All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2018 – Page 4
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Essar seeks partners for flagship project
Essar Oil UK is looking to build on its retail brand by developing a leading edge, new-build Roadside Retail location, opposite the entrance to its Stanlow Refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The company is keen to use this retail investment to highlight its brand and would welcome interest from retail ...
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Volvic refreshes Touch of Fruit with less sugar
Volvic is relaunching its entire Touch of Fruit original range, with half the sugar and new look ’refreshing’ packaging. The reformulated range took 18 months of development. Through using stevia leaf extract Volvic says it has managed to halve the sugar content from 4.8g/L to just 2.4g/L while maintaining the ...
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Analysis
Fuel for thought
None of the pontificating politicians in Westminster, who are currently debating forcing forecourts to install electric charging points, appear to have given any thought to the practical issues involved. Had they attended the launch of the fourth edition of the Blue Book they would now be having second thoughts. John ...
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Imperial goes menthol with Gold Leaf Ice Pack
Imperial is launching the Gold Leaf Ice Pack, which takes its inspiration from the success of the Gold Leaf 30g Handy Pack. However, Ice Pack features mentholated tips a first for the category. It includes: 30g of Gold Leaf rolling tobacco; two 40 Rizla Regular Green cigarette papers; and 72 ...
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More nuts from KP
KP Snacks has added to its cashews range with the launch of a Sweet Chilli variety. At the same time, the existing Salted and Honey Roast cashews are being relaunched in stand-up packs. KP is also launching sharing formats (120g) for its successful on-the-go range of Fruit & Nut Protein ...
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rizla’s new look
Rizla papers are now available in stylish new product and outer packaging. Each pack features new ’tuck in’ closing, designed to reduce wastage.
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muller spreads
Look out for Müller Spreadable, the dairy brand’s first-ever spread in the UK, which is being launched first in Tesco with a wider roll out later this year.
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Under the spotlight: Tim Payne
Electricity and water are usually kept very much apart but both play a huge role in InstaVolt CEO Tim Payne’s life 01 Career history: everything from working on a fishing boat to running a £500m turnover contracting business. More recently I was the co-founder and COO of Anesco, one of ...
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Steam powered
Offering customers free coffee as ’bait’ to get them onto your site is the way forward for the coffee-to-go market. That’s the view of Jason McNally, chief executive of Simply Coffee."Simply Coffee has developed a new cost-neutral programme which enables the retailer to dramatically increase the store’s net margin, while ...
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A show of UNITI
Fuels of the future were a key topic at last month’s UNITI expo in Stuttgart where exhibitors covering all elements of the forecourt and car wash sector were out in force. The three-day event saw 467 exhibitors from 37 countries and a record number of visitors from 120 nations, come ...
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NewsMan charged after 3.6 million illicit cigarettes are seized
A 58-year-old man has been charged after an estimated 3.6 million suspected illicit cigarettes were seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the Gartcosh area, a few miles east of Glasgow. Police Scotland executed a warrant at a business address on Friday 1 June and discovered the cigarettes inside ...
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NewsEuro Garages opens new £3.5m site near Ashby-de-la-Zouch
A new £3.5m Esso-branded petrol station, which includes a Starbucks, KFC and drive-thru Greggs, has been opened by Top 50 Indie Euro Garages The site is on the A42 near Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, and opened on Friday June 8 following six months of construction. There will also be a Spar ...
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News£30m funding for development of self-driving vehicles
Companies are being invited to compete for £30m of funding to support the development of self-driving vehicles on UK roads, business minister Richard Harrington has announced. Funded through the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and Meridian, the Government’s hub for testing autonomous technology, the competition I intended to ...
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product news: Swizzels celebrates 90th anniversary
To mark Swizzels 90th anniversary, the Derbyshire-based sweet manufacturer is challenging consumers to create their own “Sweetest Invention” that will be brought to life in the factory. Entries will be shortlisted by a panel of Swizzels judges and then put to the public vote. The winning creation could end up ...
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NewsJTI warns retailers about fake money-off coupons
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is warning retailers to be alert following the discovery of a fake tobacco voucher in the Nottingham area. The bogus voucher leads consumers to believe they can claim up to £5 off any Benson & Hedges product in store, but has not been provided by JTI ...
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NewsACS welcomes report calling for new policies on shop theft
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a new report from the Centre for Social Justice, called Desperate for a Fix, which highlights the close link between drug addiction and theft, and calls for new policies to tackle the £6.3bn annual cost of shop theft. Drug addiction drives up ...
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NewsBP rolls out AdBlue pumps for commercial customers
BP is rolling out AdBlue pumps for commercial vehicles across the UK this summer. The dedicated dispensers will be available in the commercial vehicle lanes at more than 40 sites by the end of June. Fitted with a nozzle specifically designed for use with AdBlue tanks on HGVs, the new ...
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product news: Imperial Tobacco adds Gold Leaf Ice Pack
Imperial Tobacco has unveiled the Gold Leaf Ice Pack, which is arriving in the independent channel from 1 July. Ice Pack takes its inspiration from the success of the current Gold Leaf 30g Handy Pack, but features mentholated tips – which Imperial claims is a first for the category. The ...
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product news: Marmite extends into breakfast biscuit category
This month, Unilever is entering the breakfast biscuit category for the first time with the launch of Marmite Breakfast Biscuits. The new savoury biscuit aims to target the increasing number of consumers seeking on-the-go breakfast options. Developed in partnership with artisan bakery, Thomas Fudge’s, the crunchy and delicious savoury biscuits ...
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product news: Quorn eliminates black plastic packaging
Quorn has announced it intends to eliminate more than 297 tonnes of black plastic packaging from its supply chain by the end of June 2018. With the April 2017 WRAP announcement that black plastic was not being recycled by local authorities instead being sent to landfill, the company’s packaging strategy ...