All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2014 – Page 4
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Shop Talk with Tracy West
Happy New Year to you all let’s hope it’s a good one! It’s always difficult to predict the future but, at this time of year, industry people are falling over themselves to give it a go. Take Sainsbury’s, for instance, which has said shoppers are better than ever at finding ...
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Two more Slices
Building on the success of its McVitie’s Digestive Slice, McVitie’s Cake Co is launching two new Slices: Hobnob milk chocolate slice and Digestives caramel slice.
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NewsAsda admits incorrect price cut claim
Asda has admitted a claim it made about fuel price cuts was incorrect after queries from Forecourt Trader. In a press release the supermarket giant claimed that from today it was now offering its lowest price on diesel for 18 months, at 133.7ppl. However, Forecourt Trader pointed out that just ...
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Robbers steal large quantity of cigarettes
Surrey Police are investigating a robbery that took place during a delivery to a petrol station on Kiln Lane, Epsom. Officers were called to the Sainsbury’s garage at around 7.40am on 9 January after reports that two men wearing balaclavas entered the back of a delivery van which was being ...
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NewsWarning on major new entrant stalking forecourt sector
A significant new retail entrant to the forecourt sector could make its presence felt in 2014, according to Steve Rodell, director and head of retail at specialist property adviser Christie & Co. “They have significant capital funding and could buy a national chain if they are able to find the ...
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Gulf links with film for promotion
Gulf has launched a new promotion in partnership with 20th Century Fox and its new animated film Mr Peabody and Sherman. All customers who purchase fuel at Gulf forecourts until 18 February will be given a special transaction reference which can be used to enter the competition by SMS or ...
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Sainsbury’s reaches milestone with forecourt site
A new Sainsbury’s forecourt and store opening tomorrow will represent a major milestone for the supermarket giant as the number of Sainsbury’s Local stores exceeds its supermarkets for the first time. The store, Sainsbury’s Balsall Common Local in Coventry, is the 594th Sainsbury’s Local. Mike Coupe, Sainsbury’s group commercial director, ...
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Police name man wanted for forecourt robberies
Detectives are appealing for information to trace a man wanted in connection with a series of robberies across the West Midlands. Gavin Reilly is wanted following a number of crimes at shops and petrol stations in the Black Country where cigarettes have been stolen. Officers are investigating the offences which ...
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MRH installs IIS fuel pricing system
MRH (GB) has implemented Inform Information Systems’ fuel pricing system, FuelsPricing.com, across its UK network of more than 380 petrol filling stations. MRH, which is number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, opted for the IIS system after carrying out an extensive evaluation over the last 12 months of ...
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Topaz partners Toyota for Play or Park
Topaz, Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer, has entered a partnership with Toyota which will see the car manufacturer supply four new cars for the Topaz loyalty game Play or Park in 2014. During January a five door, six speed Toyota Auris is up for grabs. The prize for July ...
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Payment Watch tops 1,800 members
BP has renewed its membership of the BOSS Payment Watch scheme for 2014 bringing the number of BOSS Payment Watch members to more than 1,800 sites. BP operates more than 300 company owned stores across the UK and has been a member of BOSS Payment Watch since the scheme was ...
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Euro Garages on target for 200 sites this year
Euro Garages has more than doubled the size of its estate in the space of a year to almost 180 sites, following the deal to acquire 48 Esso sites announced last week. The agreement to acquire the 48 Esso sites in the Midlands and east of England follows the purchase ...
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Old £50 notes to be withdrawn
The Bank of England has announced that the £50 banknote carrying the portrait of Sir John Houblon, the first governor of the Bank of England, will be withdrawn from circulation on 30 April. From that time only the £50 note featuring Matthew Boulton and James Watt, which was introduced in ...
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Attempted robbery at petrol station in Aberdeen
Police are appealing for witnesses after an attempted robbery at the BP petrol station on King Street, Aberdeen. The incident happened at around 8.30pm on Thursday 16 January, and the first male suspect is described as being around 5 foot 8in tall, of slim build and wearing a black hooded ...
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NewsBP accused of trying to wipe out customer’s business
The owner of a BP garage has accused the oil giant of aiming to wipe out his business after it won planning permission for a massive development just 50m from his site. His grievance was deepened because the first he knew about the planning application, which was made on November ...
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Girl arrested in connection with forecourt robbery
A teenage girl has been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery at Sainsbury’s petrol station in Kidderminster. It happened at about 11.30pm on Wednesday, 8th January, in Carpet Trades Way, as staff were cashing up. Three masked offenders, armed with a crowbar, forced their way in through a rear ...
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NewsChildren welcome treat from Spar forecourt
A Spar forecourt owner in Wiltshire, who decided to give local school children Christmas presents, received a warm welcome when he arrived to hand them over. The children in Musbury near Axminster were so delighted when they heard their local Spar shop was going to give them free chocolate selection ...
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Costco to start work on first UK petrol station
Asda’s reputation as the provider of the UK’s cheapest fuel could soon face a stiff challenge when Costco opens its first petrol filling station in this country. As Forecourt Trader revealed last summer the US giant applied for and was then granted planning permission for a petrol filling station (PFS) ...
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Jet ’proud’ to launch new standards and service programme
Fuel brand Jet has announced the launch of a new standards and service programme, ‘Proud to be Jet’. The programme assesses, benchmarks and continually measures site performance across all Jet-branded forecourts based on annual compliance audits and other brand-related criteria set by the company. The Jet-funded programme has been designed ...
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Over 5,000 litres of diesel stolen from Essex forecourt
More than 5,000 litres of diesel has been stolen from Coventry Hill Service Station at Hullbridge, near Rayleigh, Essex. Staff discovered the theft on Sunday morning and found that 5,620 litres had been taken. Police said that two men parked a Luton van on the forecourt just after midnight on ...