All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2014 – Page 2
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Sweeet biscuit drive
United Biscuits is relaunching its McVitie’s brand with a £12m multi-media ’Sweeet’ campaign designed to accelerate growth in the sweet biscuits category. As a result, all of the company’s sweet products (except Go Ahead!) now sit under the McVitie’s brand as part of a masterbrand strategy to help simplify the ...
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Block busters
Nights in sharing choccie in front of the latest TV box set have kept the chocolate market buoyant but so too has innovation.According to Nielsen data, Mondeléz International is the clear winner in the chocolate market, accounting for 37.4% of value sales. And it has enjoyed an increase in its ...
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Range gets a Boost
New recipe Boost Active Glucose is now available in original and orange, in redesigned 500ml and 1ltr PETs, price-marked at 59p and 89p respectively. Boost Sport has also been revamped with new packaging. It comes in orange, mixed berry and tropical flavours in 500ml PET bottles.0113 240 3666www.boostdrinkstrade.com
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: Esso opportunity
So the final tranche of Esso’s company- owned network is now the focus of ambitious forecourt entrepreneurs as the official push to sell the southern block of 200 sites gets under way. Whether they’re new to the industry or established fuel retailers hoping to expand their networks, they will all ...
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Ginsters on the box
Ginsters is back on TV with a new campaign in a bid to re-engage with its core male consumers and celebrate "everyday heroic moments" that men perform on a daily basis.
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Brian Madderson: chairman PRA
After four years at the helm of the Petrol Retailers Association, it is good to be able to pen a more positive note at the start of 2014. Retailers may have forgotten that despite PRA’s late intervention, cutting back the overall liability by around 14% for forecourt properties in England, ...
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MP opens Fairbanks’ headquarters building
The local MP has opened the new offices of wet stock specialists Fairbanks. Rosie Cooper, the Labour MP for West Lancashire, carried out the official opening of the premises at Skelmersdale, and was shown how the company monitors forecourts across the globe. The new offices are located on the White ...
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Red Bull Zeroes in
While Coke has diet and zero versions so now does Red Bull, with zero calories joining sugarfree in the range. Red Bull says both zero and sugarfree are products designed to overcome the health barrier into the energy market, and both contain the same ingredients: caffeine, taurine and B-group vitamins. ...
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MP calls for fairness in fuel market
The PRA has welcomed an initiative by Conservative MP and fuel tax campaigner Robert Halfon to draw attention to the ongoing loss of independent petrol stations and the pressures they are under from unfair competition and legislation. He has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons ...
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Jet enhances its card offering with Fleetone
Jet has announced a significantly enhanced fuel card offering for its network of more than 300 independently-owned forecourts. As well as continuing to offer its well-established JetCard for local customers, Jet has strengthened its card offering with Fleetone through UK Fuels Ltd, enabling its dealers to offer a much more ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper looks at a ratings query; a misleading offer; and a weird fetish
When you are only just over the limit In Scotland businesses qualify for a rates discount if their rateable values (RVs) don’t exceed £25,000. This allows businesses with two or more properties with a cumulative RV of under £25,000 to qualify for relief at 25% on individual properties with a ...
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Analysis
David Charman: chairman CWA
What a start to the car washing year rain, rain and more rain. The only consolation we can take from this is that there will be no water shortages around the corner. Famous last words? It is surprising how many people are prepared to clean their cars when the wind ...
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Codax extends inside
PSD Codax, the developer of token-free control systems for car care equipment, has developed a vending solution for inside the forecourt shop. Retail staff use the Codax terminal at the sales desk to select the required product and print a unique access code. The customer enters the secure six-digit code ...
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Fresh company takes over from Petroman
A new company has been set up to honour all contracts and maintenance agreements with Petroman Environmental Ltd and Petroman Ltd, which have been placed into liquidation due to shareholder differences. The new company, Vapour Control Systems Ltd, trading as Petroman, has been set up by Petroman founder Rodney Carter, ...
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Tokheim launches a system to identify drive-off criminals
Tokheim has unveiled an integrated solution designed to tackle forecourt drive-offs. The Tokheim Eye Drive-Off Detection system allows operators to detect, manage and deter incidents, and provides an ’end-to-end’ audit trail that will enable police prosecutions and/or civil recovery. The system makes use of surveillance cameras linked to ANPR (automatic ...
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Day in the Life: Steve Rodell
My day typically starts when the alarm goes off at 6am and I pull my dog-walking clothes on to take our dog, Otto, out for his morning constitutional. My enthusiasm at this time very much depends on the weather, but in any event I spend the time walking, thinking about ...
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Number of dealer sites stages recovery for first time
The number of dealer sites in the UK has increased for the first time since Experian Catalist began monitoring the figures in 2000. In its report for the end of 2013 it says the overall total was 8,613, compared with 8,608 at the end of 2012. But the total for ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Essentials Meon Hut, West Meon, Petersfield, Hants
LOCATION: Last year, following a few weeks closure for a new-build, this site re-opened as Essentials of West Meon a Nisa/BP Service Station FORECOURT: It’s a prominent corner site with an illuminated price pole and access on both the A272 and A32. Four islands of pumps are covered by ...
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NewsDon’t miss this
Got a question about the National Lottery or a query about the impending tobacco display ban? Want to extend your food-to-go offer or start selling e-cigs? The answers to all these queries and many more will be available at the National Convenience Show (NCS), which takes place at the Birmingham ...
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Sites leap in value due to a shortage
The number of forecourt sites that were sold or let in 2013 was less than a quarter of the previous year, but there was a 14% increase in values over the same period, according to Barber Wadlow’s Forecourt Property Market Update. It reports that there were 240 transactions involving forecourts ...