All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2018 – Page 2
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NewsJet adds five further MFG sites to its network
Top 50 Indie MFG has signed a new long-term supply contract with Jet, resulting in five new gains for the fuel brand in the heart of its east coast territory.The new contract means MFG has a total of 62 Jet-branded sites in its network.Two of the new Jet-branded sites are ...
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NewsSales of new cars continue their recovery in May
The UK new car market continued the recovery that started in April with modest growth of 3.4% in May, with 192,649 new units registered, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Sales of diesel engine cars fell for the 14th consecutive month, down 23.6%, ...
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NewsMFG takeover of MRH set for completion within two weeks
MFG’s takeover of MRH is expected to be completed later this month after it passed a significant regulatory hurdle. On June 5 the deal was referred to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) by the European Commission, and this means that, in accordance with the contracts exchanged between MFG ...
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NewsMachete-wielding thug threatens staff during robbery
A Tesco petrol station in Scotland was robbed after two members of staff were held up by a man with a machete. Police in Midlothian are appealing for witnesses following the robbery on Edinburgh Road in Penicuik, at around 9.25am on Saturday June 2. A man entered the shop and ...
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Moto renews deal with Air1 until at least 2020
Motorway services operator Moto Hospitality and Air1 Yara UK’s brand of AdBlue have renewed their partnership until at least 2020. Air1 and Moto have been working together since 2009 when the first of the bulk AdBlue dispensers was installed at Moto Wetherby Service Station in West Yorkshire, and since then ...
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Unleaded sees highest monthly rise in 18 years
Petrol prices saw the highest monthly increase since the RAC began tracking prices 18 years ago, with average prices up 6ppl in May. 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 126.27ppl ...
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All PayPoint’s yellow terminals removed by 2020
PayPoint has confirmed the retirement of its old yellow terminals will be completed by December 2019 as it revealed that more than 9,000 retailers are now using the updated PayPoint One technology. PayPoint One provides cloud-based epos, contactless payments and PayPoint such as Collect+ services to retailers. The 9,000-store milestone ...
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Jet signs up another eight Top 50 Indie-owned sites
Eight Top 50 Indie sites have been recruited to the Jet network in deals with Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Majid & Sons and U&I Fuels. MFG has signed a new long-term supply contract with Jet, resulting in five new gains for the fuel brand in the heart of its East ...
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Dover Fueling Solutions joins Kingspan for AdBlue tanks and dispensers solution
Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), under its Wayne Fueling Systems and Tokheim brands, has formed a partnership with Kingspan, a leading supplier of AdBlue storage and dispensing solutions, to offer a package of AdBlue retail dispensers and storage tanks to the retail and commercial fuelling industry in Europe and beyond. "We ...
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Shelf tech adds profits
Market Hub Technologies, has joined forces with motorway service area operator Roadchef to deploy its Pulse and Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) technology. Roadchef is using the technology in all nine of its Spar outlets across its 30 service area locations. Market Hub’s Pulse connects into Roadchef’s point-of-sale systems and uses ...
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Pladis adds chocolate Flipz to its UK range
Pladis has added one of America’s favourite treats to its UK portfolio the chocolate-covered pretzel snack, Flipz. The launch follows a huge popularity surge for Flipz in the US, where it is currently worth $61m having seen double-digit growth over the past three years. Available in 100g pouches (rrp £1.50) ...
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Alexander Russell: consultant, Car Wash Association (CWA)
The Car Wash Association, in conjunction with the Petrol Retailers Association, is continuing to work towards achieving a much greater level of compliance among unregulated hand car washes (HCWs) with employment law, fiscal law, Health & Safety regulations and, most recently, in dealing with the environmental hazards of trade effluent ...
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BP demands Allstar fees
BP dealers have been handed bills of £5,000- £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.Dealers received emails from BP in which the company said it discovered it had not been ...
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Charlotte Blum Analysis editor
Geopolitical moves by the US have dominated oil prices, with sanctions on oil producers driving them up further. But Opec is signalling it could increase output, and the danger of a global trade war has just bubbled up again as a threat to demand.UK retail prices in late May were ...
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Churches launch Safe Car Wash app to combat slavery
The Car Wash Association (CWA) has welcomed a church initiative, the Safe Car Wash app, that was launched last week, but has said the government needs to do far more to combat modern slavery.The Safe Car Wash app was launched by the Church of Englandand the Catholic Church in England ...
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More sites for Applegreen in US with new Florida deal
Applegreen is set to expand further in the US after agreeing a deal to lease a network of 43 sites in Florida from CrossAmerica Partners (CAP). This transaction is expected to complete, subject to a number of conditions, in the third quarter of this year.Applegreen chairman Daniel Kitchen said: "We ...
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Guilt-free ice cream now available from Booker
Halo Top, which was launched successfully into Tesco in January, is now available to independents from Booker. The low fat, low sugar, high protein ice cream is a massive success in the US where it outsells both Haagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s in the pint-size market. Booker is listing four ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on solving a supply problem and sending back Scratchcards
Going that extra mile for deliveries A lot of garages got left in the lurch following the collapse of Palmer & Harvey last year. Nisa picked up quite a few of the pieces, but not all. Carol Smith’s small store at Bridge Garage in Shrewton, Salisbury, has been left stranded ...
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Raising the roof at Barton Mills
It’s been a long time closed, but last month the MRH team proudly opened the doors on its glorious 6mlpa site at Barton Mills, on the busy Fiveways Roundabout on the A11 near Bury St Edmunds. It is the last major development currently planned following MFG’s acqusition of the company ...
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BP invests in ultra-fast battery charging start-up
BP has announced a $20m investment in ultra-fast-charging battery start-up company StoreDot, which is developing technology that could eventually see electric vehicle (EV) charging times fall to five minutes. The investment is part of a series of deals struck by BP’s venturing arm alongside its advanced mobility unit supporting the ...