All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2014 – Page 3
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Analysis
Kevin Eastwood - BOSS executive director
It’s hard to believe but some police forces still treat theft of fuel as a civil offence. Revised Home Office guidance for Making Off Without Payment, issued in April, makes it clear that where an incident is intentional then a crime has been committed.At the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS), ...
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Merril Boulton: Passion that drives retailers
Fuel retailers are extremely passionate about their business. They have to be to deal with all the daily aggro whether it’s stock problems, equipment breakdowns, needy customers, or those wretched drivers who seem to think they can drive off without paying for fuel. They also have to be passionate to ...
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in brief
Laundering plant raided A diesel laundering plant capable of producing more than eight million litres of illicit fuel a year has been uncovered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in a cattle shed in Northern Ireland. Officers from HMRC, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the DOE Environmental ...
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Bursting with energy
Launching this summer into the convenience sector is Tropicana Energy a blend of fruit juices with extract from the guarana berry and naturally sourced caffeine. As such, each bottle of Tropicana Energy contains 75mg of caffeine, which is similar to a regular cup of home-brewed coffee. The drinks are ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on choosing the right symbol group and more on the Scottish vote
Choices, choices If you have nine shops and you are in the Top 50 Indies you are already a success by anyone’s standards. But it never stops there you are always looking to improve. Intake Developments, an up-and-coming chain of forecourts, all Jet sites, has shops ranging in size from ...
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Day in the Life: Richard Chadderton
I would like to be able to say that my day starts with a five-mile run or a visit to the gym, but sadly it doesn’t! When the alarm goes off at around 6.30am, breakfast consists of cereal or toast and a cup of tea always tea. After ...
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A charge for change
Fuel cards everybody moans about the margins, but continues to accept them as they are used in the transactions of around 20% of an average site’s fuel volume. They are key generators of fuel and non-fuel sales. But at what cost? Behind the scenes, dealers nationwide are taking ...
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Cheapest fuel in UK claim from US giant
American giant Costco claims it is selling the cheapest fuel in the UK after it opened its first filling station in this country last month.The filling station is in the car park of its site in Liverpool and is only available to Costco members. Costco UK managing director Steve Pappas ...
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Cigs fit for festivals
Philip Morris Limited (PML) has released limited-edition packaging for its Chesterfield and Marlboro Gold Original brands to celebrate the summer festival season in the UK, which is a key sales period for tobacco.There are two designs on both Chesterfield Red and Blue kingsize 19s packs: the Band and the Roadie. ...
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Iraq crisis will lead to price rises
The chairman of the PRA has warned that the crisis in Iraq will lead to fuel price rises and has slammed motoring organisations for suggesting he is scaremongering.Interviewed on BBC Breakfast last week, Brian Madderson told Steph McGovern that the price of Brent crude had hit a nine-month high of ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Ings Service Station, Staveley, Cumbria
LOCATION: Just outside Windermere, on the A591, is the small village of Ings and my target its service station. The forecourt and shop are co-located and part of a large area that also includes a significant parking area, a restaurant/motel (now closed and boarded up) and one of The Lakeland ...
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Helping you go dark
Scandinavian Tobacco Group UK (STG UK) has launched a project to help retailers get ready for the arrival of the display ban in smaller stores in April 2015.As part of the project, STG UK is working closely with a number of retailers, named the Gantry Guardians, to offer retailers guidance ...
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Westmorland opts for Greenergy deal
Greenergy has won the contract to supply retail fuels for three sites owned by the motorway services operator Westmorland. The supply agreement with the family-owned company covers three sites in Cumbria: Tebay Services North and South on the M6; the Rheged Visitor and Conference Centre, just off the A66 near ...
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Samsung introduces security system designed for retail use
Samsung Techwin has introduced a new compact and easy to install security solution for retailers.It comprises a compact vandal-resistant dome camera and a small footprint network video recorder (NVR).The SNV-6013 dome camera has a diameter of less than 113mm and a height of just 64mm, meaning the vandal-resistant dome is ...
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Esso makes its return to the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight Fuels has secured an agreement with Esso to bring its fuels back to the Isle of Wight for the first time in many years.The Esso brand is being launched on the island at The Southern Co-operative Food and Petrol Station in Sandown.David Grannum, general manager of Isle ...
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Exclusive talks could mean Murco sale is on
Negotiations about the sale by Murphy Oil of its Murco business in the UK, including its Milford Haven oil refinery, were in the final stages according to a number of reports, as Forecourt Trader went to press.According to Reuters, oil entrepreneur Gary Klesch was in the final stages of exclusive ...
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Western Isles get greater flexibility
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted binding commitments from Certas Energy and DCC plc which aim to improve competition in the supply of petrol and diesel to filling stations in the Western Isles of Scotland. The commitments bring an end to contracts which provided for many filling stations ...
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Heritage to the fore
Kerry Foods is giving its range of Wall’s savoury pastries a packaging makeover to increase shelf standout and drive new sales. Focusing on celebrating Wall’s heritage, taste and quality, the new packaging is being rolled out to coincide with changes to the range.New to Wall’s pastry line-up is a two ...
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Fresh thinking
It’s essential you keep your chilled range fresh in every sense of the word. So stock rotation is vital to ensure that items are sold in the right date order and anything that’s out of date is weeded out, but the ranging needs to be kept fresh too with new ...
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New fuel for growth
One of the most striking trends highlighted by HIM’s report is the decline in the importance of fuel to forecourts, with the proportion of customers who buy only fuel falling from 52% in 2011 to 37% in 2014, and 13% of shoppers at forecourt stores don’t even have a car.Blake ...