All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2014 – Page 4
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Getting kitted out
Lucozade is launching a new on-pack offer across its entire Sport range.The Kit Out Project will see shoppers collecting codes and redeeming them in return for free sports kit and equipment.Running for nine months, both sports teams and individuals have the chance to be kitted out. This follows extensive research ...
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Nutella for on the go
Ferrero is taking Nutella into the confectionery category with the launch of Nutella & Go! in August. Targeted at teens and young adults, it comprises a portable pack with the hazelnut and chocolate spread on one side and breadsticks for dipping on the other. Rrp is 84p.Levi Boorer, customer development ...
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The Winning Legacy
When the Chartman Group’s Winning Post site in Exeter finally opened its doors on May 14 it was the culmination of a seven-year plan to create a legacy. It hasn’t all been plain sailing, but by being patient, and with a bit of good luck thrown in, the end ...
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Security matters
The forecourt can be a tempting place for all the wrong reasons: valuable fuel; a big supply on-shelf of fast-moving easy-to-pinch goods, like cigarettes; a till full of money; an ATM with even more moneyAnd so you face drive-offs, people with no means to pay, bulk fuel theft, hold-ups, break-ins, ...
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Packed with vouchers
Walkers has launched a new on-pack promotion across its core snacks range in association with Merlin Entertainments. The promotion offers half price entry to 27 top attractions including Legoland, Thorpe Park and Alton Towers. It is running across all standard and grab bags with every pack having a voucher for ...
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Is Stanlow up for sale?
The owners of Stanlow oil refinery at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire are seeking to sell the facility, according to reports in the Financial Times.India’s Essar Group, which bought the refinery from Shell for $350m in 2011, is in talks with a number of parties about selling a minority stake or ...
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Tracy West: Shop Talk
While travelling through France recently, I purchased a fabulous product called Nutella & Go! That exclamation is theirs, not mine, but it deserves it because it is so good. Remember those KP dips that were all the rage years ago? Pots of chocolate with biscuit fingers to dip in well ...
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Sweet spot
The warmer weather is generally good news for sugar confectionery as consumers swap melt-prone chocolate for sweets. And one brand that performs particularly well in forecourts is Haribo, whose Starmix, Tangfastics and Super Mix continue to be the brand’s best sellers, worth over £3.9m within forecourts alone (IRI data).Haribo marketing ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Ahoy there as Cadbury’s launches new tablet
Cadbury Dairy Milk’s co-branded range has been boosted with the launch of its Chips Ahoy tablet. Following on the success of Cadbury Dairy Milk with Oreo and Daim, Cadbury’s is bringing together another two hugely popular global brands in a collaboration that aims to drive incremental sales across the chocolate ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Heineken campaign aims to ’open your city’
Heineken is launching the first stage of its ‘Open Your City’ campaign on July 15 with a six-month partnership with Metro entitled ‘London Unlocked’. Metro and Heineken will produce a new double-page spread, every Monday starting on today, which will be a guide to the best events and experiences in ...
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NewsSHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Warburton’s bears all in new partnership with Paddington
Bakery brand Warburtons has announced a strategic brand partnership with Paddington Bear to celebrate the launch of the new Paddington film this autumn. For the first time in its 138-year history, Warburtons headquarters in Bolton and more than six million of its Half & Half products will undergo a major ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: BAT target RYO sales with new Pall Mall launch
British American Tobacco has launched Pall Mall RYO 20g with papers in pack. The move is designed to strengthen existing market share and is also expected to drive more sales for the RYO brand, which the company says is currently at number eight in RYO’s top 10 brands (Nielsen YTD ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Cadbury’s Wispa gets the biscuit treatment
Burton’s Biscuits Company is boosting its Cadbury Special Occasions Biscuits range with the launch of new Cadbury Wispa biscuits. With annual sales of £10 million, the range currently comprises Cadbury Dairy Milk, Cadbury Crunchie, Cadbury Caramel and Bournville biscuits. “The Cadbury Wispa Biscuits’ launch will build on Burton’s highly successful ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: New manager for OPW’s retail fueling business unit
Global fluid-handling solutions specialist OPW, has promoted Josh Vander Hey to Western regional sales manager for its Retail Fueling business unit. Prior to this appointment, Vander Hey was the commercial district manager for OPW Retail Fueling, an OPW business unit and the leading manufacturer of fueling components such as nozzles, ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: No Fear campaign to energise sales
No Fear Energy Drinks is launching a new on-pack campaign, designed to energise customers’ ears as well as their minds. Those who purchase promotional cans of limited-edition No Fear Extreme Energy will receive a free music download. The promotion is running this month, with No Fear promoting the campaign across ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Frozen yoghurt sales on the rise as demand cools for ice cream, says Mintel
New research from Mintel finds things are hotting up in the freezer cabinet as frozen yogurt gives ice cream a run for its money. The warm summer of 2013 provided a significant boost to the ice cream market with a more than 7% year-on-year rise in values when sales jumped ...
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NewsEQUIPMENT NEWS: Tesco reveals new video ’tweet’ wall
Harrogate-based digital display specialist I-Led Media has completed its first major project for supermarket giant, Tesco. The company which specialises in digital kiosks and high bright digital displays has installed a 3.7m wide by 2.3m high external video ’tweet’ wall – featuring high bright screens - outside the entrance to ...
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MRH plans 30 Subway stores by end of 2015
MRH has revealed more details of its plans to develop Subway stores at its sites after opening the first one at Bellshill in Glasgow. Two more have opened at Springburn, Glasgow, and Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, and it plans to have 10 operating by the end of the year, and 30 ...
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Town centre first policy not working says ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has told an influential group of MPs that high streets continue to suffer from the unrelenting stream of out of town developments. In an evidence session on the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), ACS chief executive James Lowman told the Communities ...
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High Noon adds two more sites
Award-winning independent convenience store and petrol station operator High Noon Stores is to expand its presence across Wales with two new stores opening this month, creating 12 new jobs. The company, which was recently crowned The Grocer magazine’s Independent Retailer of the Year, is opening a petrol station and Spar ...