All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2015 – Page 6
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Grab a grand with Boost’s new display competition
As part of its ’Champion of the Independents’ campaign, Boost Drinks is running a merchandising competition with 20 prizes of £1,000 up for grabs.Additionally, all winners will receive local advertising support to help drive consumer traffic to their store and there is also a new suite of free merchandising material ...
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Tickets selling fast for the sector’s biggest event
After a record turnout entries have closed for this year’s Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards tickets are selling fast for the biggest event in the forecourt calendar.This year it will take place on Thursday September 17 at the London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel.The event is the showcase for ...
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Day in the Life: Gordon Balmer
My working day normally starts at the crack of dawn as my wife is an early riser and kicks me out of bed. If I have time it gives me an opportunity to get to the gym. With all the things we have to do during the working day, especially ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper asks if a price fix is on the cards? And problems with filling the ATM
Is this price fixing? If you give everything away you’ll get plenty of footfall... but no profit, says Paul Ghuman who runs Pentagon Service Station in Derby. He says: "The major oil companies are getting very greedy and driving our fuel margins down to 1ppl. They are doing this by ...
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Jet working with Amazon over lockers
Jet is working with online retailer Amazon to make its outdoor parcel lockers available to Jet dealers across the brand’s 350-plus site network.As part of Jet’s dealer package, dealers will be able to sign up to have Amazon Lockers installed at a convenient location on their site (subject to a ...
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Motor Fuel Group now using FuelsPricing.com on all sites
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has implemented Inform Information Systems (IIS) FuelsPricing.com system across its UK network of nearly 300 company-owned forecourt locations. Following the acquisition of Murco’s retail business in October last year, which included 228 company-owned sites across the UK, MFG embarked on a rapid implementation ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: Age of the indie
Lots of positive news for the fuel retailing sector this month starting with our latest annual Fuel Market Review, compiled in conjunction with Experian Catalist (page 28). It shows that the number of dealer sites has grown for the second year in a row, there are more vehicles on the ...
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Sainsbury’s added to the fuelGenie network
Supermarket fuel card provider fuelGenie, which is operated by Worldline, has announced the expansion of its UK filling station network with the introduction of Sainsbury’s as its new supermarket partner. This means fuelGenie customers are now able to use their business fuel card at 300 Sainsbury’s sites nationwide.Claire Alderson, sales ...
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Sainsbury’s 300th site
Sainsbury’s has opened its 300th petrol station, at Livingston, in Scotland.The site, which is available 24 hours a day seven days a week, is also the retailer’s third remote manned petrol station, offering six filling positions that use a pay-at-pump system.Sainsbury’s head of fuel, Avishai Moor, said: "We’re thrilled to ...
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Opportunity for dealers as BP puts 13 sites up for sale
Thirteen BP sites have been put on the market through forecourt property specialist Barber Wadlow.Adam Wadlow, director of Barber Wadlow, said he was expecting a good level of interest in the sites which are dotted across the country from Scotland down to the south coast of England.He said: "We have ...
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Four arrested in London tobacco raids
Four men from London have been arrested on suspicion of tobacco smuggling after an operation to disrupt the illegal trade yesterday.Around 60 officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), working with Southwark Council Trading Standards officers, visited ten residential and business premises in Bermondsey and Crawley, where the arrests took ...
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Roadchef reaches agreement to add Spar stores
Motorway services operator Roadchef is to introduce Spar stores on its sites following an agreement with the symbol group operator.The deal will see the launch of two test stores at Strensham on the M5 and Northampton on the M1 with the Strensham store opening at the beginning of July. It ...
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G7 pledge to rid the world of fossil fuels
A pledge to rid the global economy of fossil fuels by the end of this century has been undertaken by G7 countries at this week’s summit in Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was important that the G7 participants affirm their commitment to keep global warming down to a ...
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ACS calls for fairer business rates for forecourts
Fairer valuations for forecourts are one of the key issues highlighted by the Association of Convenience Stores in a package of receommendations to Government, aimed at fundamental business rate reform.In its submission it says the business rates system should be fairer to help small businesses, and highlights the inherent issues ...
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BP and Spar among forecourt brands to accept Apple Pay
BP, Spar, Costa, Starbucks, Subway, Waitrose and M&S Simply Food are the major brands on UK forecourts which will accept customer transactions using Apple Pay, when it is launched in the UK next month.Apple Pay will enable consumers to use their iphones (6, 6 Plus and Apple Watch) to make ...
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NewsNew investors at MFG as former Tesco boss joins the board
The management team at Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is to partner with private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, (CD&R) to acquire the company from its original institutional investor, Patron in a transaction valued at approximately £500 million. The transaction is expected to close in ...
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product news: Sol highlights ’Local Heroes’
Heineken has announced a multi-million pound investment into Sol, with the launch of a new national campaign, Local Heroes. Local Heroes builds on the brand’s values of independence, freedom and originality and sees Sol partner with people throughout the UK who have demonstrated crafted passion by doing things their own ...
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Sealing duo sign deal with Shell
Sealing product engineering specialist companies James Walker and Teadit have signed an Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions International to supply the gasket requirements of all Shell and Shell joint venture sites in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Australia, Canada and South America. The contract covers an initial ...
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product news: New campaign for Lipton Ice Tea
Britvic and Pepsi Lipton International have launched their biggest multi-channel summer campaign for the Lipton Ice Tea brand. Targeting the brand’s core audience of busy 18-34 year olds, the campaign is centred around a series of London-based events which aim to get Londoners to break from their normal routine and ...
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product news: Cadbury Roses revamps packaging
Cadbury Roses has unveiled a new packaging design and new addition to the range, marking the next chapter of the chocolate brand’s 77-year history. Since its creation in 1938, the designs and chocolate varieties within Cadbury Roses have evolved with consumer tastes. The new carton shape and pack design is ...