All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2017
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product news: Burst of advertising for vaping range
JTI is launching an advertising campaign for its new Logic LQD vaping products range. With the strapline, ‘effortless precision’, the adverts are designed to highlight the product’s advanced e-liquid refiling system. The campaign aims to reach over two million existing vapers via a two week burst of bus adverts, followed ...
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product news: Cadbury Creme Egg back on TV
Cadbury Creme Egg has unveiled its first new creative campaign in four years. Under the platform “It’s Creme Egg Hunting Season”, the 30-second TV ad will premiere on 4th January and viewers nationwide will be able to see it during The Voice Special on 7th January. The new campaign involves ...
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Park Garages introduces protein bars
Park Garages has introduced the protein bar category into its stores following a trial with Active Nutrition International (ANI), the parent company to PowerBar. In a trial across 10 Park Garages sites to test the attractiveness of the protein bar category in store, the company says PowerBar sold faster than ...
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product news: Volvic multichannel campaign
Volvic is kicking off the New Year with a multichannel marketing campaign, Find Your Volcano. The campaign celebrates the brand’s volcanic heritage and inspires the British public to find their inner strength and achieve their goals in 2017. The activity will run from January through to March across the brand’s ...
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product news: Maryland Cookies move into sharing
Burton’s Biscuit Company is moving its cookie brand into the sharing sector with the launch of Maryland Cookie Bites. Two new SKUs – Choc Chip and Choc Chip Caramel – will be available in a pouch format from mid February with an RRP of £1.49 (120g x 7 SRP), featuring ...
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product news: Nutella highlights Pancake Day opportunity
Nutella will be returning to screens with a campaign running up until Pancake Day, which this year falls on Tuesday 28th February. The £1.3m media investment will include activations across social channels, on-pack messaging and POS displays. Levi Boorer, customer development director, Ferrero, commented: “Our ‘Pancakes Love Nutella’ campaign is ...
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product news: Warburtons launches Toastie Pockets
Warburtons is kicking off the new year with the launch of a new product - Toastie Pockets. Warburtons’ Toastie Pockets are ready-made bread pockets, enabling consumers to add the filling of their choice and pop them in the toaster. Available in both white and brown variants, and with four Toastie ...
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Applegreen buys share in Dublin terminal
Applegreen plc has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire a 50% share in the Joint Fuels Terminal in Dublin port from the Topaz Energy Group for a consideration of €15.7m which will be funded from existing resources. The acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of ...
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NewsAsda opens two new filling stations in Wales
Two new Asda filling stations in South Wales have opened after being completed by the construction division of The Premier Group, a national specialist in construction and maintenance work. The new petrol filling stations, based in Llanelli and Tonypandy, were additionally awarded to The Premier Group as part of the ...
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NewsMRH buys Spring Petroleum
MRH, number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has bought Spring Petroleum which was ranked 11th in the list. In the 2016 Top 50 Indies MRH had 452 sites and the acquisition of Spring Petroleum, which included Mercury Forecourts, adds a further 27. MRH company secretary David Hathaway confirmed ...
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New car sales complete record year
The UK new car market notched up another record year in 2016, with annual registrations climbing for the fifth successive year to almost 2.7 million, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The market has experienced uplifts in 10 out of the last 12 ...
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Cash stolen in raid on Morrisons forecourt
Robbers fled with the contents of a safe after a raid at a Morrisons petrol station in Belle Vale, Liverpool, on Tuesday January 3. Merseyside Police said they were called around 6am after reports two men had ordered two members of staff on duty at the time to empty the ...
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Hoyer extends deal with Rontec
Hoyer Petrolog has announced that it has extended its agreement with Top 50 Indie Rontec to supply more than 200 of the company’s forecourts across the UK through to September 2021. Making the announcement, Allan Davison, operations director for Hoyer Petrolog UK, said: “Rontec has been a major customer of ...
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Minehead filling station sold
Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has assisted with the sale of Wheddon Cross petrol filling station in Minehead, Somerset, in an off-market deal. The business, located on the B3224 with direct access to Taunton and Minehead features a petrol forecourt and 2,500 sq ft convenience store. Christie & ...
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PRA forecasts pump prices will rise further
Prices at the pumps have hit an 18-month high and the PRA is warning they will rise further as the effects of higher wholesale prices kick in. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: “The wholesale costs for both petrol and diesel rose by nearly 5ppl during the month of December, due ...
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Safe stolen in robbery in Kent
Detectives investigating a robbery at a petrol station in Detling, Kent, are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. Kent Police was called at 11.05pm on Monday 2 January to reports that three men had stolen a safe from the Shell service station, located on the Maidstone bound carriageway ...
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product news: Ambrosia celebrates 100th anniversary
Dessert brand Ambrosia is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a year-long on-pack promotion and new packaging and giving away a total of 1,200 prizes which reflect its Devonshire heritage. Premier Foods will be introducing a new Ambrosia website and giving away 100 prizes every month to winners, with prizes such ...
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Top 50 Indie in administration
Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores has gone into administration. The South Wales convenience store chain and forecourt operator has 15 sites including 10 forecourts and was ranked 32nd in last year’s Top 50 Indies. Five of the group’s branches operate as Spar stores and a spokeswoman for Spar said: ...
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product news: AG Barr adds to Rockstar range
AG Barr has added Rockstar Revolt to its energy drinks range. There are two 500ml zero-sugar varieties: Killer Citrus and Killer Cooler; and they come in impactful camouflage covered price-marked cans of 99p. “Rockstar Revolt will appeal to the growing number of consumers who want zero sugar energy, but don’t ...
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product news: CDM back on TV
Cadbury Dairy Milk is going to be back on TV screens with a campaign that kicks off this week. The campaign will see the return of Keith in the 2015 advert, followed by a social media campaign, OOH and PR activity – all focused around a new interactive, music theme. ...