All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2018
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product news: Mug Shot embarks on £1m marketing campaign
Instant snack brand Mug Shot has embarked on a £1m marketing campaign targeting a core audience of women office workers and busy stay at home mums. The campaign, titled Stir Things Up With a Mug Shot, will run until the end of June. Using Mug Shot’s well established light hearted ...
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product news: Lucozade Energy delivers sampling activity
Lucozade Energy is delivering what it describes as its biggest ever sampling activity across the UK this year as part of its wide-reaching Energy Beats Everything campaign. Lucozade Energy is handing out vouchers as part of the sampling campaign, giving consumers 50p coupons to be redeemed on any Lucozade Energy ...
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product news: KP Nuts adds to range
KP Nuts is launching KP Sweet Chilli Cashews and KP Sharing Nuts Mixes. Aiming to tap into the better for you trend and the growth of cashews, KP Snacks has added to its cashews range with KP Sweet Chilli Cashews. KP has also relaunched its cashew range in stand-up packs ...
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NewsBP hands dealers huge bills after error over card charges
BP dealers have been handed bills of £5,000 to £10,000 per site by the oil company, after it uncovered an accounting error, and told them it will be recovered by direct debits over three consecutive months. Earlier this week dealers received emails from BP in which the company said it ...
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NewsSewell on the go supports local anti-slavery initiative
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go is supporting an anti-slavery campaign by its local Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office and the Humber Modern Slavery Partnership. Earlier this month, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner Keith Hunter launched car stickers to raise awareness that some people are being exploited financially by ...
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NewsRoadchef recycles waste coffee beans into biofuel
Motorway service operator Roadchef has partnered with bio-bean – a business recycling waste coffee grounds into biofuel on an industrial scale – to reduce its environmental impact. Used coffee grounds are collected from 28 Roadchef sites by Olleco, a resource recovery company, which transports the grounds to bio-bean’s factory in ...
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NewsEdinburgh provides best service for disabled motorists
Edinburgh is the most accessible region in the UK for disabled motorists when it comes to refuelling at petrol stations, according to new figures. The city district has, per head, the highest number of petrol stations signed up to a wireless key fob service which enables drivers to call for ...
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NewsLondon mayor sets up taskforce to boost electric vehicle use
A new taskforce dedicated to boosting the infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) across the capital has been launched by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. A total of 104 rapid charging points have already been introduced, but they have mostly been delivered on land or roads managed by Transport for ...
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Market Hub’s Pulse helps to boost profits
Market Hub Technologies, a subsidiary of SES-imagotag, has partnered motorway service area operator Roadchef, to deploy its Pulse and Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) technology. Roadchef has deployed Market Hub’s Pulse retail intelligence assistant and Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) capabilities in all nine of its Spar outlets across its 30 service ...
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product news: Premier Foods launches Roald Dahl-themed cakes
Premier Foods is launching a limited edition Roald Dahl-themed range with an on-pack promotion. Mr Kipling George’s Marvellous Lemon & Raspberry Whirls, Enormous Croc’s Chocolate Mud Pies, The BFG’s Strawbunkle & Cream Fancies and Mr Fox’s Fantastic Forest Fruit Slices rolling out now and are available across grocery, impulse and ...
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product news: Cawston Press gears up for expansion
British soft drinks company Cawston Press has announced that it has raised £1m in an equity fundraising round to support continued expansion at home and overseas. Steve Kearns, managing director of Cawston Press, commented: “Our team is made up of people who want to make better quality soft drinks the ...
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NewsSwedish company enters the EV charging market in GB
Swedish energy group Vattenfall has entered the British electric vehicle (EV) charging market with the launch of InCharge, its “any-driver-can-use” infrastructure concept. Vattenfall said it will aim to partner commercial developers, real-estate companies, industries, fleet owners and public bodies, such as local authorities to install charging poles around Great Britain. ...
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NewsGreenhouse gas emissions from transport in EU increasing
Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) decreased by 0.4% in 2016, according to latest official data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), but transport emissions increased for the third consecutive year.The EEA’s Annual European Union greenhouse gas inventory 1990-2016 and inventory report 2018 shows a 0.4% ...
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NewsJTI involved in prosecution of illegal tobacco seller
Japan Tobacco International has announced that, in partnership with anti-counterfeiting agency TM Eye, it has for the first time been involved in a private prosecution of a seller of illegal tobacco. At Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on May 31, Gary Williams pleaded guilty to selling tobacco products that broke UK ...
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product news: Republic supports matches range
Republic Technologies (UK) is launching its biggest ever programme of consumer PR and marketing activity in support of its matches’ offering, including a partnership with celebrity chef, Tom Kerridge, national press advertising, and a national consumer survey. The news follows the announcement in March that Republic Technologies is relaunching its ...
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product news: Rizla revamps packaging
Imperial Tobacco’s Rizla range of rolling papers is now available in new product and outer packaging. As well as a more modern aesthetic, each pack now features a ‘tuck in’ closing mechanism designed to reduce wastage, plus a ‘soft touch’ finish designed to make the packaging feel more tactile. Imperial ...
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product news: screen wash tablet solves plastic problem
Two former oil company executives and co-owners of Fuel Supply Solutions are getting behind a new product aimed at tackling the issue of single use plastic bottles and the effects of environmental pollution highlighted in the ‘Blue Planet’ series on the BBC. This simple but effective solution will replace liquid ...
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NewsPetrol price rises climb to new monthly record
Petrol prices in May saw the highest monthly increase since the RAC began tracking prices 18 years ago, with average prices up 6ppl. Over the month unleaded rose from 123.43ppl to 129.41ppl. The increase in the average price of a litre of diesel was slightly greater at 6.12p – from ...
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NewsApplegreen agrees deal to acquire a further 43 US sites
Applegreen is set to expand further in the US after agreeing a deal for a network of 43 petrol filling station sites in Florida from CrossAmerica Partners (CAP). Under the terms of the arrangement, Applegreen will enter into a long-term agreement to lease the property assets from CAP. This transaction ...
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NewsCar Wash Association calls for action against car wash slavery
The Car Wash Association (CWA) has welcomed a church anti-slavery initiative, the Safe Car Wash App, that was launched this week, but has said the government needs to do far more to tackle the issue. Brian Madderson, chairman of the Car Wash Association, commented: “For too long, government agencies have ...