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Roadchef extends Cashzone contract
Independent ATM provider, Cashzone, has announced an early contract extension to 2017 for providing fully managed ATM services to Roadchef, one of the UK’s ‘big three’ motorway service area operators . Exceeding projected forecasts, Roadchef has reported its ATM revenues up by some 3% on 2010 which it attributes to ...
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Official opening of Symonds’ latest forecourt
Today sees the opening of Somerset-based Symonds Forecourts’ latest site in Wells, Somerset.The BP-branded forecourt with Budgens store was opened by the local Mayor at 10am, while customers queued along the road to enter their new local c-store.The forecourt has a Washtec SofTecs rollover car wash, vacuum, buy-time jetwash, air/water ...
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MP awards Ashdene community retailing accolade
Ashdene Service Station in East Sussex has become the first forecourt in the UK to win the My Shop is Your Shop Gold Award for Community Retailing.The award, which recognises the contribution that great local stores make to their communities, was presented by Greg Barker, MP for Bexhill and Battle.He ...
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NewsConocoPhillips to separate retail and production businesses
ConocoPhillips’ board of directors has approved pursuing the separation of the company’s Refining & Marketing and Exploration & Production businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded corporations via a tax-free spin of the refining and marketing business to ConocoPhillips shareholders. Following the completion of the proposed separation, ConocoPhillips will be a ...
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Londis invests £4m in fresh expansion
Londis is investing £4m to expand its fresh food business this year, including giving the entire Londis fleet full chilled capacity for the first time.This new fleet will further maximise fresh flow-through, speeding up the journey from manufacturer to depot, to shop, and ensure that retailers capitalise on shelf life, ...
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Attack on news margins adds to case for market investigation
Association of News Retailing (ANR) has renewed its call for a market investigation into the news industry after retailer margins on the Daily Mail were cut to 23.2% from 24.2%, meaning that retailers will benefit by only 0.66p per copy from a 5p price rise to consumers. This move comes ...
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Top indie calls for retailers to unite and create fuel brand
Top 50 indie Peter Brough has called for independent retailers to join together to form their own fuel brand and cut out the expensive middleman – the oil companies. In a presentation to a packed audience at the ACS Forecourt Seminar in Leicester last week, Peter – managing director of ...
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Stop smoking in cars
Forecourts across Cumbria are being asked to support a new campaign to stop parents smoking in their cars.The Cumbria Tobacco Alliance, which includes public bodies such as Cumbria County Council and NHS Cumbria, is running the second hand smoke campaign alongside Smokefree North West.Posters supporting the campaign have been sent ...
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Sainsbury’s fuel fiasco
Contaminated petrol has caused major problems for customers at two of Sainsbury’s petrol stations in the North East. The incidents happened at Cramlington on June 28 and Durham on July 1.A Sainsbury’s spokesperson commented: “Regrettably, a systems fault at our supplier meant that a small number of drivers experienced mechanical ...
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Good-hearted Gohils
Forecourt Trader of the Year winners Bhupa and Lata Gohil are supporting two of their local schools with a loyalty voucher scheme similar to the ones run by Tesco and Sainsbury.From September, customers who spend £10 (on fuel or in their Budgens shop) will be given a voucher. Vouchers can ...
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News10ppl fuel price promotions nothing new to Harry Tuffins
The 10ppl fuel promotion that triggered a price war between the supermarkets last week is nothing new – Top 50 Indie Harry Tuffins has been doing it for three years. The Powys-based forecourt and standalone c-store operator offers 10ppl off fuel for a minimum spend of £60 in-store permanently, putting ...
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P&H appoints new sales and commercial director
Palmer and Harvey has appointed Martyn Ward, former consumer healthcare company SSL International regional managing director for Northern Europe, as sales and commercial director.Starting this month and replacing Peter Austen, who announced his retirement last month, Ward will be responsible for sales following former sales director Paul Hagon’s move to ...
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Forecourts drive footfall with parcel service
Parcel service Collect+ has helped drive footfall and boost revenue at 132 forecourt stores, according to new research by the company.Figures reveal that more than a third (39%) of customers using the service are visiting the network of 3,800 local shops, including 132 forecourts, for the first time. And 38% ...
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Jonathan James to sell two sites
Former Forecourt Trader of the Year Jonathan James has confirmed that two of his sites in Cambridgeshire are up for sale. The sale of Slade End Service Station and West Park Street Service Station in Chatteris will leave James Graven, of which Jonathan is operations director, with two forecourts – ...
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Tesco trumps Sainsury’s with 15ppl promo
Tesco has upstaged Sainsbury’s 10ppl fuel promotion with its latest offer giving motorists 15ppl off fuel in return for £50 spent in store. From today, Tesco customers will receive a 5ppl voucher for purchasing a 30-pack of Coca-Cola for £10, and a further 5ppl for a four-pack of Princes tuna ...
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Sainsbury’s kicks off 10ppl fuel promo
Sainsbury’s has kicked off a fuel promotion today giving shoppers 10p off every litre of fuel when they spend £60 or more in store. Starting from today and running until Sunday July 3, the deal is the strongest fuel promotion yet by any major supermarket. The deal will last for ...
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Dealer disbelief at Jet withdrawal from southwest
Jet dealers in the southwest have expressed disbelief and disappointment that ConocoPhillips has decided to withdraw from the region by the end of the year, and branded the timescale for exit as inadequate. The retailers were given two days’ notice to attend a meeting last Thursday at which ...
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Asda cuts fuel prices
Asda has set a national price cap of 128.7ppl for unleaded and 132.7ppl for diesel today, as part of its strategy to be the first retailer to drop pump prices and the last to put them up when wholesale prices fluctuate.From tomorrow morning (Tuesday June 28), the supermarket will cut ...
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Lords dismiss ban on forecourt booze sales
Peers in the House of Lords have dismissed an amendment prohibiting the sale of alcohol in forecourts as part of the Committee stage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill. An amendment, tabled by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, contained a clause which would have prohibited the sale ...
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Lower carbon world won’t happen overnight
The transition to a lower carbon environment presents its own challenges and is not going to happen overnight, stated UKPIA president, Brian Worrall, at the launch of the organisation’s 2011 Statistical Review of the downstream oil industry. Speaking to an audience at the House of Commons that included ...