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Spar aims high with package to shape up
Spar has launched a radical package of initiatives as it sets out to reinforce its position in a fiercely competitive marketplace and realise its goal of becoming the biggest and best convenience retailer in the UK. Spar managing director Jerry Marwood announced the programme on the eve of the company’s ...
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Garagewatch & FPS call for duty freeze
Garage Watch and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers are calling on the Chancellor to make an early announcement on his plans for fuel duty in the forthcoming budget.The two organisations fear that with oil prices at a record high and still rising, fuel prices could easily break the £1-a-litre mark ...
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Esso injects Energy into its fuel brand
Esso is introducing a new fuel brand name ‘Energy’, which is currently being rolled out throughout its network in time for a new advertising campaign. The new brand ‘Fuel System Energy’ has been unveiled to coincide with fuel improvements and to help the company create a stir in the marketplace, ...
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NewsJames brands fixed penalties ’pathetic’
Cambridgeshire-based retailer Jonathan James is embarking on what feels to him like a “one-man crusade” to contest the government’s introduction of fixed penalty notices for shoplifters.From November 1, police forces will be able to issue thieves with an £80 fine rather than drag them through the courts, but James has ...
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Unwelcome break for motorists
Motorists were left stranded on the M1 after filling up at a service station where an unleaded fuel tank had been filled with diesel.Vehicles littered the forecourt of the BP site at the Welcome Break Service Station at junction 21 of the M1, after filling up with the wrong fuel. ...
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SUSIE HAWKINS, managing partner of West Country forecourt chain Simon Smith Group, (a Lakeside group member) was named winner of the Global Scholarship Competition at the NACS show in Las Vegas last month. The winners – one retailer and one supplier – from each of the national competitions held in ...
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Women top men in forecour spending
Women are bigger spenders than men in forecourt shops, according to research from Harris International Marketing.Based on feedback from 6,000 shoppers at BP, Texaco, Esso, Q8, Jet, Fuelforce, Shell and Total sites, women, who still account for 37% of all forecourt shoppers, spend an average of £4.48 per visit, compared ...
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Optimax milestone
Shell has just sold its billionth litre of Optimax, which was launched in the UK in 2002.According to the oil company, approximately one in eight Shell fuel customers buy Optimax, which is available at more than 900 UK forecourts.To mark the sale of the billionth litre, a Shell customer has ...
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NewsDealers unsure in wake of Q8 sale
The retail and distribution operation newly acquired from Kuwait Petroleum GB last month, is likely to be renamed Pace Petroleum Ltd. And an old face from the past, Brian Handley, the former boss of Fina’s retail operations prior to its merger with Total, is thought to be the new managing ...
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NewsVillagers angry at site closure plans
Residents in a picturesque Leicestershire village are furious at Texaco, which is planning to close the oldest filling station in the county to make way for houses.The petrol station at Rothley was built in the 1920s and is an art deco gem. But it’s also a thriving station, selling nearly ...
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Call to axe label laws
UKPIA has called on the government to withdraw legislation on labelling of petrol pumps because it refers to an out-of-date British Standard and offers inadequate protection for the motorist.Chris Hunt, director general of UKPIA, said: “We urge the government to rescind this legislation which otherwise will require all petrol and ...
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BP AND TEXACO charge the most for a litre of unleaded fuel in the UK, while Asda is the cheapest, according to the TNS Petrol Panel, which continuously tracks and analyses the UK forecourt market.Shell is the lowest priced major and its average retail price means it was cheaper than ...
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Don’t be taken in
I read an article which concentrated on the recent volatile rise of the oil price. This commodity is in short supply and has a growing demand. We are told that problems in Russia/Nigeria Venezuela/Iraq or demand in China/India/USA are to blame, and each news item from any of these countries ...
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Watch out for food trends says report
Forecourt retailers have to react quickly to new market trends and developments in shop product lines if they want to develop a contemporary shop offering to compete with traditional convenience stores, according to a new report by independent market analyst, Datamonitor. One such recent development is the stocking of low-carbohydrate ...
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Lifeline for Scottish retailers
All rural petrol stations in Scotland will be able to apply for funding from a scheme that supports the availability of fuel in rural Scotland.Following a review into the Rural Petrol Stations Grant Scheme, it was found that its travel, economic and environmental benefits to rural communities far exceeded the ...
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Murco opens 50th site with Costcutter
Murco and Costcutter have reached a significant milestone with the opening of their latest forecourt store – in Wallasey Village, Liverpool – the partnership’s 50th and its first venture in the North West of England.As part of the site’s development, the original shop was extended from 400sq ft to 1,600 ...
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ACS calls for support in bid for regulation
The Association of Convenience Stores has called for independent retailers to sign up to membership in a bid to create a stronger voice in the battle for fair regulation in the grocery market.The move comes as ACS urges the Government to introduce safeguards for the whole grocery sector following Sainsbury’s ...
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NewsACS campaign tackles planning
Retailers across more than 40 constituencies are poised to kick-start the first Association of Convenience Stores ‘Campaign Champions’ campaign by lobbying their local MP on the issue of planning.Campaign Champions has received a brief from the ACS outlining the Government’s proposed changes to current planning laws and the implications for ...
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City centre site is axed
The manager of Exeter’s last city-centre petrol station has said he is “gutted” after Texaco decided to sell off his site last month.David Priddle, tenant of the Texaco-branded Gayton’s Service Station in Western Way, said the closure could have a big impact on city motorists.The site is due to close ...
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BRIAN DONALDSON has been appointed managing director of Maxol Direct, while retaining his current role as general manager for marketing and retail of the Maxol Group.In his new role, Brian will assume full responsibility for the development of Maxol’s wholly owned home heat distribution business in Northern Ireland as well ...