All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2014 – Page 4
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News
Sweet and spicy
Walkers Sensations is expanding into the popcorn sector to meet consumer demand for more ’sweevoury’ treats sweet and savoury flavour combinations. Its new Sensations Popcorn comes in three flavours: Thai sweet chili; sweet cinnamon & salt; and sweet Indian spices. Each comes in a 90g bag, rrp £1.39. The ...
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Analysis
Shop Talk with Tracy West
If I were a cynic, I might say that Tesco’s decision to ban sweets from the checkouts of its Express and Metro stores was a PR ploy to overshadow its recent financial failures or win back people who believe it to be the ’big, bad wolf’ of retailing. And the ...
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Reversing the trend
In 1966 when England last won the World Cup there were close to 40,000 open forecourts in the UK. The numbers have declined every single year since then and the question a few years ago was "how low will we go?" Experian Catalist has been actively monitoring the numbers since ...
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Raspberry rocks in
AG Barr has added blue raspberry flavour to its Rockstar SuperSours range. The firm says SuperSours was one of the most successful energy launches of last year and has so far delivered over £11m through retailers’ tills. AG Barr head of marketing, Adrian Troy, said: "Within ’big can’ energy, flavoured ...
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Priced to sell well
Grace Foods UK has introduced a limited edition, £1.15 price-marked pack for its Nurishment Original, the UK’s best-selling nutritionally enriched milk drink, worth £13m and showing 20% growth (IRI data). The price-marks feature on the four best-selling varieties vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and banana and will be available until ...
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Pride of Portsbridge
It’s been a painstaking process but last month saw the opening of a glorious redevelopment of a forecourt site in Cosham, Portsmouth, by the family-run Garner Group. Brothers Mike and Tim Garner, along with financial director Dave Auger, have overseen an amazing transformation of Portsbridge Service Station, a small, traditional ...
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Smarter water option
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is launching a new bottled water brand Glacéau Smartwater.Available from August in 600ml and 850ml PET bottles at rrps of 57p and 89p respectively, it is made from British spring water, which is vapour distilled before electrolytes are added to give it a crisp, clean taste. ...
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New owner for Wayne
GE, the parent company of the fuel dispenser and forecourt technology company Wayne, has announced that private equity investor Riverstone Holdings LLC has signed an agreement to acquire the Wayne business. In a statement Wayne said the transaction would enable it to continue to provide world-class service and support to ...
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Analysis
Maximising value
Forecourt Trader’s 2014 Fuel Market Review reports that an historic tipping point has been reached, with the first increase in the number of forecourts recorded since the ’60s, and a significant upturn in the number of dealer sites, and this change is being reflected by a surge of interest in ...
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Midlands laundering probe
Three men from Wolverhampton have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in an £800,000 fuel laundering operation. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and West Midlands Police undertook searches at two domestic premises and an industrial unit in the city on May 22. The ongoing investigation centres on the ...
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Innovative sump range
OPW has launched what it claims is the industry’s first Fibrelite GRP above-ground fill sump range. The new range is the result of collaboration with a global oil company and has been specifically designed to replace existing concrete sumps and connect to existing underground piping for easy installation. Featuring Fibrelite’s ...
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Growth spurt at ex-Calanike sites
Fuel sales have risen 26% at eight former Calanike filling stations in the Scottish central belt since they were taken over by Certas Energy 18 months ago. The sites, which were previously supplied by Esso and BP, were re-branded Gulf and improvements were made to presentation, appearance and general customer ...
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Euro Garages opts for Micros EPOS kit
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages is upgrading its estate to the Micros Iridium 2 Prism 2 EPOS system supplied by Micros Systems. Micros will also be the sole supplier to any new Euro Garages forecourt sites, including the 48 Esso sites which it took over earlier this year. Colin Reeve, ...
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Enhancing the shine
Wilcomatic is launching Protect Shine Xpress from the Christ Car Care range, for use with rollover car washes, to give an enhanced shine to cleaned vehicles. As vehicle finishes wear, they lose their original shine through becoming roughed up from normal dust and grit from the road. This means light ...
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Esso widens Greenergy deal
Greenergy has signed a deal with Esso Petroleum UK to become the fuel supplier to Esso dealerships in the Midlands, the south of England and South Wales. Greenergy has been a branded wholesaler for Esso since February last year, when it took over fuel supply to Esso dealerships in the ...
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Day in the Life: Neale Smither
Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. and then wake the kids up and make them breakfast before heading off at around 7.45am to drive the 30 minutes from my home in Bedfordshire to BP’s UK Fuels and Retail operations headquarters in Milton Keynes. Another ...
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Enviroglow unveils energy-saving dairy deck
North-west based energy innovation company Enviroglow has launched what it claims is ’the most efficient open deck dairy case on the planet’. After 18 months of research and development, and live testing, the new open deck refrigeration called E-volve is on target to be available in the UK from the ...
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Creating a storm
Citrus storm is the latest flavour in the No Fear Extreme Energy range, available in 500ml cans price-marked at £1.Citrus storm is said to provide consumers with a "crisp and refreshing" energy drink, that’s perfect for the summer months.No Fear brand manager, Neal Haworth, said, "The functional energy category ...
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Dealerships help police to combat drive-offs
Widespread drive-off and number-plate crime in the West Midlands has prompted police to join forces with car dealerships across the region in a new crime reduction initiative. From this month, showrooms in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Coventry will fit anti-theft number plate screws as standard to every vehicle they ...