All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2019 – Page 5
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News
Kay Group chooses BP for latest NTI site
BP has signed its first new-to-industry site with The Kay Group at Rockingham Service Station. The Kay Group will be working with Spar, Greggs, WH Smith and there will be a Costa drive-thru at the new location at junction 28 off the M1, at Mansfield in Derbyshire. Howard Nunn, BP’s ...
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Heritage brand Bournville Orange makes permanent return
Cadbury’s heritage brand Bournville is bringing back Cadbury Bournville Orange this month, and it will now become a permenant offering for the brand. Cadbury Bournville Orange first launched in 1927 and was brought back for a limited time in 2009. It is now being brought back to market to tap ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: editor
Happy New Year to you all let’s hope it’s a good one, as the song goes. As we launch into 2019, things appear pretty positive for the fuel retailing sector, with property prices staying strong despite the big deals done last year (see Focus on Property, p31). Even MFG’s buyout ...
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Analysis
Kevin Eastwood: BOSS - executive director
During the second half of 2018 we saw a significant rise in incidents of crime on forecourts, and the BOSS Forecourt Crime Index for the third quarter of 2018 revealed a 13% rise in the number of incidents. Rising fuel prices also pushed the cost of crime to retailers up ...
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Police chief blames forecourt operators for fuel thefts
A police chief has blamed petrol station owners for fuel thefts after it was revealed just two out of 255 incidents in his territory last year resulted in charges. His comments came after a Freedom of Information request by the Matlock Mercury found that thousands of fuel thefts from petrol ...
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GripHero launches pink plastic recycling bins
GripHero has launched a new range of bright pink plastic recycling bins to help dispose of its anti-static, fully recyclable hand protection, as well as other plastic. Commenting on the launch Oli Yeo, designer and managing director of GripHero, said: "We believe in encouraging forecourts to complete the recycling circle. ...
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NewsBig deals
There’s no doubting the big property stories of 2018 with the biggest of them all being MFG’s acquisition of MRH but there was a lot more going on than that. Think Prax buying HKS, as well as Certas Energy and Jet snapping up sites. Indeed, according to forecourt property specialist ...
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NewsFormer MRH retail chief takes helm at Bestway Retail
The former managing director, retail of MRH, Andrew Cresswell, has been appointed chief retail officer of Bestway Retail, which comprises the company’s owned and franchise stores including Bargain Booze, Select Convenience, Central Convenience and Wine Rack. Central Convenience Stores has 20 forecourt sites. Cresswell was appointed managing director, retail, of ...
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Pipers voted best savoury snack in upmarket poll
Pipers has, for the seventh year in a row, been voted Britain’s best savoury snack brand. The Lincolnshire-based premium snack maker topped the poll in an annual survey of speciality food products on sale in UK delicatessens, farm shops and food halls by Fine Food Digest. The brand recently launched ...
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Move your cold remedies out from behind the till
GSK is urging retailers to maximise visibility of cold and flu remedies by bringing them out from behind the counter and placing them within the shop, accompanied by pos where possible. Retailers are also advised to think about boosting sales of complementary products, such as tissues, by placing them close ...
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Cadbury Darkmilk in small bars for c-stores
Cadbury Darkmilk, launched last year in Tesco, is now available to convenience retailers in an impulse format. The 35g bars come in Original and Almond varieties, rrp 65p, with a price-marked version also available at 55p. At the same time, a new 85g Salted Caramel bar is being launched. The ...
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Park Garage Group’s Balraj Tandon receives an MBE
Park Garage Group director, Balraj Tandon, has been made an MBE in the New Year’s Honours in recognition of his services to business and the south London community. The 59-year-old emigrated to the UK as a refugee from Uganda in 1975 with his family, and has built up the family ...
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Ascona Group grows to nine sites with Mossdale purchase
Rapidly growing forecourt operator Ascona Group has taken its estate to nine sites after the purchase of Mossdale Service Station, located on the A6, near to Carnforth in Lancashire. The Esso with Nisa c-store was sold through Christie & Co, who sought offers in excess of £2m. Mossdale Service Station ...
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Analysis
Chris Judge: analysis editor - Argus Media
Oil prices continued their downward trajectory in December after heavy losses in the last quarter of 2018. Concerns about over-supply were further complicated by an uncertain global economic outlook in response to US trade tariffs on China. These losses were partially reflected on the forecourt, but domestic retail prices continue ...
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Pep & Lekker introduces compostable packaging
Vegan snacks producer Pep & Lekker has introduced compostable packaging for its Seed Snacks.Susan Gafsen, founder of Seed Snacks, commented: “The growing appetite for nutritionally well-rounded/clean deck snacks has never been greater and yet we believe the ethical space that vegan snacks inhabit means they’re better placed than most to ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month MFG Grab & Go, Barton Mills
Location: On the ultra-busy Fiveways Roundabout on the A11 near Bury St Edmunds The pole sign is a busy one with the Esso logo on top then Hursts Grab & Go, Subway, the fuel prices, Synergy, Costa and Stone Willy’s Kitchen. There is a lot of advertising around the dispensers ...
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Money Talk: Honesty is always the best policy, especially when it comes to HMRC
There’s a saying that there are two people with whom you should always be completely open and honest: your doctor and your lawyer. Of course, we’d add accountant to that select number particularly at this time of year. That’s because while much of the business world seems to go into ...
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PepsiCo adds flame grilled steak to Doritos flavours
Tortilla chip brand Doritos is adding to its line-up with new Doritos Flame Grilled Steak. Available from mid-January, the new Flame Grilled Steak flavour has been launched to help retailers capitalise on the gap in the tortilla segment, with meat flavours previously being under-represented. Meat is the number three flavour ...
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Montezumas reveals Easter range additions
Montezuma’s Easter 2019 range includes three new products: a milk chocolate alternative Like No Udder egg and two giant chocolate bunnies named Bertie and Betsy.Like No Udder is ideal for vegans or those avoiding dairy products. Rrp is £9.99.The two bunnies are hollow chocolate, with Bertie in white chocolate and ...
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NewsForecourt veteran joins in action against Post Office Counters
An experienced forecourt operator is among some 560 retailers taking legal action against Post Office Ltd (POL) over accusations of false accounting using the Horizon system. As reported in this month’s Service Centre column in Forecourt Trader Phil Cowan is among the 500-plus claimants at the trial. Phil, a very ...