All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2016 – Page 4
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Crisp and spry
The crisps and snacks market in the UK is in slight growth (up 0.8%) making it worth some £3.3bn (Kantar Worldpanel data 52 weeks ending March 27, 2016). And although four out of every five pounds spent on crisps and snacks goes through the major grocery multiples, this still leaves ...
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Demand continues to drive up property prices
Lack of supply and strong demand is driving prices for forecourt property, according to a market update published by specialist business property adviser Christie & Co.In its report covering the first half of 2016 it says demand is being driven by a number of acquisitive operators and lenders looking to ...
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Colourmix M&M’s
M&M’s is celebrating this year’s Olympics with the launch of new, limited-edition M&M’s Rio Colourmix packs of Peanut and Chocolate M&M’s which contain only green, yellow and blue sweets. Mars Chocolate’s trade communications manager, Bep Dhaliwal, said: "Around 90% of the population is expected to tune into the Games ...
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Wayne gives forecourt retailers a ClearView
Wayne Fueling Systems has added ClearView to its Wayne Cloud. ClearView combines fuel management products acquired through the recent Wayne acquisitions of Texas-based Simmons Sirvey Corporation and Vianet Fuel Solutions in the UK. "We’re excited to introduce these new products to our portfolio," said Wayne vice president of products and ...
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Cleaning wheels traditional rollovers find hard to reach
Vehicle wash specialist Wilcomatic is introducing the Christ Wheel Master wheel washing system, which automatically adapts to clean both standard wheels and larger ones on the biggest 4x4s, regardless of axle height.The system uses a normal-size brush, suitable for the average car, and equips it with an up and down ...
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VLight chooses TLM
TLM Group Technology has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor and service provider for VLight, a leading European provider of lighting and signage solutions to the petrol and wider retail sector.Bob Laidlaw, TLM operations director, said: "We are very pleased to be working with VLight to bring their products to ...
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Money Talk: Your car wash - dead space or profit centre?
Hundreds of forecourts have the same problem: a large and heavy piece of equipment taking up quite a lot of space in its own dedicated area which, although costly to install and maintain, has produced very decent profits for many years. But that was before a no-tech alternative sprang up ...
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News in brief
Architect accolade The winner of the 2015 Forecourt Trader of the Year Award has received further accolades, this time from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The Gloucester motorway service station on the M5 has won an RIBA National Award for its designer Glenn Howells Architects, and the owners ...
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Brexit - a fresh look at legislation
The Brexit vote could provide the opportunity to take a fresh look at legislation that had fed through from Europe, according to PRA chairman Brian Madderson. He suggested the priority would be the timetable for the introduction of E10 petrol: "I hope we will be able to take a fresh ...
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Five-year BP deal for Park Garage Group
BP has extended a fuel supply agreement with Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group for another five years.The agreement covers eight petrol filling stations in the South East of England, all of which include Park & Shop convenience stores.Sebastian Hoevermann, lead business development manager, BP, said: "We are pleased to ...
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BP chooses Viscount
New Viscount forecourt amenity units, from Leafield Environmental, have been installed across BP’s network of service stations throughout Spain.Each combines a litter bin with a paper towel and glove dispenser. Produced in BP corporate colours, the units have a 522mm diameter compact footprint that fits easily on the majority of ...
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Merril Boulton - editor: Never a truer phrase
Whoever said a week is a long time in politics (prime minister Harold Wilson in 1964 apparently), could not have coined a more apt phrase for what’s happened in the past seven days (writing on July 1). Chaos and skullduggery appears to be the order of the day as the ...
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Kevin Eastwood: executive director BOSS
We now know where we stand with Europe, while the performance of the home nations in the Euro football championship has kept us all on a knife edge. And we’re delighted to have recovered a massive £500,000 for forecourt retailers during the first six months of 2016. This success means ...
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Being served
Rachael Hockmeyer runs a mighty fine petrol station for someone who drives an electric car! Yes, she is teased particularly at Texaco meetings but she is more than comfortable squaring the financial and environmental benefits of her car, with running an excellent forecourt convenience store and workshop ...
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Fighting back
Forecourt crime is a major drain on the sector’s finances. Previous surveys have put the cost at more than £30m a year and BOSS (British Oil Security Syndicate) is finalising the results of its latest forecourt crime survey and intends to publish them later in the summer. BOSS chief executive ...
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Vote now for this year’s Special Recognition award
The hunt is on for this year’s Special Recognition award (previously known as Retailer Champion); which is supported by the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards 2016’s main sponsor, Certas Energy. We’d like you to vote for the person/people who you think are blazing a trail in the forecourt retailing ...
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Top award for Euro Garages bosses as expansion plans are revealed
Bosses of Top 50 Indie Euro Garages have outlined their plans for the future as its joint CEOs received an international award for their leadership in convenience retailing. Commercial director Ilyas Munshi said Euro Garages had access to 1,100 forecourt sites across France and Benelux, and was poised to expand ...
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Planters range and Mr Peanut arrive in the UK
Planters, the number one nut brand in the US, is entering the UK as the second launch under the Kraft brand portfolio since the Kraft Heinz merger last summer. Following an initial launch in Asda in May, Planters is available to all retailers from this month.The launch includes the arrival ...
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Applegreen NACS win
Applegreen has won the NACS Insight 2016 International Convenience Retailer of the Year Award for its recently opened M1 Lisburn Motorway Service Area in Northern Ireland. The award, sponsored by Accenture, was presented during the NACS Insight Convenience Summit Europe in London on June 9 at this year’s International ...
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’Cluck & Collect’ site
Jet’s Border Cars forecourt in Dumfries has gone the ’eggstra’ mile by introducing a collection service with a difference: an egg vending machine. Border Cars believes it is the first forecourt in Scotland to introduce this ’cluck and collect’ service but it doesn’t think it will be the last ...