All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2020 – Page 5
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NewsDemand outstrips supply
Roadside retail has become the new high street. So says Adam Wadlow, director at property advisors Barber Wadlow. "We have become convenience junkies where we want everything now or very quickly. That’s why we’re seeing new petrol stations with Costa, Starbucks and other food-to-go outlets, whether they’re incorporated in the ...
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Cutting waste
Euro Car Parts has launched a screenwash capable of cutting plastic waste by up to 80%. It comprises concentrated tablets and a re-usable 5-litre bottle.
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Tracy West: retail commentator
Did you see the story about people in Newcastle queuing to get their hands on Greggs’ new Vegan Steak Bake? According to The Sun, the first person in the queue waited six hours for the midnight unveiling of the meat- and dairy-free snack. And the first 200 people through the ...
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Panini launches first-ever Premier League collection
Panini’s first-ever Premier League sticker collection is now available. Football 2020 is the only official Premier League sticker collection. It features the top footballing talent from one of the most competitive football leagues in the world.Football 2020 includes all 20 Premier League squads and each club has four pages, filled ...
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Circle K chooses Leighton O’Brien for wet-stock monitoring tech
Global convenience retailer Circle K, which has 410 sites across the island of Ireland, has selected wet-stock monitoring technology from Leighton O’Brien for use throughout its retail fuel network.The global, multi-year agreement sees Circle K initially implement Wetstock Live throughout 2,350 sites across Europe, followed by 5,000 sites across North ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper starts the year with a couple of feel-good stories and a not-so-good one
This sales drive took a wrong turn Happy New Year and I thought it would be nice to start 2020 with a couple of feel-good stories which although didn’t start happily ended in a satisfactory way. Mohammed Nabi contacted the helpline to say that he took part in the Philip ...
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Central England Co-op plans redevelopment
Central England Co-op has applied for planning permission for a £3m redevelopment of its Boley Park food store and petrol filling station in its home town of Lichfield.The scheme would involve creation of a new store, a large unit that will house a gym and two further retail units. It ...
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Cleaning up car washes
The hand car wash (HCW) industry has consistently been identified as one of a number of areas where workers are vulnerable to exploitation and poor working conditions. Violation of labour, employment, health and safety, and environmental regulations are well documented as are incidences of more sinister criminal activity such as ...
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Pancakes love Nutella campaign returns
The ’Pancakes Love Nutella’ campaign for Pancake Day is returning as part of a £1.4m investment in the brand.Falling on Tuesday February 25 this year, 19% of total Nutella sales take place on Pancake Day itself, so retailers are encouraged to keep their shelves stocked throughout the build-up to and ...
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Rustlers unveils its first ever veggie burger
Kepak Consumer Foods is launching its first ever vegetarian burger. The Rustlers Moroccan Vegetarian Burger (rrp £2), which is made with chickpea, grated carrot and coriander, and served with mango chutney and a yogurt and mint sauce, has been developed to drive penetration among younger shoppers.Kepak believes it has the ...
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Harvest Energy brings road tanker logistics in-house
Harvest Energy is aiming to enhance its delivery infrastructure by bringing its road tanker logistics in-house, operating under the name Axis Logistics.Like Harvest Energy, the new division of the company will be wholly owned by the Prax Group.The service was previously performed by third-party contracts and the new service is ...
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in brief
appleby westward buys denovoAppleby Westward has bought the forecourt and c-store group, Denovo Retail, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will add 15 convenience stores and two forecourt shops to Appleby Westward’s portfolio of company-owned Spar stores, taking thetotal to 88.greenergy investigation droppedThe Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has informed Greenergy ...
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Editor: Merril Boulton
Happy New Year to one and all. Hope everything went well and you all enjoyed a successful festive period on your forecourts. Generally the outlook for the New Year looks pretty good for the forecourt convenience sector (see News Extra, page 10). That’s if you ignore the explosively escalating tensions ...
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Kevin Eastwood: executive director, BOSS
This year BOSS will be celebrating the first decade of BOSS Payment Watch and our research indicates that since it was established, we’ve helped forecourt retailers to prevent and recover £100m of losses from forecourt crime. The first ’no means of payment’ (NMoP) scheme was a real milestone for BOSS. ...
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Bigger cases
Walkers has increased the case size of its price-marked packs from 12 packs per case to 15. Products in the range include Wotsits and Monster Munch.
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NewsMoney Talk: Stock shock - and what you can do to avoid it
There was a news story last month about a well-known, publicly quoted fashion retailer which announced that it may have overstated the value of stock on its balance sheet by some £25m and the consequent appointment of lawyers and accountants to investigate and determine what happened and just how big ...
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Winter cup available from Frugalpac
Frugalpac, the manufacturer of recyclable coffee cups made of recycled paper, has revealed a new limited- edition ’Winter Cup’ design featuring red and silver stars with gold branding.The Winter Frugal cup offers a solution for operators and consumers seeking environmentally-friendly cups made from 100% recycled paper.All Frugal cups are made ...
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Big hike in National Living Wage on its way in April
The government has announced what it called "the biggest cash increase ever" in the National Living Wage rate, which will take effect from April. The National Living Wage will rise by 51p from its current rate of £8.21, to £8.72 per hour.The new rates are: for people aged 25 and ...
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NewsUnder the spotlight: Jack Aplin, Eurotank
01 Career history: I have spent almost my entire career with Eurotank except for a short spell at Tesco on the checkouts. As the company expanded I was given the opportunity to take on more responsibility and I have grown with the business. 02 Dream job if you weren’t doing ...
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Any which way
Weetabix is bringing back its Any-Which-Way-A-Bix campaign, where consumers share their Weetabix creations in a bid to win a cash prize.