him as he refuelled during last week’s storms.The incident happened at a Sainsbury’s forecourt in Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire, on Thursday (January 19).Signage installation company Xmo Strata reported extensive damage at petrol stations across the UK during the ...
-
News
EMERGENCY SIGN CREWS IN ACTION
Emergency crews from sign installation company Xmo Strata have been called out to petrol stations and retail stores across the country, to make damaged signs safe in the teeth of the storms. By mid afternoon today (January 18) 20 crews were at sites strung out across the south coast and ...
-
News
Snacks shaping up
United Biscuits has announced a host of activity across its biscuits, snacks and cakes range for 2007, including an increased focus on health which has seen a reduction in saturated fat and salt in key brands.The McVitie’s biscuit brand will undertake its biggest through-the-line campaign, including outdoor advertising and PR, ...
-
News
Webcast to promote V-Power
Shell has launched a contest to find Britain’s best driver and promote its V-Power fuel brand. Two teams of 10 candidates from across the UK - one male, led by TV presenter and former-footballer Ian Wright; and one female, led by supermodel Jodie Kidd - will compete in the Shell ...
-
NewsPerfect partners
The Motor Fuels Group has recently become the focus of attention following its year-long, two-site trial of BP’s Connect and Wild Bean franchise - and more especially because with these sites now running successfully, the company is ready to sign up two more."The franchise trial is the best decision we’ve ...
-
NewsIn the surgery this month
General Appearance: The Simon Smith Group has a number of stores in Gloucestershire and my target was the prize-winning 24-hour site in Barnwood Road. This includes a Budgens store and Total forecourt.Forecourt: Clearly signed by an illuminated and informative Total pole, the oblong site is quite narrow, but great use ...
-
NewsMain route masters
Brackenvale Retail Centre has always been a large site by anyone’s standards but now it’s "bigger and better than ever", according to manager Sam Hawkes, who collected the latest in a string of accolades at the Forecourt Trader Awards 2006. Situated on a busy commuter route near Carryduff, around seven ...
-
NewsMeter made to save money
A revolutionary new fuel meter - Xflo - will set a new standard of accuracy and save retailers thousands of litres of lost fuel, according to Piotr Pojedynek, marketing manager of Dresser Wayne’s European operation, which will launch the new meter on January 15."Xflo offers an alternative to the traditional ...
-
NewsLeak practice
Forecourt owners need to be more proactive in their approach to their tanks and pipework to prevent problems from happening, according to Steve Watts, UK sales director at Torex Retail. "We can all be guilty of waiting for an event to happen before doing anything about it, but cleaning up ...
-
News
Trident hits the UK
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is entering the UK gum market with the launch of its international Trident brand. Cadbury says Trident is the world’s second-largest gum brand and is supporting the UK launch with a £10m spend, including TV advertising and sampling.The first products available will be Splash and Soft in ...
-
NewsForecourt franchising?
It was quite surprising to see ’franchising’ suddenly feature so prominently in last month’s Forecourt Trader - and rather timely too. EKW Group has been involved in franchising for some 20 years, and it’s one of the few accounting practices officially affiliated to the Britsh Franchise Association (BFA). In fact ...
-
NewsFocus on terminals could still pay off
UK forecourts are ahead of many of their European counterparts in adopting the latest card payment systems, but they could still work them harder, according to new research by Datamonitor.Its ’Retail Payment Mechanisms on the Forecourt’ report looked at card transactions across nine European markets and found that the UK ...
-
News
Family favourites
Stockley’s Sweets has launched a new range of traditional confectionery, aimed at impulse outlets.The Gregtons Collection includes 150g bars of handmade fudge, available in vanilla, clotted cream, rum & raisin and chocolate flavours, retailing at 99p.Other family favourites include four nougat lines, nut brittle and coconut ice, all in 150g ...
-
AnalysisDouble take
Last year saw a steep rise in the number of oil company and grocery retailer partnerships, a trend that is undoubtedly going to continue into 2007, according to Greg Hodge, retail forecourt analyst at Planet Retail, in his latest report on the global forecourt market."Oil companies across the globe are ...
-
News
Cracking soft drinks
New drinks company, Cracker, has launched a natural juice drink which aims to revolutionise the ambient juice market,Produced in the Ukraine, using locally-grown fruit, two variations of the drink - also called Cracker - have been developed: Thick & Smooth and Freshly Mashed. Thick & Smooth is pureed fresh fruit ...
-
News
Tesco on the rise as site slide continues
Tesco has consolidated its position as the second largest fuel retailer in the UK, as site numbers have continued to fall, according to the latest figures published by Catalist.Over the past year the supermarket giant has increased its market share by volume to 13% putting it firmly ahead ...
-
News
Sims off to Compass
Former BP UK retail director, Graham Sims, has been appointed managing director, business and industry, at the catering company, Compass Group UK & Ireland. Compass was keen to recruit him for his "substantial retail skills".While retaining some directorships, Sims’ main role was lost following a restructure which saw 2,000 jobs ...
-
News
Service Centre with Jac Roper - When petrol dries up
In the past few days I’ve spoken to two people engaged in retailing with businesses which had each clocked up 40 years as petrol forecourts.One, a youngish chap, had recently pulled out of petrol retailing completely to concentrate on convenience, investing a bomb, joining a symbol group and turning his ...