All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2014 – Page 6
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Creating a legacy (Pt 3)
Exeter-based Top 50 Indie, the Chartman Group, has finally completed the redevelopment of its flagship Winning Post site on the A38 at Haldon Hill (see April and May issues for previous reports). The site lies within an area of great landscape value, and the design brief was for a high-quality ...
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Euro Garages expects its turnover to exceed £1bn
Euro Garages expects its annualised turnover to top £1bn following the deal to take over 48 Esso sites in the Midlands and East of England, which has now been completed. In its most recently published results for the year to July 31, 2013, turnover was £439m, up 40% from the ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Xmo Strata uses infographics to spread its message
Forecourt sign installation and maintenance company Xmo Strata has joined the infographics revolution – using the medium to tell some of its corporate story on the web. The first infographics presentation, which lasts less than two minutes, is about the company’s ability to deal with the management of change and ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Wayne partners Wincor Nixdorf
Wayne Fueling Systems and Wincor Nixdorf, the supplier of IT solutions and equipment to retailers and retail banking, have announced they intend to establish a global strategic alliance to provide industry-leading forecourt control, point-of-sale, back-office, and payment solutions to fuel retailing customers around the world. Under this new collaboration, Wayne ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Levi Roots drink drives into forecourts
Following a launch in the impulse channel last month, Levi Roots new Coconut Water ‘n’ Lime Still drink has increased its distribution and is set to be rolled out across forecourts nationwide. The 500ml no added sugar ready to drink still drink has been introduced following the brand’s Coconut ‘n’ ...
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NewsRAC calls on dealers to cut diesel prices
The RAC is calling on fuel retailers to reduce the price of diesel at the pumps because the wholesale cost is now almost the same as petrol, yet average forecourt prices are still 6ppl more. The motorists organisation says that on Friday 30 May the wholesale price of unleaded was ...
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Growth in new car market breaks records
The new car market has achieved the longest sustained period of growth on record, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A 7.7% increase in car registrations in May marked 27 consecutive months of growth, breaking a record set in the late 1980s. New car registrations rose ...
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BP to make forecourts female friendly
BP has redesigned its forecourt offer in the UK to appeal to female ‘stop and shop’ customers and has introduced ‘customer conductors’ (greeters), according to a report on the website of NACS, the Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing in the US. In coverage of its conference, Insight Convenience Summit ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Coca-Cola brings back ’Share a Coke’
Coca-Cola is bringing back its ‘Share a Coke’ campaign for summer 2014, with more names than last year, and selected nicknames also included on 500ml and 375ml bottles, as well as 330ml cans. Coca-Cola is also making the campaign more personal than ever by introducing targeted take home PET bottles ...
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Calls for harsher punishment of crime against retailers
The NFRN has reiterated its call for stronger punishments for offenders who commit crimes against retailers, in the light of new government findings. According to the Home Office’s 2013 Commercial Victimisation survey, instances of shoplifting were highest in urban areas, with 11,425 incidents reported per 1,000 premises. London was the ...
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Police investigating £6,454 fraud release CCTV images
Police have released CCTV images of four men they believe may be able to assist an investigation into a £6,454 petrol card fraud at service stations in the Worcester area. They are urging the men to make contact and also appealing to anyone able to identify them, to also get ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Mentos backed with E4 sponsorship deal
Perfetti Van Melle has signed a sponsorship deal with E4 for Mentos to brand a package of shows as ‘Fresh Telly on E4’ from June for six months. The new deal will be Mentos’ biggest ever sponsorship on British TV and the package will feature a mix of new and ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Wet-stock management service to give 360° view
Gilbarco Veeder-Root demonstrated its next generation wet-stock management service, Insite360, at the at UNITI expo in Stuttgart last week. Insite360 is designed to provide a real time 360° view of a retailer’s wet stock through a simple-to-use remote monitoring service. Gilbarco Veeder-Root says real time wet-stock monitoring enables quick detection ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: New sugar confectionery PMPs from Mondelēz
Mondelēz International is launching new 50p price-marked packs of Trebor and Maynards Wine Gums this summer, to help retailers get more out of their confectionery range. The new 50p (RRP) PMPs will be on packs of Trebor Extra Strong Peppermint and Spearmint, Trebor Softmints Peppermint and Spearmint, Trebor Softfruits and ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS; Sunmagic partners How to Train your Dragon 2
Sunmagic, the 100% pure fruit juice, smoothie and juice drink brand, has signed a deal to be the exclusive UK soft drinks partner of How to Train Your Dragon 2, which will be released in the UK & Ireland on 4 July 2014 by Twentieth Century Fox. The partnership will ...
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HMRC dismantles illegal filling station
An illegal filling station and a laundering plant in Northern Ireland, capable of producing a half a million litres of illicit fuel a year, evading almost £250,000 in lost duty and taxes, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officials. Officers from HMRC and the Police Service of ...
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NewsGreenergy wins supply deal for three Westmorland sites
Greenergy has won the contract to supply retail fuels for three sites owned by the motorway services operator Westmorland. The supply agreement with the family owned company covers three sites in Cumbria: Tebay Services North and South on the M6; the Rheged Visitor and Conference Centre just off the A66 ...
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Illegal tobacco and alcohol seized from shops
Westminster City Council’s trading standards team have seized almost 5,500 cigarettes after joining forces with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators to inspect shops allegedly selling illegal tobacco. Acting on information obtained through previous investigation, the teams visited three shops in Westminster with sniffer dogs on Thursday 22nd May and ...
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ACS calls for bag charge to include small businesses
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on ministers to include small businesses in plans to charge 5p for single use carrier bags, after legislation on the issue was confirmed in today’s Queen’s Speech. ACS public affairs director Shane Brennan said: “Compulsory carrier bag charging is a policy that ...