All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2011 – Page 4
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Five nutty prizes up for grabs
Summer signals a whole host of snack sales opportunities so The Dormen Food Company is turning up the heat with a sizzler of a giveaway. Five readers will win two cases of Dormen nuts and snacks in celebration of barbecue-worthy weather. The Dormen range features exciting ...
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Water fight
It was a long, harsh winter but after a warmer-than-average spring and with summer just around the corner, motorists and retailers alike should have plenty of reasons to smile.But while glorious weather will help keep Britain’s spirits up, unseasonably high temperatures and little rainful will inevitably mean water shortages over ...
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Seven more sites move over to Harvest Energy
Independent forecourt Backwell Motors in Bristol has become the latest site to join the growing network of Harvest Energy-branded forecourts.Charles Atherton, proprietor of Backwell Motors on Station Road, said: "We are really pleased with our new image."Our customers have commented on how clean and fresh the site looks, and what ...
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Tokheim wins EMV
Tokheim has won EMV certification in the UK and Spain for its indoor solutions Crypto IPT and FuelPOS, and outdoor payment system Crypto VGA.In the UK, Tokheim has also acquired an additional American Express EMV certificate for both its indoor and outdoor Chip & PIN solution.Previously Tokheim has achieved APACS ...
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Spar site trials new eco remediation method
Geo2 has completed a forecourt remediation project using a groundbreaking new sustainable method for treating groundwater without added chemicals or solid waste for disposal.The project, managed by Spar distributor James Hall & Co, involved treating groundwater contaminated with hydrocarbons at Strand petrol filling station in Barnoldswick in Lancashire, and trialled ...
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Early starters
As with everything in life, you get different answers depending on who you speak to. So, when it comes to breakfast, if you speak to cereal company Kellogg’s they say more people are eating breakfast at home to save money. But if you speak to food-to-go specialist Country Choice, they ...
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Rarely a dull moment for Jim - at work or home
A little over 23 years ago I left Shell UK to join Murco Petroleum as a business development manager in the South East. Responsible for an area of Murco dealer sites across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond, my first encounter with one larger-than-life customer involved being greeted like a family ...
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New directions
Forecourt retailers moving into standalone convenience stores has become a popular route in recent years but Peregrine Retail is one up-and-coming operator daring to make the reverse move and venture into the oily business of forecourt retailing.But managing director, John Mason, is not fazed one bit by the unique challenges ...
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Drive-offs cost industry dear
Crime on Britain’s forecourts cost fuel retailers more than £22m in 2010, up from £19m in 2009, according to figures revealed in the annual forecourt crime survey carried out by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS). The main source of the estimated total loss is £15.5m resulting from drive-offs, with ...
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Competition fuels forecourt sales growth
Despite a decline in the number of forecourt stores in the past year, average sales per store increased by 3%, according to the IGD’s Convenience Retailing 2011 report. Senior business analyst, David Shukri, told Forecourt Trader: "The 3% increase suggests that those forecourts that remain in the market have continued ...
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NewsContactless payment comes to UK forecourts
BP will be rolling out MasterCard PayPass contactless payments terminals across its forecourts in the UK over the next two years. This means that consumers with MasterCard PayPass and Maestro PayPass enabled cards will be able to ‘Tap & Go’ to pay for everyday purchases up to the value of ...
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’Surprise changes’ in fuel market
The forecourt industry will continue to adapt and reinvent itself in response to continued change in the market, according to Arthur Renshaw, Experian Catalist’s UK & Ireland manager, in his review of the UK fuel market.Renshaw said the past year has been full of surprises with more change on the ...
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Survey says petrol cars still more popular than diesels
Petrol cars still beat diesel models in the popularity stakes despite the typically higher fuel economy of diesel engines, a study of UK motorists shows.ContractHireAndLeasing.com asked more than 1,700 people: ’When you next change your car, what type of fuel will you opt for?’ of which 35% opted for a ...
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Carsley picks CDG for car care
Top 50 Indie Carsley Group has awarded delivered wholesaler Convenience Distribution Group (CDG) a contract to supply car care and lubricant products across its network.Nottinghamshire-based Carsley Group operates nine BP sites and two Jet sites and is looking at further site acquisitions later in the year.All eleven sites will be ...
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in brief
BP honours GrahamGraham Peacock, chief executive of the UK’s biggest independent fuel retailer MRH, was awarded the Long Service and Loyalty award at the recent BP dealer convention in Athens, Greece. The award was also presented to Bob and Adela Rottner (Three Springs, East End and Whittingham Road Service Station); ...
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Torex Profit Clinics boost margins
Retail technology provider Torex is launching Profit Clinics to show fuel and convenience retailers how to get the most out of their Torex point-of-sale system and grow their margins.The programme has been trialled with more than 60 independent retailers so far, and on average, the sessions led to a 2% ...
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NewsA bolder, brighter Swan
Republic Technologies (UK) has unveiled a new look, new products and new packaging formats as part of major brand development for the Swan range of roll-your-own (RYO)filters, papers and smoking accessories. The move is backed by a record £1m consumer marketing spend for Britain’s favourite filter and fasting-growing RYO papers ...
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Dark side to biofuel
The damaging effect on the fuel retailing infrastructure following the government’s programme to introduce biofuel into transport fuels was highlighted at an RMI Petrol gathering last month.Phil Monger, the RMIP’s technical director, said he was concerned about the survival of smaller operators, who struggle anyway to maintain viability, but who ...
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Jac Roper explores best-before and use-by dates, and epos problems
Enter the inspectors When the weather cheered up I had two calls from retailers about food that might be about to go off. One had had a visit from Trading Standards and one from environmental healthmore about these later. It’s ...
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Forecourts win awards
A string of awards were presented to forecourt retailers at Palmer & Harvey’s Pro-Retail Show gala dinner last month.Steve Cunningham of Mace West End Filling Station, in Dingwall in the Highlands, won the Independent Forecourt Retailer of the Year award; while the award for Multiple Forecourt Retailer was won by ...