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MFG signs supply deal with Jet for 9 sites
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced the signing of a new multi-site fuel supply agreement with Jet.Jim Mulheran, MFG’s fuels director, said: "There were already two stations operating under the Jet brand when we acquired the MFG business in December 2011. This new agreement covers ...
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Jet tempts motorists with chance to win £5,000 of free fuel in anniversary prize draw
Jet has unveiled the first of a raft of initiatives to celebrate the brand’s 60th anniversary in 2014. From Monday, November 25 until Friday December 20, hundreds of Jet forecourts nationwide will participate in Jet’s 1954 Free Prize Draw. Every time customers fill up with a minimum £30 fuel spend ...
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NewsMFG signs multi-site fuel deal with Jet
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced the signing of a new multi-site fuel supply agreement with Jet. Jim Mulheran, MFG’s fuels director, said: “There were already two stations operating under the Jet brand when we acquired the MFG business in December 2011. This new agreement ...
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NewsJet targets network growth of 30% by 2018
Plans to boost the number of Jet sites by 30%, and a raft of initiatives aimed at enhancing the brand’s retailer package were announced at this week’s Phillips 66 annual dealer conference, held in the plush surroundings of Gleneagles, Scotland. At a convivial gathering of more than 200 delegates, including ...
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Jet turns yellow and blue into green
Jet is rolling out a new green initiative to complement the re-imaging of its sites, which enables it to recycle the old yellow and blue plastic bins, but only after some teething problems. Previously, when sites were re-imaged the bins were classified as waste and disposed of, but Sharon Morrow, ...
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Jet’s new promotion targets families looking for a break
Jet is offering its dealers the chance to participate in a new promotion to attract customers in advance of the school holidays. By spending £20 or more in a single transaction between March 20 and April 30 at participating Jet forecourts, customers can receive two 2-for-1 entry vouchers (while stocks ...
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New services for Jet dealers
Phillips 66 has introduced two new initiatives with equipment suppliers aimed at increasing the profitability of Jet dealers. The company has introduced a new pump maintenance contract for 2013 to reduce downtime on the forecourt and ensure continuation of supply for dealers. The new service contract with Tokheim is in ...
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Fifty years with Jet
Garner Group Holdings has celebrated 50 years as an independent Jet dealer.Maurice Garner signed his first supply contract with Jet in 1961, following the opening of his first service station near Portsmouth, and five decades later, the Garner Group operates three Jet forecourts in the region Woolmer, Green Road ...
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Garner Group notches up 50 years with Jet
Garner Group Holdings has celebrated 50 years as an independent Jet dealer. Maurice Garner signed his first supply contract with Jet in 1961, following the opening of his first service station near Portsmouth, and five decades later, the Garner Group operates three Jet forecourts in the region - Woolmer, Green ...
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MRH upgrades wash facilities with Istobal jet washes
Number-one indie MRH Retail has ordered 29 N’joywash machines from Istobal following a recent trial of the jet wash machines. During the 12-week trial, the n’joywash jet wash was measured against other manufacturers, assessing customer satisfaction, ease of Use, reliability, looks and design, revenue generation, service back-up, and price. Andrew ...
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Jet campaign offers discounts on sports activities
Motorists will be able to take advantage of a number of sports and fitness experiences, thanks to a new fuel and shop promotion from Jet.The Jet Active campaign, which runs from July 30 to October 31, will see vouchers handed out to customers spending more than £30 on fuel or ...
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Jet agrees Post Office partnership to offer cash management service
Jet has agreed a new partnership deal with the Post Office to introduce a cash management service for its dealers. A spokesman for the company explained that in the recession a growing number of customers were paying in cash for their fuel and goods on forecourts, increasing the amount of ...
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Armed robbery at Jet forecourt
Police are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a Jet forecourt in Longton, Staffordshire on Wednesday morning.At around 5.10am two men entered the Jet station on Lightwood Road and threatened a member of staff with what appeared to be a handgun.They then stole money and left via the ...
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Jet confirms operations running ’as normal’ as Unite talks continue
ConocoPhillips has confirmed that there is currently no planned maintenance underway at its Humber oil refinery in the north east of England, and operations are running as normal. Earlier in the week Jet retailers had been alerted to a release by business news agency Bloomberg that there were plans to ...
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Duns Service Station wins Jet national award for standards and service
Duns Service Station in Scotland has been named winner of Jet’s annual ‘Aim4success’ awards, which recognise dealers’ commitment to providing high levels of service, safety, training and communication.All 380 Jet dealers in the UK participated in the national ‘Aim4Success’ programme and were judged throughout 2011 on a variety of criteria. ...
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Jet names inaugural Sales Assistant of the Year
Val Taylor, 72, of Crosspool Service Station in Sheffield has won Jet’s first-ever award for Sales Assistant of the Year.This new initiative aims to reward members of staff for their customer service skills at Jet’s network of around 380 independently operated sites.Nominees were put forward by their dealers and regional ...
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Life after Jet
Disappointed, stunned and surprised were just some of the emotions Jet dealers in the South West expressed when they were told they had six months to find alternative fuel supply because ConocoPhillips was pulling out of their region.At a hotel in Plymouth last June, ConocoPhillips’ management announced to the invited ...
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ConocoPhillips builds bridges with its Jet dealers as tanker driver strike continued
Jet has responded to negative feedback about its alleged failure to plan for the anticipated Wincanton tanker driver strike by opening up communications with dealers.More than 120 oil tanker drivers launched seven days of strike action at three ConocoPhillips fuel terminals in Immingham, Warwickshire and Stockton-on-Tees on January 24 in ...
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Hudson leaves Jet in restructure
Jet’s retail marketing manager Patrick Hudson is leaving ConocoPhillips after nearly 28 years with the company including 10 years in his current role.Following a consolidation of Jet’s UK sales and marketing teams restructuring its sales organisation into national and regional teams Lindsey Grant has taken on the ...
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ConocoPhillips builds bridges with its Jet dealers as tanker driver strike continued
Jet has responded to negative feedback about its alleged failure to plan for the anticipated Wincanton tanker driver strike by opening up communications with dealers.More than 120 oil tanker drivers launched seven days of strike action at three ConocoPhillips fuel terminals in Immingham, Warwickshire and Stockton-on-Tees on January 24 in ...