All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2013
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Motorway first for Wetherspoons in joint venture with Extra
JD Wetherspoon is to open its first licensed bar and restaurant on the motorway network. The new facility will open - by Christmas - at Extra’s Motorway Service Area on the M40 (junction 2) at Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. Wetherspoon has been granted permission to operate 24 hours a day (the ...
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Ginsters’ refresh brings 50% more products
Ginsters is refreshing its sandwich range with a 50% increase in the number of products including new formats and flavours to appeal to a broader range of tastes and occasions.The core range of sandwich skillets has three distinct tiers: Deep Fill, Classic and Simply. These include new contemporary flavours such ...
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Euro Garages plans 69 more Subway outlets
The Subway brand and Euro Garages have announced plans to open a further 69 outlets across the group’s existing 120-site forecourt estate by 2016. The companies say the expansion drive will create around 700 new jobs especially in areas of high unemployment. The new stores will bring the total ...
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Irish site makes 72% savings on energy bills
Forecourt supermarket Nisa Islandbawn has become the first retailer in Northern Ireland to benefit from the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).The RHI is designed to offer long-term financial incentives to businesses across Northern Ireland to encourage them to install renewable energy technologies to heat their properties.It is estimated that Nisa Islandbawn, ...
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PSD Codax adds a PIN-free payment terminal
PSD Codax, the developer of token-free control systems for car wash equipment, is introducing PIN-free payment solutions for forecourt retailers.The new PIN-free payment kiosks offer a number of money-saving advantages to retailers and work in a similar way to contactless payment methods.Customers using the new Codax terminals no longer have ...
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Brand alliances: Top marques
Big brands bring footfall. That’s the view of Neil Giles, creative director at design consultants Circle. "The obvious success story in the UK is the M&S tie-up with BP, which has revolutionised the idea of shopping at service stations, and in South Africa, Engen has a great tie-up with Woolworths ...
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All-natural Punch
Jamaican beverage brand Saapos has repackaged its range of ambient drinks and is launching it to the retail market under the name The Original Caribbean Punch. Originally created by Jamaican-born Collin Carr for his North London restaurant and named after his nickname, Saapo, the range has three exotic variants: original ...
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Money Talk: A very thin line between trading and disaster
Readers who occasionally watch any of the documentary channels on TV might be familiar with the warnings that our highly-automated and interlinked society is really rather fragile. One large solar flare or a heavy ice-storm, and power supplies and communications links suddenly fail, bringing normal activities to a grinding halt. ...
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Praise for BigBrother
The latest version of the BigBrother CCTV security system, which was launched by WashTec at The Forecourt Show in April, is already making a mark on forecourt crime the company claims.The system was installed at the Thanet Way Services, where the owner George Hammond plc has recently carried out a ...
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Victory for BOSS with DVLA data
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has announced a major success on behalf of fuel retailers by securing agreement from the DVLA to enable service stations to request and access registered vehicle keeper details from its database.Previously, retailers have been unable to access details from DVLA’s vehicle register in situations ...
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Survey hails Topaz leading forecourt brand in Ireland
Topaz, Ireland’s biggest fuels and convenience retailer has been recognised as the country’s leading forecourt brand in a survey carried out on behalf of Retail Excellence Ireland. Topaz scored the highest brand awareness among consumers, which at 92%, was well ahead of their nearest competitors. When consumers were asked to ...
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First forecourt store for Simply Fresh brand
The Simply Fresh symbol brand has opened its first store on a forecourt, in the rural village of Weare in Somerset.Work has now been completed to expand the store at GH Lunn & Son’s BP-branded forecourt at Weare, following a lengthy and complicated process to gain planning permission in an ...
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Brekkie on-the-go
New from Lacka Foods is the Be Fast range of on-the-go breakfast drinks. Available in vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavours, each contains over 6g of fibre. They also contain essential vitamins and minerals and the bottles proclaim: "As good for you as a bowl of cereal!".Austin Bailey, owner of Lacka ...
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Brian Madderson: chairman PRA
In March 2012, Bloomberg reported that a commission appointed by the G20 nations’ finance ministers called for stricter regulation of price-reporting agencies (now confusingly referred to as PRA by the media) to prevent the manipulation of oil markets. At that time, a consultation document published by the International Organisation of ...
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in brief
Tesco runs loss leaderTesco has become the latest example of a supermarket using fuel as a loss leader, offering deep discounts on petrol and diesel to attract shoppers to its store or website.The retail giant gave 10p off per litre of fuel coupons to shoppers who spent £60 in store ...
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Risky business?
The risks involved in selling illicit cigarettes have risen substantially as, for the first time ever in the UK, a retailer has been found guilty of intentionally selling dangerous cigarettes. Until now, any UK retailer caught selling "cheap whites" has been prosecuted for tax evasion, but Shapoor Atiqi from Boston ...
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Tokheim Eye caters for unmanned sites
Tokheim has launched a new version of its Tokheim Eye forecourt monitoring/control system for unmanned sites.It allows service station owners and operators to comply with legislation and serve petrol, diesel and LPG customers during out-of-hours periods, boosting their revenue.The Tokheim Eye Unmanned Forecourt system enables remote surveillance and control of ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper delves into employee contracts, extra services and snow
Look after your assets Here’s a cliché question for you Mr Forecourt Boss: what’s your best asset? I’m sure you have many but full marks if you said ’staff’ unless, of course, you spend every working hour right there on the till. Staff represent you. They are your stand-in. Okay, ...
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David Charman
As we head out of spring and into summer, parts of our business have suffered owing to the poor weather conditions experienced this year. Generally though, the car wash industry has had a good start to the year.The dry weather and cold conditions have encouraged more customers to use a ...