All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2007
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NewsSuccessful Smoothies
Fredericks Dairies is expanding its Del Monte ices range with the addition of a strawberry & banana variant to its successful Smoothies range.
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NewsPRA URGES CHANCELLOR TO SUPPORT BIOFUELS
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) is calling on the Chancellor to cut duty on biofuels in next week’s Budget to encourage investment in the product and the necessary infrastructure to deliver it.PRA director, Ray Holloway said: “A cut in duty on biofuels would generate demand and help expand this nascent ...
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CARD FRAUD LOSSES DOWN
Petrol stations’ losses due to credit and debit card fraud fell by more than 10% last year according to new figures released today ...(March 13th) by the Association of Payment and Clearing Services (APACS).In 2006 the sector lost £11.4m because of card fraud. This compares to £12.7m in 2005 and ...
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NewsINDIES RESURGENT SAYS CHEVRON VICE PRESIDENT AS VISITORS FLOCK TO IFFE
The independent sector is alive, well and doing rather nicely - some would even say resurgent ...John Lynn, Chevron’s vice president of marketing in Europe, told a packed house at the Top Indies dinner in Coventry on March 6."The death of the independent has been much heralded down the years... ...
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TOTAL ENDS LOYALTY CARD SCHEME
Total UK is to withdraw its Tops loyalty card scheme in May following a decline in the number of customers using it.The company said that research had found that targeted promotions were more popular than long-term point-collecting schemes. A spokesperson said: "By withdrawing the Tops card scheme, we will be ...
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TESCO APOLOGISES IN NATIONAL AD CAMPAIGN
Tesco has taken out full page adverts in the national press as it seeks to reassure motorists that its petrol is now safe following the contaminated fuel crisis.The source of the problem has been identified as high levels of silicon, which were found in four storage tanks at the Vopak ...
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INDIES DOUBLE FUEL SALES AS MOTORISTS SHUN SUPERMARKETS
Independent retailers have reported a surge in demand for unleaded as motorists shun the supermarkets in the wake of the tainted fuel furore.However, some have expressed concerns as to how the multiples will react once they start trying to woo their customers back. And PRA director Ray Holloway has warned ...
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Win with walkers snacks
Walkers has relaunched its snacks brands with significant reductions in their saturated fat and salt contents.Quavers, Monster Munch, Walkers Squares and French Fries now have 80% less saturated fat and at least 25% less salt than in 2006. The line-up is completed by Wotsits, which was already lower in saturated ...
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Plug in and play
Viseon has launched a web-based CCTV recording system that aims to remove the need for expensive on-site equipment.Viseon says its system is simple to plug in and play using existing cameras.It provides a virtual control room where retailers can view both live footage and past recordings, all accessed via an ...
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NewsA year in words and numbers
Annual shop sales were worth more than £641,000 in 2006, which represents an increase of 2.8% over the previous year in ’raw’ cash terms. If we look at the RPI measure of price inflation during the year, we find that it averaged 3.2% and was rising quite significantly towards the ...
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Mo’gas
Loyalty cards have been very much in the news recently. I don’t know whether you saw the recent documentary about Tesco’s clubcard, but if you did I’m sure you would have been impressed by its scale and potential economic and marketing power. So the question is, are loyalty cards worthwhile ...
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NewsViva la siesta
Taking a daily mid-afternoon nap is not what you might think of as normal behaviour for a Top 50 independent with six flourishing forecourts to run. But Clive Gardner manages it - and believes it is good for business."I get some of my best ideas lying down," he smiles. But ...
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NewsStage II solution saves time
Tokheim UK has fitted an automatic monitoring Stage II Vapour Recovery solution - which it claims eliminates the need for weekly and annual compliance tests - on its first two UK sites.The new-build sites, Spar Battlefield in Shrewsbury and a Harry Tuffin Supermarkets forecourt in Ludlow, have been equipped with ...
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NewsMajor fuel furore rocks the industry
The national furore over contaminated fuel last month could become the worst debacle over fuel quality since Formula Shell was removed from sale in the ’80s, according to the PRA’s technical consultant, Peter Barlow."It could turn out to be the biggest in the sense that Formula Shell was a more ...
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NewsGet fresh
Chilled and fresh foods have been pushed to the top of the shopping list as consumers increasingly look for healthier options. And many forecourt-based stores have been improving their ranges as operators seek to take their share of what has become a very profitable market.More than 90% of all c-store ...
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NewsTitle fight
You might think that with all the newspapers having TV pages and most TVs themselves having Teletext there’d be no market for TV listings magazines. But you’d be wrong because once again, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) figures, What’s on TV is the best-selling magazine in the ...
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Feasters’ showtime
The Feasters range of microwaveable burgers is set to enjoy prime-time TV coverage as sponsor of Supermarket Sweep, hosted by Dale Winton, on ITV1. The brand has a new look for its TV debut, which will run for 60 shows. A new pack design includes the message ’100% beef’.0151 477 ...