Latest shop news – Page 8
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Product NewsSHOP TALK: Can you help damsels in distress?
I have a confession to make. I don’t like to get my hands dirty when it comes to cars. I know the BHP of my car and that it usually gets me away from the lights first. And, of course, I am quite able to fill my car up with petrol but when it comes to tyre pressure, punctures, oil and the like, I haven’t a clue and really don’t want a clue.
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Product NewsSnickers Ice Cream on TV
Mars Chocolate Drinks & Treats has launched a new £1.26m marketing campaign to drive increased awareness and sales of its Snickers Ice Cream products during peak ice cream season.
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Product NewsAscona chooses Riverside Greetings
Riverside Greetings is partnering with Top 50 Indie Ascona to help develop the greeting card business in each of the group’s 62 forecourts.
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Product NewsPukka launches single pack frozen pie
Pukka, the nation’s number one pie brand (Kantar), is launching its first-ever single pack frozen pie. Specially-developed for the convenience channel, the Chicken Pie is available in a £1.49 price-marked pack (PMP).
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Product NewsNew Crunchy Hazelnut Butterkist flavour
KP Snacks is expanding its Butterkist range with the launch of Crunchy Hazelnut Chocolate flavour toffee popcorn. Rolling into stores this month, the new flavour is available in both a sharing and a £1.25 price-marked pack (PMP) format.
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NewsMoves to target food hygiene enforcement welcomed by ACS
Proposals from the Food Standards Agency on modernising food hygiene enforcement activity, highlighting the importance of Assured Advice as a mark of a responsible business, have been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON SUGAR CONFECTIONERY: Sweet treats
Confectionery made the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week when the Association of Convenience Stores released its 2023 Crime Report. Among all the interesting facts and figures, the report highlighted the fact that confectionery was the third most commonly stolen item – behind meat and alcohol. It might appear, from that, that confectionery is not the affordable treat it once was. Indeed, sugar prices have rocketed over the past year or so – apparently sugar production is very labour intensive. However, despite challenging economic times, the sugar confectionery market has grown by 9.9% over the past year, according to Circana data.
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Promotional FeatureHow to keep pace with new shopper missions
With powerful changes in consumer behaviour supporting growth in the forecourt and convenience sector, forecourt retailers are needing to adapt to drive change and keep pace with these new shopper missions.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON SOFT DRINKS: Thirsty work
There’s no questioning the importance of the soft drinks category to forecourt retailers. Your shoppers are buying soft drinks at an astonishing rate and with the summer comes the peak time for sales.
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NewsMonarch Service Station becomes ‘smash burger’ Tik Tok sensation
A Shell/Nisa forecourt in Oldham has gone viral on TikTok with more than a million people viewing a video of its unique food-to-go and snacking range - particularly its smash burgers.
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Product NewsSHOP TALK: A not-so petty crime
A piece in The Telegraph last weekend got me thinking about how you were all dealing with shoplifting.
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Product NewsNew recipe for Wall’s Pastry range
The Compleat Food Group has announced the biggest relaunch of the Wall’s Pastry range in the brand’s history, as it aims to reinforce its reputation for high quality, great taste and exceptional value with both new and existing shoppers.
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Product NewsOn-pack promo for Cadbury Cakes
Premier Foods has launched an on-pack promotion with Cadbury Cakes to give shoppers the chance to win instant cash.
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Product NewsRollover partners with Transformers movie
Rollover is partnering with Transformers Rise of the Beasts (in cinemas June 8) with a competition where consumers can win a trip to New York.
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NewsGreggs opens its first concession with Sainsbury’s at Bedfordshire forecourt
Greggs has added to its growing presence in the forecourt sector with the opening of its first concession with Sainsbury’s.
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Equipment NewsNew report says cashless society is a long way off
New research conducted by independent financial experts Enryo, with input from LINK, the UK’s largest cash machine network, confirmed recently that most people in the UK still use cash, so a cashless society is a long way off. The study found that the vast majority of people in the UK (71%) have used cash in the past two weeks to pay for something and that a quarter of people (25%) do not anticipate that their use of cash will change anytime soon.
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Equipment NewsHoliday management made easy
Rota, people and payroll tool provider S4labour, has shared some tips to help independent forecourt operators manage their labour throughout the busy holiday season.
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Equipment NewsEnergy-efficient refrigeration units
The latest refrigeration technology has gone into Victor’s new range of energy efficient, refrigerated, multi-deck units.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON CRISPS AND SNACKS: Banking on bagged snacks
In the car, at your desk, in front of the TV, even in bed… wherever people are and whatever they are doing, you can bet that often snacks are involved. This is why the UK’s crisps, snacks and nuts (CSN) market is worth £4bn and is growing by 10.7% year-on-year (Nielsen).
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON RETAIL TECHNOLOGY: Money-saving mechanics
When talking recently about growth plans for Maxol, CEO Brian Donaldson said that using the latest technology on and off the forecourt was central to its strategy. He announced that the company will be introducing contactless payments for car washes and installing more self-check outs – all aimed at bringing more convenience and simplicity to its customer base.