All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2019 – Page 6
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The best of both
A recent visit to the Hammond Group’s stunning Three Elm site in Tonbridge, Kent, filled with Co-op-branded products, prompted further investigation into the Southern Co-op’s Welcome franchise. I am greeted by a familiar face franchise business manager Mike Fitton (pictured above), who has long experience working with independent forecourt retailers ...
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Core range of best sellers leads to more snack sales
An expert team at Walkers has spent the past year reviewing the savoury snacks category. The project involved extensive research, including shopper behaviour analysis, in-store trials and working more closely with retailers. The main lesson learned was that with hundreds of SKUs in the category, retailers were struggling to achieve ...
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St Clement’s debut from Barr Soft Drinks
Barr Soft Drinks is launching a new range of adult soft drinks, St Clement’s, made using a blend of bittersweet British apples, fruit juices and sparkling water. It is packaged in premium 500ml glass bottles, in shelf-ready trays of eight. There are two flavours: Apple & Pear and Raspberry & ...
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Award-winning Simon Smith Retail sold to MFG
MFG has confirmed its acquisition of award-winning Top 50 Indie, Simon Smith Retail.The seven-strong group has been a high-profile player in the forecourt retailing sector for many years, with its entrepreneurial flair and high standards of operation. It won Forecourt Trader of the Year back in 2005 and Forecourt Trader’s ...
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Rontec awards five-year contract to ICASA
Top 50 Indie Rontec has awarded a five-year contract to ICASA to manage the back and head office for its stations with the ICASA Energy Software Suite. "We are near completing the roll-out of the project, which is aiming at managing the full wet and dry stock for roughly 170 ...
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Suresite launches risk assessment service for the convenience store market
Suresite Group, one of the biggest names in forecourt health and safety, has launched a risk assessment service for convenience stores. Neil Simms, the group’s health and safety manager, said that many c-store owners did not fully understand their responsibilities under health and safety law, especially the implications of the ...
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Ascona snaps up Enterprise Autos forecourt
Fast-growing Top 50 Indie Ascona has added Enterprise Autos, a forecourt in Crumlin, South Wales, to its estate. The site is situated on the A467 between the towns of Pontypool and Blackwood, and features a Mace-branded convenience store and a Shell-branded forecourt, in addition to a small used car dealership ...
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Gridserve applies to build electric forecourt in Essex
Gridserve has submitted a planning application to build an ’Electric Forecourt’ in Braintree, Essex, the first of more than 100 sites it proposes to develop across the UK with the aim to make charging an electric vehicle (EV) as easy as using a petrol filling station.The company claims Braintree Electric ...
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NewsMoney Talk: Can anyone say, with any confidence, what the true price of loyalty is?
With the recent major changes involving fuel brands and their associated loyalty schemes, many consumers might be forgiven for being confused. After the shake-up we now have: Esso associated with Nectar (having dropped Tesco Clubcard); BP offering BPme Rewards (having dropped Nectar); and Shell going with Go+ instead of Drivers ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on technical misery for one retailer and no cash for another
Where is the back up for the back office? It’s been technical misery for quite some time at Huw Griffiths’ Llantwit site, where he has five Htec tills which previously had a Flow back office. Huw says: "Flow was replaced with an ITS back office in January 2018. It’s okay ...
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Analysis
Chris Judge: analysis editor, Argus Media
Simmering tensions between Iran and the US over attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf came to the boil with the downing of a US drone on 20 June, helping to reverse losses for international oil markets at the end of May and in early June. Fuel prices at the ...
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Analysis
James Lowman: chief executive, ACS
As avid readers of Forecourt Trader you will, I’m sure, be aware of new fuel labelling regulations coming into force in the not-so-distant future. Just in case you haven’t, here’s the key information: there are new regulations being introduced which legally require additional labelling on fuel dispensers and nozzles in ...
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Maynards Bassetts Wine Gums with 30% less sugar
Maynards Bassetts Wine Gums are now available in a new 30% Less Sugar variant. Brand owner Mondelez says that by displaying the new Wine Gums alongside core packs, retailers can enhance their current confectionery offering by satisfying their shoppers’ demand for lower-sugar sweets. With approximately 19g less sugar per 100g, ...
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BOSS says crime incidents fell in first quarter of 2019
Incidents of forecourt crime fell by 7.5% during the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest results recorded by BOSS.During Q1 2019, the BOSS Forecourt Crime Index fell to 142 (151: Q4 2018). The index was established at 100 in Q2 2015. During Q1 2019, the average number of ...
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Number of Tokheim Crypto VGA OPTs reaches 30,000
Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) says it has reached a record-high of 30,000 active Tokheim Crypto VGA outdoor payment terminals throughout Europe. The terminal is available in 23 countries where it is certified in accordance with both domestic and international card scheme requirements with some of the largest bank acquirers in ...
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NewsJaguar Land Rover unveils plans for UK EV production
Jaguar Land Rover has revealed plans to manufacture a range of new electrified vehicles at its manufacturing plant in Castle Bromwich, UK, as part of its commitment to offer customers electrified options for all new Jaguar and Land Rover models from 2020. Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth said: “The ...
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NewsHenderson Technology partners with EdgePetrol
Henderson Technology, the developer of EDGEPoS, has announced a partnership with EdgePetrol, the specialist in real time data for fuel forecourts. Darren Nickels, head of Henderson Technology, said: “Bringing together EDGEPoS and EdgePetrol is a perfect solution for keeping EDGEPoS at the forefront of forecourt retail technology and adding an ...
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Mars Wrigley launches Skittles Dips
Mars Wrigley is launching Skittles Dips, which combine the harder, chewy texture of Skittles with a soft, creamy yoghurt coating – creating an indulgent, multi-textured fruity experience.Alyona Fedorchenko, marketing director at Mars Wrigley, commented: “Disrupting the predictable is at the heart of the Skittles brand. In keeping with that ethos ...
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NewsTwo men threaten staff member and rob Derbyshire garage
Derbyshire Police officers are appealing for information after a robbery at the Texaco garage in Nottingham Road, Spondon, at 9.30pm on Wednesday July 3. Two men entered the garage and threatened a member of staff before taking a quantity of cash, alcohol, tobacco and cigarettes. The men then left, heading ...