All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2009 – Page 5
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News
Price freeze on share bags
Specialist confectionery cash and carry company Hancocks has announced a price fix on its entire share bag range for 2009.Senior buyer Jonathan Summerley says: "This is a great value range for independent retailers, available exclusively from Hancocks and never to be seen in the supermarkets."Varieties include chocolate raisins, jelly ...
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Waking up in a bad dream
As the year kicks off it’s like waking up in a bad dream - the things we have known and trusted for so long are disintegrating before our eyes. It seems as though nothing can be relied upon, whether it’s a world-renowned bank or your local branch of Woolies. And ...
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BP is back at IFFE with franchise push
BP is back at the International Forecourt & Fuel Equipment (IFFE) Show for 2009. The oil giant is expected to showcase its Connect Wild Bean Café franchise concept. The news coincides with an announcement from BP UK fuels manager, Janet Ashdown, that the company intends to grow its dealer business ...
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Analysis
Ashes to ashes
The government’s announcement on the tobacco display ban was met with shock and disbelief by the industry last month. Experts warned retailers they would end up shouldering the financial burden of a ’dark’ tobacco market, as well as having to deal with the other implications such as safety concerns in ...
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NewsIn the surgery this month - U&I Fuels Service Station & Shop, Stadhampton, Oxford
GENERAL APPEARANCE: U&I Fuels Service Station & Shop is located at the entrance to the village of Stadhampton. The site displays a sign ’last fuel before M40’ and ’Under New Management’.FORECOURT: The site has a BP pole but my attention was first drawn to the very much past-its-best Mace signage ...
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Glimmer of hope as 2009 kicks off
Following a roller coaster year, the petrol retailing sector is trying to look for the positives as 2009 gets under way. Retailer Jonathan James, of James Graven & Sons, said he was feeling more confident than a few months ago, and this was largely due to falling oil prices. He ...
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News review 2008
== January ==As the New Year got under way, forecourts were still ’hot stuff’, with one property agent describing the market as "on fire".However the cost of forecourt crime showed a significant increase - up to £28.9m - with drive-offs representing 82% of the industry’s losses.== February ==MPs caused ...
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