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Fast lanes DO drive loyalty, says HIM
Retailers should not be put off from introducing pay-at-pump fast lanes because of a fear of losing shop sales, according to latest findings from Harris International Marketing’s (HIM) Convenience Tracking Programme.Tom Fender, chief operating officer of HIM, said: “Pay-at-pump offers a clear and obvious solution to busy consumers suffering from ...
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NewsShell’s Irish network snapped up by Ion
Shell’s all-Ireland network of 55 petrol stations, 35 fuel distribution depots and six oil-importing facilities has been bought by venture capital group Ion Equity. The value of the deal, which was agreed after Shell recently decided to exit the business for strategic reasons, was not disclosed. The business, believed to ...
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NewsFuelforce 2 would see Kestrel take off
Investment in new shop formats and branding will be the first priority if Rikki Hunt goes ahead with his plans for Fuelforce 2.The old Fuelforce network is being broken up and sold off in chunks to Somerfield, Murco and Malthurst, following the move by one of the company’s investors to ...
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ACS fuels review
The Association of Convenience Stores is using hypermarket fuel pricing as evidence of below cost selling as part of its wider evidence to the Office of Fair Trading calling for a review of the grocery market.By setting the average selling price of the four major supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda ...
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Last orders for alcohol licences
Retailers are being urged to get their new licensing applications “filled in and sent off immediately”.The advice from the Association of Convenience Stores is reiterated as Licensing Minister James Purnell announced that the new licensing laws will come into force on November 24 this year.Under the new Licensing Act, retailers ...
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BigOil.net gets big cash deal
Big Oil Associates, which provides online intelligence on the critical fuel price market, has secured a £170,000 funding package to develop its range of internet-based services for the petroleum industry. The company provides independent fuel retailers with the ability to save thousands of pounds through access to the data on ...
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New boss for BOSS
BOSS has appointed Peter Mellins, security manager for Total since 1997, as its new chairman.“In the months ahead BOSS will reinforce its efforts to advise and support retail operators and local police forces with a view to reducing drive-offs, robberies, burglaries and payment fraud on UK service stations,” said Mellins.“There ...
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News in brief
WELCOME BREAK has invested £1m in its toilet facilities at the Gordano Service Area on the M5. Redevelopment work saw the existing 25-year-old toilet block replaced by 38 state-of-the-art toilets, four shower cubicles and a baby changing area. The facilities are manned to ensure standards are maintained at all times. ...
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NewsMike vows to buck the small site trend
Independent dealer Mike Dransfield of Nesscliffe Services is to invest £1.6m building a new state-of-the art service station on the very bypass that looked set to blight his business when it was built more than two years ago.The new road – the A5 bypass – took the main traffic away ...
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Shell seeks buyers for Irish business
Shell is planning to pull out of Ireland, lock, stock and barrel. The news follows Esso’s announcement last month that it is withdrawing from Northern Ireland.Shell is in negotiations with prospective buyers for its retail and commercial businesses in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The move is indicative ...
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Somerfield works on helping the disabled
Somerfield is looking to make its forecourt stores more accessible for disabled people by trialling ServiceCall, a system that enables disabled customers to request service from within their vehicle.With ServiceCall retailers can make their premises comply with Disability Discrimination Act regulations where expensive building renovations are either an impossibility or ...
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Half-litre prices will “floor” drivers
Retailers would be “incredibly stupid” to display prices for half a litre if diesel reaches £1 a litre, says the AA Motoring Trust.Because the majority of pole signs are not able to display more than 99.9ppl, retailers are being forced to consider their options, as fears of diesel breaching £1 ...
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Uncork the potential
Three out of 10 shoppers in licensed forecourts are unaware that they can buy alcohol in the store, says a new report by Interbrew. The company’s national account controller, Bob Reason, says: “This is holding back sales so operators need to remind customers that they can buy alcohol at every ...
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NewsFuelforce site sale gives Murco 57
Fuelforce is being forced to downsize and restructure following a move by one of its investors to sell up and realise it interests in the company.Fifty seven sites have been sold to Murco Petroleum and its US-based parent company, Murphy Oil Corporation. Another 22 are in line to go to ...
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Top ideas at ACS conference
Delegates who attended this year’s ACS conference left Warwickshire bursting with new ideas and increased confidence about how to work with their customers, staff and suppliers to make their business a cut above the rest, according to chief executive David Rae. Motivational speaker Martin Hayward set the tone by urging ...
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NewsM&S trial with BP is ‘Simply’ delightful
Marks & Spencer and BP are to trial eight Marks & Spencer Simply Food concepts in BP Connect forecourt sites, starting in autumn 2005.The eight trial stores will provide customers with a selected range of Marks & Spencer’s high-quality fresh food ranges, including ready meals, fresh produce, sandwiches, wine, flowers ...
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News in brief
BP CONNECT won an award for best managed forecourt chain and Jet an award for best dealer group at last month’s Convenience Tracking Programme Awards organised by shopper consultancy HIM.BP has opened its first company-owned, company-run Connect site on a motorway. The multi-million pound developments are on the north and ...
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Two stores at the double for Budgens
Budgens has extended its portfolio of branded forecourt stores with the opening of two new sites – in Barnwood, Gloucester and Bramley, Surrey.The Total forecourt in Barnwood, owned by the Simon Smith Group, has undergone a complete knock-down rebuild development worth £1million.Partner of the group, Susie Hawkins, said they have ...
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Time for reality check says Jervis
Reality checks are the order of the day in forecourt retailing, according to Paul Jervis, managing director of Yorkshire-based Action Stations, and vice chairman of the PRA, who has just sold seven of his nine sites to United Co-operatives.“Oil companies won’t be buying sites or offering terms that will insulate ...