All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2007 – Page 2
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PJ’s gets an edge
Three new flavours have joined the PJ’s Smoothies range: look sharp; rainforest acai; and black & blue. In addition ’what a night’ has replaced ’daily detox’ and ’energy boost’ now has added yerbe mate.Pepsico marketing director, Will Ghali, reckons the brand’s new ’fruit with an edge’ positioning projects a ...
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How do you eat yours?
Frederick’s Dairies is continuing to add to its popular range of Cadbury-licensed ice creams with the launch of a Creme Egg ice cream bar, designed to entice Creme Egg fans to the freezer.Brand awareness of Creme Eggs paired with vibrant packaging should guarantee the ice cream bars great stand-out ...
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Driving loyalty
PSD-Codax has come up with a flexible solution for rewarding loyal customers and driving carwash use. Its new Codax Smart Card can be used for multibuys, wash clubs and loyalty promotions.When a card is inserted, the Codax terminal can offer members-only prices that are not available to walk-up customers. ...
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Retailer fury at Daily Express
A Yorkshire retailer has slammed the Daily Express for publishing a story accusing forecourts of charging rip-off petrol prices. Tony Boorman of Tyke 2000 in Malton, North Yorkshire, was so incensed by what he read that he rang the paper and spoke directly to the journalist responsible."The whole story was ...
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Choozers are oozers
Choozers is the latest launch from the Starburst brand. The new sweets build on the strength of the popular fruit chew but have centres filled with fruity ’ooze’.There are three varieties: orange & mango, raspberry & orange and pineapple & orange. All are available in bags (rrp £1.25) and sticks ...
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Service Centre with Jac Roper
== Water, water everywhere ==In the last issue I reported that a retailer who had applied for supplies from Shell was told that the oil company would not be willing to supply a site that happened to be located in what is deemed ’zone one’ of an environmental source protection ...
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Hail new caesar wrap
BP has added a chicken caesar flavour to its successful Wild Bean Café wraps range.At the same time, the whole range has new packaging which aims to deliver better stand out in the chiller plus clearer nutritional information including fat, salt and calorie content.The wraps are produced by Cheshire-based Gibsons ...
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Burning desire
In 2006 adult smokers spent just over £13bn on cigarettes, cigars, RYO tobacco, lighters and other accessories - and a lot of that money went through forecourt tills. Cigarettes is, of course, by far the biggest part of the market - worth £11.34bn in retail sales. And forecourts take an ...
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in brief
Anglian Regional Co-op has rolled out HTEC’s petrol retailing solution to all 12 of its Shell- branded forecourts. The system includes HydraPOS with its touchscreen operation, resilient site controller and integrated Chip & PIN card payment.Somerfield is putting in self-service Coffee Nation bars at its busiest forecourts. The ...
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BP speeds up checkout
BP Retail aims to speed up transaction times at its service stations with the installation of new software at the tills.Six forecourts in and around London are using an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, which will be rolled out to the rest of the UK network before the end of ...
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Local specialities give range a boost
Londis retailer Brian Charlton has responded to customer demand by using extra space in his forecourt store for more local lines. His shop, in Middleton, North Yorkshire, burned down in November 2005 but was rebuilt then re-opened at Easter this year. The new store was given the Londis treatment - ...
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Boost for Lucozade
Lucozade Sport, which saw 33% sales growth last year according to AC Nielsen figures, looks set to receive a further lift thanks to the launch of a new Caffeine Boost variant.Maker GlaxoSmithKline, describes it as the ’first caffeinated isotonic still sports drink’. It contains a thirst-quenching ...
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NewsBoom time
The Database figures from March have produced some quite extraordinary results. Take the fuel volume for instance - close to 453,000ltrs, or almost 10% up on the previous year.In most years we tend to see fuel sales peak in May, sometimes in July or October, but this is the highest ...
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Analysis
Wash board
This time last year the south east of England was in the grip of drought orders, with many petrol retailers fearing their car washes would be shut down - with dire consequences to their business.And while the current soggy weather couldn’t be more contrasting to that of 2006, certain interested ...
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Award winner sells out to Tates chain
Forecourt Trader of the Year 2006 winner, Westbridge Motors, has sold its filling station and shop to Spar retailer Tates on a leasehold deal. The 60-year-old Northampton-based family-owned company will continue running its ancillary businesses including a taxi and breakdown service.Owner Nick Brocklehurst said it had been ...
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Atlanta calling
Twenty-eight-year-old Nick Brown is a man with a plan, and that plan is to win the Global Convenience Industry Achievement Award when he goes to NACS in Atlanta, Georgia in the autumn. His presentation to the ACS at Summit 07, which won him the UK award, wowed the judges.They obviously ...
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NewsJoin the Red Bull team at the Air Race in Portugal!
Red Bull giveaway Red Bull is giving one lucky Forecourt Trader reader two tickets to the first-ever Red Bull Air Race in Portugal, with a hospitality weekend in Porto, Portugal’s historic ’city of bridges’. The Red Bull Air Race will be backed by a £2.5m advertising spend ...
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Charging ahead
Customers can charge their mobile in minutes while filling up, by using a new supercharger.OneCharge is said to charge 99% of mobile phone batteries, digital camera and PDA batteries.It is operated by inserting £1 for a 10 minute charge which will half- or quarter-charge a mobile phone; or £2 for ...
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NewsIn the surgery this month - Welcome Break Service Area, Junction 4 M54, Telford
I try not to refuel at motorway service stations - I only use them as rest stops. But I needed fuel so stopped at the motorway service area at junction 4 on the M54.Appearance: The Welcome Break site in Telford offers a host of services for drivers and their passengers ...
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