All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2012 – Page 2
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News
Budget range bolsters January sales for Spar Pentwyn forecourt
Spar’s Pentwyn forecourt store has successfully bucked the trend during the traditional January slump by replacing its festive display with a full S-Budget range, according to store manager Christine Lewis.The 24-hour Spar store and service station in Cardiff took the initiative to create a full display of the fantastic value ...
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Fears of diesel black market operating in the Southeast
Some Eastern European hauliers are allegedly welding extra tanks to their tractor units to bring cheap diesel into the Southeast and sell it on the black market. RMI Petrol chairman Brian Madderson told Forecourt Trader that an undercover BBC reporter, who approached him to ask about the legality of such ...
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NewsCalanike boss slams AIB’s ’heart-breaking’ decision
Calanike Retailing boss Kenny Webster is “absolutely furious” with Allied Irish Bank (AIB), following its shock decision to put his petrol retailing group into receivership, at the same time as placing his drinks manufacturing business – Sangs – into administration. He said the move had put the livelihoods of more ...
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Convenience holds its own, but pressure on fuel prices will continue into 2012, says Christie + Co
Despite the strains on the consumer purse, the increasing high-street presence of small-format supermarkets and the summer’s social unrest, the independent convenience retail sector continued to hold its own in 2011, says Christie + Co’s Business Outlook 2012.According to Business Outlook 2012, which uses average price information derived from retail ...
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Government joins forces to launch hydrogen fuel cell project
A ground breaking project to ensure the UK is well-positioned for the commercial roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles has been launched, business minister Mark Prisk announced today. The new programme – UKH2Mobility – will evaluate the potential for hydrogen as a fuel for ultra low carbon vehicles in ...
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Topaz announces new chief executive
John Williamson has been appointed as the new chief executive of Topaz, Ireland’s largest fuels and convenience retailer. The announcement was made today by the company’s chairman, Neil O’Leary.The announcement follows the resignation of former chief executive Eddie O’Brien, who resigned in order to take up a senior position with ...
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Shell boosts fuel card offering with Texaco
Shell has signed a card acceptance agreement with Valero Energy to offer euroShell card customers the opportunity to fill up at UK Texaco-branded sites.The agreement means that the euroShell card will now be accepted at Shell, Texaco, Total and Esso sites in the UK. This follows on from Shell becoming ...
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Tackling retail crime is vital, says ACS
New figures showing the increasing cost of retail crime and the alarming increase in reported verbal and physical abuse of retail workers are evidence of the need for government, Police and communities to take retail crime seriously, says the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).Figures released by the British Retail Consortium ...
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NewsShell to trial business lounges on motorway sites across Europe
Shell and flexible workspace provider Regus have announced the trial of a joint programme that could see Regus business lounges open at Shell petrol forecourts on motorways across Europe.The first business lounge, which is designed to meet the needs of a growing number of mobile workers, has opened at a ...
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Thieves abandon stolen ATM
Thieves used a stolen pick-up truck to make off with an ATM from a Wirral forecourt. The incident happened at the BP garage in Spital in the early hours of Friday, January 12. Officers were called to the site on Brimstage Road at around 1.35am.The cash machine was found around ...
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Top 50 Indie Calanike in receivership and seeking potential buyers
Glasgow-based Top 50 Indie Calanike Retailing Ltd, founded by managing director Kenny Webster in 1998, is in receivership, and seeking interest from potential buyers. Elizabeth Mackay, Ryan Grant and Anne O’Keefe, partners at corporate advisory and restructuring specialist Zolfo Cooper, were appointed joint receivers over Calanike Retailing Limited today (January ...
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New forecourt saves 35-mile round trip for fuel
Residents of Kielder in Northumberland are celebrating after hearing about plans to re-open the area’s only petrol station. It closed in 2008, leaving the residents with a 35-mile round trip to get fuel.The £90,000 project to re-open the petrol station gets under way this month with a view to it ...
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Petrogas to lease two James Graven sites
Top 50 Indie Petrogas has signed a 20-year lease agreement to operate former Forecourt Trader of the Year Jonathan James’ two sites in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. Slade End Service Station has already been rebranded Applegreen and is due to have the existing Spar convenience store converted into an Applegreen Shop, while ...
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Carsley Group supports Help for Heroes
Top 50 Indie the Carsley Group is supporting the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity across its network with a raffle to give away three mountain bikes. The group, which has a particular affinity with the charity because managing director Mark Carsley has a family member who is a Royal Marine, has ...
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Retailers urged to do more with contactless card technology
Research from YouGov’s Mobile Wallet study reveals low awareness and usage rates for contactless card technology, indicating that banks and retailers need to do more to increase usage of the technology, according to the study.Mobile Wallet, a study looking at NFC (Near field communication) and contactless technology, has found that ...
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Positive year-to-date results for Nisa
Nisa has announced a year-to-date sales increase of 3.1% for the 39 weeks from April 2011 until December 2011, driven by existing members purchasing an increasing amount of products through Nisa’s Central Distribution Services (CDS).This was evident over the Christmas trading period, claims the symbol group. For the five-week period ...
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Two for toffee
Müller Dairy is introducing a new toffee flavour. It is available as a limited-edition Vitality yogurt four-pack and as a permanent line in Vitality yogurt drink six-packs.
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Tasty toppings
Quaker is building on the runaway success of its Quaker Oat So Simple Pots with a new sub-range featuring tasty oat cluster toppings in two flavours: chocolate and strawberry.
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Analysis
What’s in store?
This coming year will see the growing trend towards market consolidation, according to Adam Wadlow, partner at property specialist BarberWadlow."Last year’s Rontec deal with Total was possibly the start of a general pattern," he said. "The sale of Motor Fuel Group was another case in point. In order to survive ...
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Stick with it
It’s a case of New Year, new flavours for chewing gum. Wrigley is adding evolution which is described as a sour-to-sweet citrus pear flavour to its 5 range. Extra is taking the fruity route with a new strawberry flavour while Perfetti Van Melle is adding skweez and ice ...