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Shell signs Coffee Republic to deliver coffee-to-go
Shell has joined forces with the Coffee Republic brand to bring self-serve coffee to around 400 company-owned sites in the UK. Following a trial for six months in four Shell forecourts, the Coffee Republic brand will rollout in mid to late October, with 200 expected to be in ...
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Harvest Energy picks up nine sites in the north east
Top 50 independent Bishop Retail is converting its network of forecourts from BP to Harvest Energy. Northeast-based Bishop Retail group operations director Darren MacDonald said that while he expects fuel volumes to fall by 15-16% without the BP name on the pole sign, value sales are likely to stay the ...
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Tesco trials music in 420 petrol stations with Faithless release
Tesco is to ramp up the promotional campaign behind its exclusive Faithless album with a £100,000 burst of activity which will put CDs into 420 Tesco petrol stations for the first time. And in another first for music, advertising promoting Faithless and featuring a competition to win a special edition Faithless Fiat Punto Evo will appear on thousands of petrol pump nozzles in one hundred of Tesco’s biggest petrol forecourts. The roll-out of the Faithless CD on to petrol forecourts marks the latest step in Tesco’s plan to increase distribution for entertainment. In February the supermarket introduced music into its Express stores for the first time with its exclusive Simply Red release Songs of Love. The new Faithless campaign, which began on September 1, will last a month. Sales through the petrol stations will be chart-eligible under Tesco’s existing deal with the Official Charts Company. Tesco secured exclusive rights to The Dance for its release in May when it entered the charts at number two, the first time in UK chart history that an album had scored so highly on the strength of sales from only one physical retailer. Tesco Entertainment director Rob Salter said, “Securing the future of the CD market means constantly trying new things and reaching out to new audiences in new ways. “As of September 1, The Dance will be available in 1200 outlets, more than three times the number of locations operated by the UK’s biggest specialist music retailer.” Each of the 420 Tesco petrol stations will have counter units displaying the Faithless album. The advertising on petrol pump nozzles is expected to reach over 4m motorists over the course of the month. Salter said: “The world has changed and nearly 90% of music outlets – like Tesco – major on products other than entertainment. Music has to be prepared to do new things in new ways in order to justify its shelf space. We are particularly lucky in working with Faithless, artists who are determined to push the envelope in trying out new ideas. "Bucking the trend of music industry retrenchment and the declining number of music retail outlets, Tesco is expanding the number of locations in which it offers music. “Persuading the people who run Tesco’s petrol business to take on this album is a major coup,” he said. “I would like to think if this goes well we will see a fuller music offering in all Tesco’s petrol outlets in the run-up to Christmas.”
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VAT increase is over-estimated by more than 85% of consumers
Although 89% of consumers know there will be a VAT increase, only 53% know when it will happen, according to a recent study by global pricing and marketing strategy consultants Simon-Kucher & Partners. However more than 85% of consumers overestimate the ’real’ price increase and one quarter wrongly guessed that ...
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Manor joins ACS
Top 50 independent retailer Manor Service Stations has joined the Association of Convenience Stores. Based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, Manor Service Stations is number 21 on the latest Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies listing. It operates 12 sites in the UK, with a total fuel volume of 55mlpa. ...
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’Spar’kling results from Hendersons
Henderson Group, owners of the Spar, Eurospar, Vivo and Vivoextra retail brands, has announced what it described as an "exceptional" performance for 2009 despite the tough economic trading conditions. Ron Whitten, financial director, Henderson Group, said: “Turnover has increased by 11 per cent compared to 2008. We ...
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Rate appeals top 2,000
More than 2,000 retailers have lodged appeals against the 2010 Business Rates. The figure was revealed by MP David Gauke in response to a Parliamentary Question who said there were 2,076 rating proposals outstanding relating to forecourts (excluding supermarkets) 1,966 in England and 110 in Wales. ...
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Go-ahead for M5 ’eco-site’
Westmorland Ltd has been granted planning permission for a new ’eco-friendly’ motorway service station on the M5 in Gloucestershire. Officials at Stroud District Council gave the £35m Gloucester Gateway project which will serve locally-sourced food and ban fast food outlets like MacDonald’s the thumbs up last ...
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Tourists flock to site after Top Gear stunt
Fleet Services in Padstow, Cornwall, was recently given a starring role in an episode of Top Gear. The Jet forecourt was picked as a location after the three presenters faced a random challenge for the episode which was screened in July to build and drive their own ...
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Morrisons is victim of biggest-ever fuel theft
Police are still trying to work out how daring thieves pulled off one of Britain’s biggest-ever fuel thefts, by siphoning off £45,000-worth of petrol and diesel from a supermarket filling station. Morrisons, in Burton-on-Trent, was hit in a night-time raid on August 3, when the gang managed to ...
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Spar refit boosts sales at Hillcroft
Retailer Malcolm Williams has seen sales increase 15% since finishing a refit at his Hillcroft Service Station site in Newport, Wales. Malcolm, who has been a prominent local businessman in the area for the past 33 years, joined Spar in December 2005. Then his trading area was just ...
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Refinery sell-off may hit major fuel brands
RMI Petrol has warned that the mass exodus from the UK refinery market could result in the major oil company brands disappearing from the dealer sector. The comments followed US company Murphy Oil putting its Murco Milford Haven operation on the market meaning four out of the eight refineries in ...
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Fairbanks’ big deal Fairbanks has been appointed by Morrisons to provide tank alarm monitoring, wet-stock analysis and loss investigations. The company will also provide on-site meter calibration and verification services. This is all in addition to the risk assessment work it already does for ...
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Scoring with Costcutter
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has rewarded four retailers with a £1,000 prize for each adding extra zing to their in-store promotions during the 2010 World Cup. The company said the sites managed to boost footfall during the tournament by adding in-store theatre such as dressing staff in team kits, ...
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Truckstop project delay
Retailer Michael Exelby has expressed his frustration over a planned £5m truckstop project after it was delayed by a planning enquiry. Michael, who runs Exelby Services, said the project at Leeming Bar in North Yorkshire had been given the green light by the local council. But ...
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Driver ignorance on hand washes
Over half of British motorists regularly wash their cars by hand or have them done at hand car wash operations, oblivious to the effects this has on the environment. A survey of 1,000 motorists, released by Total and supported by thegreencarwebsite.co.uk, found that 74% of drivers understand that their ...
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Tesco trials its first UK ’drive-thru’ supermarket
Tesco has launched the first drive-thru supermarket in the UK aimed at shoppers who don’t want to wait at home for a delivery. Run by the Tesco dotcom team, the trial started last month at the supermarket’s Baldock Extra store in Hertfordshire. Customers order shopping on the Tesco.com ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
How confident do you feel that the government will act to help retailers over Business Rates? very 21%not very 79% A pretty clear message here to Cameron and Clegg retailers don’t have much faith that the coalition will make the changes needed to create a ...
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Police still investigating after £45,000 Morrisons fuel theft
Police are still trying to work out how daring thieves pulled off one of Britain’s biggest-ever fuel thefts, by siphoning off £45,000-worth of petrol and diesel from a supermarket filling station. Morrisons, in Burton-on-Trent, was hit in a night-time raid on August 3, when the gang managed to drill into ...
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Spar refit boosts sales
Retailer Malcolm Williams has seen sales increase 15% since finishing a refit at his Hillcroft Service Station site in Newport, Wales. Malcolm, who has been a prominent local businessman in the area for the past 33 years, joined Spar in December 2005. Then his trading area was just 600sq ft. ...