All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2010 – Page 3
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NewsBig bags of tasty snacks
To support the recent launch of United Biscuits’ range of sharing price-marked packs across some of its most recognisable savoury snacks brands, UBUK is giving retailers the opportunity to win a case of each from its tasty range. The company says the new selection of £1 sharing packs ...
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JD & cola - the perfect mix
Jack Daniel’s is giving away £25-worth of Jack Daniel’s & cola to five readers to celebrate British summer time. The company says the premixed drink is the ideal way to enjoy the long nights, sporting occasions and endless barbecues. It adds that the 330ml Jack Daniel’s ...
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Calls for all road tolls to be scrapped
RMI Petrol has called on the government to cut road traffic congestion by scrapping all toll charges. Its chairman Brian Madderson said legislation was ugently needed to tackle problems in areas such as the Dartford Tunnel. In a letter to MP Norman Baker, Madderson stated: "We have been ...
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Coke gets all musical
Coca-Cola is giving consumers the chance to win tickets to live music events every hour of this month. The ’Win gig tickets every hour at Cokezone.co.uk’ activity is appearing on 2ltr, 330ml, 500ml and 330ml multipacks (sixes and eights) of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coke Zero. When they enter, consumers ...
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Alien joins Starmix
Haribo’s Starmix is celebrating its 15th birthday with the addition of a ’very cherry alien’ sweet in bags. The new sweet was decided upon via a public vote. Consumers could choose from very cherry alien, totally tropical alien or citrus blast rocket. Haribo brand manager, Katy Clark, ...
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Help and advice from jac roper
At your service Customer service is central to what you do but supplier service seems to vary rather a lot. Size doesn’t seem to have much to do with it although very small companies are probably stretched at times and very large ones have ...
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Minister urged to act over ratings issue
RMI Petrol has seen progress in its fight against Business Rates valuations for sites by holding its first face-to-face meeting with a minister on the issue. The organisation’s chairman Brian Madderson helped set up the industry-wide meeting with Tory MP Robert Neill, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department ...
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Hand car washes take 45% of market sales
Drivers spent £523m on car washes last year, according to a new report from Datamonitor. The research company found that hand car wash operations, including those in supermarket car parks, accounted for 45% of value sales with the remainder of the market split between standalone car wash businesses and ...
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GreatGas expansion
Great Gas Petroleum (Ireland) Ltd, the Irish-owned fuel supplier, has signed a five year contract worth more than €30 million to open the company’s landmark 50th fully branded GreatGas forecourt. The company said the 24-hour site would open on Parnell Road in Harold’s Cross, Dublin, and would include a GreatGas ...
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Harvest adds four more sites
Harvest Energy has added four new sites to its brand. Harvest Energy said three of the newly branded sites were in Scotland – Crossways Garage, in Gretna, Allison’s Service Station, Bladnoch, and a second Allison’s site in nearby Wigtown. The fourth site was Birmingham Road Service Station in Kidderminster. According ...
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MP Robert Neill urged to act on Business Rates
RMI Petrol took part in an industry-wide meeting with Tory MP Robert Neill yesterday to lay out its case against the 2010 Business Rates valuations for petrol stations. RMI Petrol chairman Brian Madderson said the meeting with Neill, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local ...
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Car washes top £500m a year
Drivers spent £523 million on car washes last year – despite most thinking that washing their own vehicles achieved better results, according to research by Datamonitor.The independent business analyst found people were far more likely to pay for their car to be washed than do it themselves despite economic pressures, ...
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NewsShell launches new FuelSave fuel
Shell has teamed up with Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff to launch Shell FuelSave unleaded and diesel - described as two breakthrough fuels designed to help drivers save up to 1 Litre of fuel per tank from the very first fill, at no extra cost. The company says the new smarter fuels ...
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Buncefield companies fined more than £9m
Total UK and four other companies were today ordered to pay more than £9 million in combined fines and costs over their part in the Buncefield oil depot explosion. Total was fined £3,600,000 and will also pay £2,600,000 costs for failing to protect workers and the public over the explosion ...
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Sales success for Gulf site
Retailer Geoff Ross has already seen fuel sales rise since changing his Watcombe Service Station site in Torquay to Gulf last month. Geoff bought the site, which has a Costcutter store, about two years ago – sharing responsibility of the business with his wife Julie. He said: "Julie and ...
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Greenergy unviels expansion plans
Greenergy Fuels Ltd has revealed plans to build new fuel tankage and distribution facilities in Cardiff. The company said the move marked the next step in its UK expansion strategy, following its recent acquisition and refurbishment of the Mayflower Terminal in Plymouth and extensive investment in new fuel storage and ...
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Subway boost for Fraser Group
The Fraser Group has carried out a refit of its Carterton site in Oxfordshire in a bid to capitalise on developing its food to go offer. The retailer, a former Forecourt Trader of the Year, carried out extensive research with The Cog Research and Marketing Ltd in order to determine ...
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Retailers in the driving seat at Top 50 Indies Track Day
About 50 retailers enjoyed an action-packed day out at the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies Track Day last week. The group, mostly from the Top 50 Indies list, got the chance to drive Lamborghinis and an Audi R8 as well as having a go at some tarmac and gravel rally ...
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BP and Snax 24 announce new five year deal
BP and Snax 24 have announced they will continue their partnership after agreeing a new five year deal. According to BP, the agreement will see the oil company supply around 200 million litres of fuel a year to 39 existing Snax 24 sites plus four new planned conversions.Peter Molloy, BP’s ...
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