All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2004 – Page 2
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NewsBig spend for Wall’s
Wall’s has allocated a marketing spend of £23m to support its revamped and broadened ice cream range for 2004. Heading the cast is the launch of six limited-edition Cornetto Love Potions, which will be introduced throughout the year. There will also be a Love Potions variant released under the Cornetto ...
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NewsArciris links to Esso terminals
Esso dealers using Iridium point of sale can now access card transaction authorisation capture (CTAC) following a deal between the oil company and Arciris.After five years of pursuing the oil major, the epos and back office supplier has been given access to the protocols to link Iridium with Esso’s low-end ...
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Esso case retailers win right to appeal
Former Esso licensees have won the right to appeal against the judgement on margins, one of the three main issues being contested in the long-running dispute with Esso. Almost 100 retailers challenged Esso on three main issues – Tiger Tokens, margins, fees and allowances, and hot fuel – which were ...
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NewsRetailer concern over chip & pin
Petrol retailers are being urged to discuss concerns about financial liability and forecourt-specific concerns with the advent of chip & pin technology with their card services companies.It’s only 10 months until responsibility for fraudulent transactions falls on the retailer following the introduction of chip & pin, but forecourt operators ...
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Am i breaking the law
Roger Smith, who runs Bapchild Service Centre at Sittingbourne in Kent, got quite wound up when he read the ‘No ID, No Sale’ info packs left by his cigarette merchandiser as part of a campaign to stamp out sales of restricted goods to the under-aged. The fact sheet spells out ...
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Advantage point
Competitive market forces have meant that words like rationalisation and reorganisation have become synonymous with the petrol retailing world. Many oil companies have undergone major overhauls – and it’s been no different at Texaco. The merger with Chevron in 2001 was followed by a worldwide restructure last year to make ...
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Kebab flavour addition
Golden Wonder has added a Doner Kebab flavour to its range of Wheat Crunchies.The new flavour replaces Chicken & Mushroom. Rrp is 27p for a 35g pack. Golden Wonder trade marketing controller Kevin Smith said: “Doner Kebab Wheat Crunchies will be a hit with fast foods fans.”Golden Wonder has also ...
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We need industry safeguards, says ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores has renewed its call for safeguards for the whole of the grocery industry in the wake of another purchase of a convenience store chain by a superstore giant.Last month J Sainsbury purchased the 54-store Teesside-based Bells Stores group, a move which the ACS believes should ...
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Ferrero launches 3D Happy Hippos
Ferrero is moving into the biscuit category with the launch of Kinder Happy Hippo for kids.The individually wrapped 3D hippo-shaped wafer biscuit has a creamy milk and hazelnut filling and targets children aged between five and 10, and their parents. A £3m marketing support package includes two four-week bursts of ...
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Petrol and diesel - main fuels till 2030
Petrol and diesel will continue to supply the bulk of the road transport fuel market until at least 2030, according to the UK Petroleum Industry Association. In its evidence to the House of Commons Select Committe on Transport’s enquiry into ‘Cars of the Future’ UKPIA – which represents refiners and ...
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Rural confusion on stage 1B clarified
Rural Scottish retailers have sought clarification on vapour recovery legislation following talk of proposed changes that will excuse smaller sites from installing expensive equipment.Donald MacFadyen, area manager at Scottish Fuels, which has 80 sites – many of them rural – said there was much confusion in the market with Trading ...
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