All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2022 – Page 2
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Product NewsWarburtons introducing PMP for its Toastie loaf for convenience stores from September
Warburtons will be putting its signature Toastie loaf into price-marked packaging (PMP) for convenience stores from September.
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Product NewsUrban Eat adds three new fillings to its range of Sub Rolls
Sandwich brand Urban Eat has added to its range of Sub Rolls with three different fillings.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Retailers silence the critics
The government’s competition watchdog has cleared retailers of profiteering after a review of the road fuel market, but has still ordered an in-depth investigation after it found “cause for concern in the growing gap between the price of crude oil when it enters refineries, and the wholesale price when it leaves refineries as petrol or diesel”.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: Yet another fuel market study - probably not the last!
So yet another investigation into the road fuel market is upon us and those veterans of the fuel retailing industry will probably shrug with frustration – they’ve seen it all before.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: Oil prices - who profits?
As I had to write the PRA’s response to the ‘short and focused’ Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into the retail fuel market, I thought it would be a good time to reveal some facts.
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NewsExelby Services partners with Element 2 to establish UK’s first public hydrogen refuelling service for HGVs
Forecourt Trader of the Year winner and Top 50 Indie Exelby Services is to partner with hydrogen refuelling specialist Element 2, to develop two hydrogen refuelling stations in the North of England.
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NewsFord trials robot EV charging station to aid disabled drivers
Ford is developing a prototype robot charging station that drivers operate via their smartphone from inside their electric vehicle.
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NewsExtra MSA Group sponsors cycling events at British Transplant Games
Motorway Service Area (MSA) developer and operator Extra MSA Group is sponsoring the cycling events at this year’s Westfield Health British Transplant Games, which will take place from July 28–31 in Leeds and see the largest gathering of transplant recipients since 2019, following successive lockdowns and shielding.
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NewsBrake and Roadchef renew partnership
Roadchef is continuing its association with road safety charity Brake following a recent renewal of their partnership.
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NewsTrading standards pledges to increase number of checks on fuel pumps in South West
Trading Standards will increase the number of routine petrol forecourt checks across Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay this summer.
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NewsPricewatch makes Riverside Greetings sole greeting card category provider to its forecourts
Pricewatch has appointed Riverside Greetings as the sole greeting card category provider to its chain of forecourts in East Sussex, with a range of greeting cards being installed into nine of its Power Petroleum branded sites.
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NewsPRA launches a campaign calling for review of “unsustainable” fuel card payments
The PRA has launched a campaign to highlight the low level of fees paid by fuel card issuers, warning they are not sustainable, and has written to all six major fuel card issuers requesting they urgently conduct a review.
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NewsGridserve installs 12 high-power EV chargers at Moto’s Wetherby services on A1(M)
Twelve new high-power EV chargers have been installed at Moto’s Wetherby services on the A1(M) as the roll-out of its initiative with Gridserve continues.
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NewsSlow moving convoys set up on M5 and A38 to protest about high fuel prices
Avon and Somerset Police has warned that motorists protesting about high fuel prices have set up slow moving convoys of traffic on major roads in its region.
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NewsJohnson Matthey to build £80m gigafactory to produce hydrogen fuel cell components in UK
Johnson Matthey has announced it is building an £80m gigafactory at its existing site in Royston, Hertfordshire, to increase manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components.
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NewsACS supports launch of government’s new Help for Households campaign
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is supporting the launch of the government’s new Help for Households campaign, highlighting the role that the UK’s 47,000-plus local shops play in helping customers to manage their money during the cost of living crisis.
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Product NewsWalkers revamps three ranges to become non-HFSS
Walkers has revamped three of its ranges – Walkers Baked, Doritos Dippers and PopWorks – to become non-HFSS (high fat salt, sugar).
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NewsFinally! Recognition for independent forecourts as RAC analysis shows they’re leading on fairer pump prices
Just 10% (407) of a sample of more than 4,500 UK forecourts are charging a fair price for petrol and diesel, with the vast majority of these being independently owned sites rather than major fuel retailers, according to new RAC Ruel Watch analysis of Experian Catalist price data.
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NewsKay Group opens fifth Texaco-branded new build forecourt in the past six years
Top 50 Indie Kay Group has opened its fifth Texaco-branded new build forecourt in the past six years.
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NewsGovernment appoints hydrogen champion to drive development of sector
The appointment of a hydrogen champion to oversee the development of the hydrogen sector in the UK has been announced by the business and energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.