All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2010
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HOW TO ENTER GIVEAWAYS
Write your name, address and phone number on a postcard or sealed envelope stating what you want – Lucozade, Pringles, WKD Core, or Monster – and we’ll do the rest, including delivery. Send it to us at Forecourt Trader, William Reed Business Media, Broadfield Park, Crawley, ...
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Showing you the way
One of the highlights for petrol retailers visiting this year’s Pro-retail show will undoubtedly be the Mace forecourt store. This will be the first time that there will be such a store at the show. The idea is to show visitors "the magic that can be worked in under 700sq ...
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Show stoppers
Retailers can expect to hear about any revisions in their Business Rates bills by the end of June. That was the message from Brian Madderson, RMI Petrol chairman, at the International Forecourt and Fuel Equipment (IFFE) show at the Birmingham NEC last month. Madderson said he was hoping ...
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Stick with Sellotape
Sellotape is being relaunched with a new range, new packaging and a £2m marketing spend. Its ’original golden’tape will remain at the heart of the range.
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A real time solution
Indigo Retail Technology has entered into a strategic partnership with Edensure, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brulines Group.Taking data seamlessly from Indigo’s epos, the company’s managing director Billy Tank (pictured), said the combination would allow a fully integrated solution for wet-stock data analysis. He added that one of the key benefits ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
How beneficial is it to your business to take time out to attend conferences, networking events and exhibitions such as IFFE? very 40% fairly 20% not very 40% ...
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Mini solution
The new Loctite Mini Trio has been designed as a simple solution to the problem of glue drying up in the tube. The Trio comprises three 1g tubes of glue. Rrp is £3.49.
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Licky stars
According to Wall’s Ice Cream, 60% of value sales of ice cream in forecourts come from chocolate snacks compared to 50% in other impulse channels. It seems whether it’s white van man or Mr Mondeo the sales rep, they like their choccie even in the summer, when it has to ...
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Site numbers reach a new Iow
The number of operational UK forecourts fell to 9,013 last year, according to the latest Retail Marketing Survey, conducted by the Energy Institute. Petrol sales were also down to 16.29m tonnes, a fall of 383,000 tonnes compared to a year earlier. Diesel sales were down by 217,000 ...
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Handywash system
Car Wash UK launched its Safetveyr handywash automated hand car wash system at this year’s IFFE show in Birmingham.The flat-top conveyor track is only 10cm high and has been designed to be easily installed onto the existing wash-bay floor. In addition, the twin conveyor system installed within a 10 metre ...
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Get involved
It’s encouraging to see that petrol retailers aren’t fighting their corner alone. Or so it would seem when you’ve got someone like Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow, speaking as though he really understands the vulnerabilities of the service station business. He was our guest speaker at last month’s ...
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Get your Pizza Now
Food Now has introduced its Pizza Now vending machine which holds over 100 frozen pizzas.According to the company, the machine produces ’genuine’ pizzas as the dough is proven for the required amount of time.The machine was launched at IFFE as one of the company’s target markets is forecourts. The machine ...
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Smaller pack in focus
Total UK is relaunching its Quartz lubricants with more emphasis on the 1ltr top-up packs.The range includes variants for both petrol and diesel engines. It includes a premium environmentally-friendly line Quartz INEO ECS, which claims to reduce CO2 emissions and save up to a tankful of fuel a year. ...
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Fever pitch
T he 2010 World Cup, with its army of fans across the UK, will be a big sales winner for retailers. According to pundits, they should see a significant sales uplift, with shoppers reporting that they will be buying more beer, wine and spirits and snacks to consume during the ...
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Fast route to market
The Go Fast! energy shot is being listed by Esso at 350 of its sites across the UK. The shot is also going on sale in 520 One Stop c-stores across England and Wales.
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Exelby Services keeps on trucking
Exelby Services, number 44 in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies list, is investing £5m in building a new truck stop on a 15-acre site at Leeming Bar in north Yorkshire to replace its Londonderry site. The HGV parking facilities are expected to be particularly welcome. This is because the ...
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Energizer’s new look
Energizer aims to simplify battery buying for consumers by using clear performance-related messages to make the category much easier to understand.New packs show icons to indicate which device the battery is best for. For example, Energizer Ultra+ packs display icons of clocks and torches while Ultimate Lithium features gaming controls ...
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NewsKeep fighting over rates, urges Dunne
MP Philip Dunne urged petrol retailers to keep on fighting against the "unfair" hikes they face in Business Rates, during his pre-dinner speech at the Top Indies dinner in Sutton Coldfield last month. The Conservative MP for Ludlow told guests that the government could not be allowed to ...
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Energise your drinks offer
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) says sales of Lucozade Energy will be energised thanks to a huge on-pack promotion that gives consumers the chance to ’Win An Adventure Every Day’. The promotion is supported by a £10m communications campaign, including nationwide TV, cinema and radio advertising. The activity aims to raise ...