All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2016 – Page 4
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More Mars price-marks
Mars Chocolate is extending its portfolio of price-marked packs (PMPs) to include an additional six products. The new additions are Mars, Snickers, Twix, Bounty and Maltesers singles, all of which are available for an rrp of 50p, as well as a Maltesers Teasers single which will be released soon. Bep ...
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MFG pilots Morrisons
The first Morrisons convenience store on a Motor Fuel Group (MFG) site has been launched in Crewe the first of five pilot stores. The shop will be branded with a new fascia, ’Morrisons Daily’ using a logo that has been trialled in two of Morrisons’ Leeds stores. It will receive ...
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Vaper money
The last time Forecourt Trader ran an in-depth piece on e-cigarettes just a few months ago an expert independent review had concluded that e-cigs were less harmful than tobacco. As this article was being written, scientists had said e-cigs may be no better than their tobacco counterparts. However, their tests ...
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Positive outlook
Last year saw a major landmark for the dealer sector in the UK as it powered ahead to represent nearly 70% of all UK forecourts.The decision by the major oil companies to continue selling off many of their retail assets has enabled a few of the larger independent groups to ...
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Whiskas with Pockets
Whiskas is building on the success of its best-ever pouch recipe launch last year, with a new recipe and complete pack redesign for its range of dry cat food.The all-new Whiskas Dry comes in Chicken and Tuna flavours, available in 340g and 825g. Also available are £1 price-marked versions of ...
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Be polymer ready
With the Bank of England recently extending its paper-to-polymer transition to include £20 notes, Cashmaster International, one of the leading companies in the global cash management sector, is reminding retailers to keep ahead of upcoming changes.The company has introduced a ’Be Polymer Ready’ upgrade pack, which allows UK customers to ...
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Sites to be seen
We catch up with more Forecourt Trader of the Year 2015 regional award winners as well as three from the specialist categories midlands: up to 4 mlpa Bought by the Cheema family in December 2013, Malcolm’s Stores Nisa Local in Coventry has benefited from substantial investment and development. Coupled ...
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Share your shelfie
Cadbury Creme Egg is giving retailers a chance to win prizes worth £250 in the lead-up to Easter via a ’shelfie’ competition. For the chance to win up to £250 in stock or Love to Shop Vouchers, retailers need to upload a photo of their Gooless Cadbury Creme Egg display ...
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Shop Talk - Tracy West
Happy New Year to you all. Can you believe that we’ve already had 15 years of the 21st century? Every time I think of the 21st century, I’m transported back to my school days when we all imagined that by now, some of us would be living on the moon. ...
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RAC predicts petrol-price drop to 86ppl as oil prices continue to fall-
Petrol prices could reach their lowest level since 2009 – down to 86ppl - as the major banks predict oil prices could fall to below $10-a-barrel. Oil prices have already collapsed by 15% this year prompting the major banks such as Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs, RBS and Morgan Stanley to ...
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Fuel sales down at Sainsbury’s despite festive boost
Sainsbury’s like-for-like fuel revenues were down 1.4% according to its latest figures - for the third quarter up to January 9. Like-for-like retail sales for third quarter were down 0.4 per cent (excl fuel), but down 1.8 per cent (inc fuel).Total retail sales for the same period were up 0.8% ...
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Move fast to keep up with changing needs of c-store shoppers, says HIM study
Staff friendliness, stock availability and the ease and speed of the shopping experience are the most important drivers for c-store shoppers today, according to the latest study from HIM Research & Consulting, the Future of Convenience. But while the majority of shoppers think c-stores have improved their offers on food-to-go ...
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2015 motorbike registrations reach new high
Last year ended with a 12.7% increase in motorbike registrations, with 43,759 commuter bikes (51-125cc) put on the road – the highest on record since 1983. This sector accounted for 38.3% of bikes sold making it the largest single sector for registrations in the year.
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Two arrested for blowing up ATM
Two men were scheduled to appear in court this week after an ATM was blown up at a forecourt in Cheadle. According to the Manchester Evening News, the incident – at the BP garage in Stockport Road – happened in the early hours of Monday January 11.
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Lidl purchases Esso site – but has no intention of selling fuel
Lidl’s purchase of an Esso site in Balderton, Nottinghamshire does not signal its entry into the UK forecourt market. A spokesperson for the discounter confirmed the intention was to demolish the filling station to make way for a supermarket.
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Mixed fortunes for grocery multiples’ forecourt plans
Asda has been granted permission to build a new forecourt in Wolverhampton. According to the Midlands Express and Star, the superstore giant had initially wanted to knock down a pub next to its shop in Molineux Way and turn it into a petrol station. But those plans were refused.
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Forecourt freehold investment
Harmsworth Pooled Property Unit Trust, advised by Helix Property Advisors, has acquired the freehold investment of two petrol filling stations and convenience stores, in Hemel Hempstead and Roehampton, London SW15 from companies advised by Avignon Capital Limited, for £6.54m.Both properties are let to Co-operative Foodstores Ltd, for a further 11.5 ...
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Moto completes ADBlue installation across its entire UK HGV network
Moto Hospitality is claiming to be the first motorway services operator to offer AdBlue from the pump at all 44 of its HGV forecourts across the UK.It installed the first of the bulk AdBlue dispensers at Wetherby Service Station in October 2009,and since then Moto has steadily increased its AdBlue ...
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Product news: Flavour addition for King Pot Noodle
Uniliver UK is adding Chinese Chow Mein to the King Pot format of its number one instant hot snack, Pot Noodle.Available to order now, the company says Chinese Chow Mein has one of the highest penetrations of all the Pot Noodle flavours. It is confident the launch will drive category ...
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Product news: Naked’s new Kale Blazer
Naked, the juice smoothie brand from PepsiCo, is adding to its portfolio with the launch of new Naked Kale Blazer.The new Kale Blazer smoothie contains 30% of vegetables, two thirds of which is Kale, and is a source of potassium, Vitamin K and fibre, and provides two of your five ...