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Forecourt retailers were named best in class for a number of product categories at the recent Convenience Tracking Programme (CTP) Awards. Shell was named best retailer for sandwiches and crisps/snacks, while Esso was named best for soft drinks, and Fuelforce best for confectionery. Kuwait Petroleum was named as fourth best ...
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Tension builds as protests planned
Fears of a return to the fuel crisis of 2000 are plaguing the petrol retailing fraternity as rising prices, threats of demonstrations, and uncertainty in the Middle East have made dramatic news headlines in the national press.There has been a return of the mass spam emails drumming up support to ...
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Six formats of ’complex’ c-stores
Convenience shopping is a more complex business than ever before, with shoppers viewing it as six different formats, according to new research by Masterfoods. The £750,000 research showed the forecourt retailer is now firmly recognised as a convenience store – under the grouping ‘transient petrol’ – along with the ...
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C-store sales up in forecourts
Shop sales in the forecourt sector are now worth £3.6bn, according to new figures from the Institute of Grocery Distribution.Despite site numbers falling by 5.1 per cent, sales have increased by 0.3 per cent and the forecourt sector now makes up 15.8 per cent of total convenience retail sector sales.The ...
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Regent returns to UK with new image
The Regent name – a familiar sight on petrol pumps until the late 60s – is set to return to UK forecourts with the launch of a new proposition for independent retailers, available from Texaco’s network of equity distributors. The modern Regent proposition will combine a 21st-century image with the ...
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’Powerful package’ for RoadChef’ sites
RoadChef, the third largest motorway services area operator in the UK, has awarded Key Lekkerland a multi-million pound contract for the next three years to supply its retail outlets and forecourt sites. The wholesaler will start supplying RoadChef from June 7 and the contract includes all core impulse categories, as ...
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Roadchef sets new standards on M6 toll
A new era in improved motorway services has been promised with the recent opening of the only motorway service area on the new M6 Toll in the Midlands.The £15m motorway service at Norton Canes in Staffordshire, has been developed in an ambitious move to bring ‘high street quality’ facilities to ...
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BP reveals bid to be best in UK
BP wants to become the UK leader in convenience retailing, the oil company’s marketing director has told suppliers.In its first ever conference for suppliers, BP Retail told how it was improving its customer offer and standards in store in a bid to become more than just a fuel retailer.Marketing director ...
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Gulf makes a big return to Scotland
Within weeks of relaunching the Gulf brand in Scotland, six dealers are retailing Gulf fuels and lubricants – with a further six expected to come on-stream before July. The central belt of Scotland had historically been a Gulf heartland and the decision to target Scotland for expansion was seen as ...
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Tesco starts rollout of green ’bio-fuel’
Tesco is claiming to be the first major retailer to bring biodiesel to customers around the UK, with its announcement of the start of a national roll-out of Greenergy GlobalDiesel.Made with rapeseed, the new ‘bio-fuel’ will deliver real benefits for drivers, the community and the environment, including reductions in carbon ...
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NewsTexaco opts blueheath supply
Texaco has signed up delivered wholesaler Blueheath to handle grocery distribution to its forecourt sites throughout the UK.The deal will see Blueheath supply groceries to about 350 Texaco forecourts. A range of 150 grocery products will be delivered up to four times a week to Texaco’s distribution hub at Lutterworth, ...
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Retailers set to cash in at Londis
Forecourt retailers with Londis stores stand to pocket more than £30,000 following a new offer by Budgens owner Musgrave, to buy the symbol group.Last year Musgrave bid £40 million for Londis, a deal that was scuppered following the scandal around the share-out of the proceeds. The four directors of the ...
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Cashier threatened
A Total service station cashier said he feared for his life when a robber brandished a foot-long butcher’s knife in his face.The early morning attack happened at Total’s Narborough Road outlet, in Leicester. The assistant was told to empty the till and put the money in the robber’s rucksack.The assistant ...
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Check signage or face hefty fines
Retailers need to review their signage and labelling or face hefty fines under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), says labelling company Brother UK.Under part three of the Act, which comes into force from October 1 this year, any business that provides a service to the public will have to ...
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Top UKPIA job for Hunt
Former Elf retail manager Chris Hunt has been appointed director general of UKPIA, the UK’s Petroleum Industry Association .Hunt, who was the Association’s commercial director, has been acting director general for several months while a permanent successor was selected for Malcolm Webb who took up the post of chief executive ...
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New figures show 890 site closures
The number of forecourts in the UK and Northern Ireland is continuing to fall, according to new figures from the Energy Institute and Catalist.The statistics put the number of forecourts at the end of December 2003 at 10,535, meaning that 890 sites stopped trading last year – a rate of ...
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Aberness deal: good for Spar
Spar’s wholesaler in Scotland, CJ Lang, has described Somerfield’s takeover of Aberness Foods, which operates the Mace brand, as a “huge opportunity” for expansion of the Spar fascia in Scotland.Ed Ferguson, managing director of CJ Lang, said: “This takeover leaves CJ Lang as the only independent Scottish-based wholesaler and one ...
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Somerfield extends its brand to indies
Somerfield is looking for forward-thinking and entrepreneurial independent retailers to become franchisees. The Essentials franchise package will bring the Somerfield fresh food offer to more local and small store formats.The fascia has been trialled at seven TM Retail stores over the last 12 months, revealing average like-for-like growth of 127 ...
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Fuelforce changes mode of operation
Independent forecourt chain Fuelforce has decided to move to a direct managed mode of operation.The retailer trialled direct management at test sites last Summer before putting the rollout into motion.It began to convert 18 sites in Scotland at the beginning of February this year, and full rollout starts this month ...
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Cogent fails retail
The launch of Cogent, a sector skills council for the oil and gas extraction, chemicals manufacturing and petroleum industries, has been branded unhelpful to the forecourt industry.At the official launch of Cogent last month, a number of delegates told Forecourt Trader that the skills council did not go far enough ...