All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2017 – Page 6
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Leaway Service Station, Meadway, Birmingham
LOCATION: This site is on a busy roundabout to the east of Birmingham city centre, in an area known as Kitt’s Green. FORECOURT: The pole sign features the Texaco star, Premier logo, fuel prices and mention of the 24-hour off licence. The forecourt is a patchwork of concrete ...
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Spar overtakes Tesco to be biggest forecourt retailer
Spar has overtaken Tesco as the biggest forecourt retailer in the UK by market share, according to Experian figures (see page 44). Following significant growth from multi-site retail partners in 2016, there are now more than 1,000 Spar shops on forecourts.Top 50 Indies which are partners with Spar include: MRH; ...
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Oven BAked rebrand
Walkers has rebranded its Oven Baked range to highlight the 50% less fat element. There is also a new Roasted Chicken & Thyme flavour available in a multipack.
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Makeover for Urban Eat, backed by promotion
Urban Eat is undergoing a major makeover this summer with a colourful new packaging design that plays on the brand’s heritage featuring a city skyline on the front of packs.The relaunch also includes a selection of new and ’best ever’ products and is being supported by an Urban (b)eat online ...
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Money Talk: We’re back to ’business as usual’ - inflation and falling demand...
With hindsight it now seems strange that just a few years ago it looked as if we were entering a period that few retailers had previously experienced deflation whereby retail prices were falling month-on-month. And if you’ve been watching the news recently and caught the most recent release of inflation ...
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Back to the future
This time last year we were coming to the end of a major restructuring of the industry, as private equity funding was driving the big dealer groups to acquire a large number of sites being sold off by the oil companies. This activity has slowed down over the past year ...
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TLM captivates audience at NCS show with its new Evolution suite of products
TLM Technologies previewed its new ’Evolution’ suite of products at the recent National Convenience Show (NCS) at the NEC Birmingham.The main focus was Evolution POS, which has been specifically built for the convenience and fuel sector, which is designed to deliver the common-place functionality of traditional EPOS systems, together with ...
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The name attraction
Filling up your car with fuel has got to be one of the dullest chores going. Distractions are there with pump-top offers, advertising on pump handles and sometimes, if you’re lucky, digital screens with messaging, but that’s about it. However, across the pond in North-east Ohio, drivers will soon be ...
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Asti is latest to join I Heart wine portfolio
Asti is joining Copestick Murray’s flagship I Heart range, which continues to perform strongly and is now a top 20 UK wine brand and worth £46m. Indeed I Heart Pinot Grigio and I Heart Prosecco are the UK’s favourite wines in the impulse sector (Nielsen data).Three regional wines a ...
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DRB wins deals to cover Asda and Sainsbury’s
Electrical installation and maintenance specialist DRB UK is celebrating winning contracts covering forecourts operated by two of the ’big four’ supermarket groups.The company has won a contract from Asda covering testing and maintenance at all 338 of its petrol filling station (PFS) sites in the UK for the next five ...
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Charlotte Blum: analysis editor, Argus Media
On May 26, Opec and 10 non-Opec countries decided to extend their production restraint for a further nine months to the end of March 2018. But the battle between producers wanting to increase prices and those fighting for market share continues, and weak prices and large swings betray the market’s ...
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product news: DSL introduces new air freshener range
Forecourt promotions company DSL Group has joined forces with confectionary giant Millions to launch a new range of branded air fresheners. Nottingham-based DSL Group has launched Scentsation, a new brand specialising in creating scented air fresheners for the car and home. The initial collection comprises gel and 3D air fresheners ...
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Cashless air machine removes incentive for criminals
PTC Supplies and Services, a sister company of Active Carwash Supplies, has come up with a solution to the growing problem of air machines being badly damaged by criminals breaking into them to steal any small change stored inside. Following a programme of development, PTC Supplies and Services has developed ...
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NewsCashier taken to hospital after hammer attack
A forecourt cashier had to be taken to hospital after armed raiders hit him with a hammer during a robbery at Stroud in Gloucestershire. The attack took place at approximately 3am on Saturday 3 June after two men entered the BP garage on London Road, Stroud, and threatened a member ...
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Upgrade at Adler & Allan
Environmental services provider Adler & Allan has expanded and upgraded its facility in Rainham, east London, to provide improved waste management and disposal, emergency response (covering flooding, spills and fuel delivery), and asset resilience solutions for tanks, drains and separators. Located on the A13 and close to the M25, customers ...
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Valero starts to roll out Supreme savings across UK
Following its success in the North West, Valero is rolling out the relaunch of its Supreme fuel across the rest of the UK.The ’Save 10p per Litre on Supreme Fuel’ promotion is starting in Yorkshire and the Midlands this month, with other regions including Wales, the South West and the ...
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NewsMRH on the brink of five potential acquisitions
MRH (GB) has five potential acquisitions on the go that could close this side of the summer, according to the company’s chief executive Karen Dickens. She said scale was really important because of the best deals that can be had from a shop, fuels or foodservice perspective. "But the ...
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NewsSymonds Forecourts acquires ninth site
Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts has acquired its ninth forecourt site and is finalising planning approval on a tenth that will be a new to industry site. The acquisition is Malmesbury Service Station on the A249 in Wiltshire, which was purchased direct from Andrew Ings without the involvement of any ...
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product news: Absolut enters RTD market
Premium vodka brand Absolut is entering the ready-to-drink (RTD) market with a range of premium cans called Absolut Mixt. The new slimline cans are availble in two varieties, which combine Scandinavian berries with familiar UK fruit flavours: Cloudberry & Apple and Blueberry & Lime. Adam Boita, head of marketing at ...
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Releasing the Boost to 40m consumers
Boost’s latest Release the Boost campaign, which is running through the summer, covers radio, outdoor, digital and new online activity using Facebook Live, in total aiming to reach over 40 million consumers. The Facebook Live activity launches on June 16, with four live streams of Boost’s new online game show ...