All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2016 – Page 2
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Sainsbury’s to develop three Rontec sites
Sainsbury’s is planning to open three new Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores and petrol stations, after it acquired the sites from Top 50 Indie Rontec. Rontec will act as Sainsbury’’s development partner, and all three schemes have been granted planning permission. The new convenience stores and petrol stations will be located ...
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C-store retailer optimism growing
Retailer optimism is growing despite falling sales, according to the latest finding of the Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) Voice of Local Shops survey. The research, based on interviews with 1,240 independent retailers each quarter, explores retailer optimism, recent sales experience, crime committed in stores, and retailers’ community activity. Key ...
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Stolen car used to smash way into forecourt shop
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a burglary at a petrol station in Norwich. Police were called to the incident on Middletons Lane on Friday 18 March at around 3.45am after an unknown number of suspects smashed a stolen car into the shop to force entry and stole a quantity ...
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Maxol to open three Post Office branches
A new Post Office branch has been opened at Maxol Townparks Service Station in Antrim, Northern Ireland. The branch is the first to serve the community around Ballymena Road, and is the first of three new-style local Post Office branches to open within the Maxol network in Northern Ireland. Post ...
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Alimentation Couche-Tard buys Shell’s Danish retail arm
Canadian multinational Alimentation Couche-Tard, which recently bought Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer Topaz Energy Group, has received European Commission approval for its deal to acquire Shell’s downstream retail business in Denmark, subject to divestment commitments. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur in May 2016. It will be ...
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Two staff hurt during Accrington robbery
Two members of staff were hurt during a knifepoint robbery at a filling station in Accrington, Lancashire. At about 9.40pm on Sunday, March 20th, two men entered the Spar store of the forecourt on Burnley Road, and one grabbed a female member of staff from behind and demanded she open ...
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£38.2m for research into ultra low emission vehicles
The winning bids for a share of £38.2m to develop plug-in cars and cut emissions have been announced by the Government. It said Formula 1 technology could soon make family cars lighter, improve fuel efficiency and help plug-in vehicles go further – as a result of one of the research ...
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NewsStrike threatening Scottish fuel supplies is suspended
A strike at the Port of Grangemouth, which threatened to disrupt fuel supplies to forecourts in Scotland and northern England, has been suspended. Scotland’s only oil refinery is situated at Grangemouth and Unite had claimed tanker drivers were refusing to cross picket lines, and that fuel supplies would be affected. ...
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NewsStrike threatens supplies in Scotland
Fuel supplies to forecourts in Scotland and the north of England could be hit by a strike by dockers at the Port of Grangemouth, the Unite union has claimed. Scotland’s only oil refinery is situated at Grangemouth and Unite claims tanker drivers are refusing to cross picket lines. ...
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product news: Mikado returns to TV
Mikado is back on TV for the first time since 2012, with a new spot that shows how the chocolate covered sticks make an ideal afternoon snack. The 20-second spot shows a typical office at 2.16pm, the peak ‘slump’ time. Everything changes when they tuck into their Mikado and unleash ...
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Gulf helps with oil merchandising
Lubricants can be a problem for both a forecourt owner – what to stock and how to merchandise it – and for the driver who is often unaware of what oil should go into their car, and also of the consequences of using the wrong oil. Gulf has come up ...
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PRA welcomes lifeline for small filling stations
“A potential lifeline for small independent petrol filling stations” is the way the PRA has described the concessionary rates relief scheme announced by the Chancellor in his 2016 Budget. Small petrol filling stations (PFS) have been under intense pressure according to the PRA. It said a study carried out with ...
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Minister praises rapid chargepoint network
The UK has the most comprehensive rapid chargepoint network for electric vehicles in Europe, according to transport minister Andrew Jones. Speaking at Smarter Travel Live at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes, he said: “Plug-in vehicle registrations reached a record high in 2015, as 29,972 new ULEVs [ultra low ...
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product news: Highland Spring introduces tennis campaign
Highland Spring is back on TV this spring, serving up a new campaign of tennis activity, with the launch of a £3m integrated campaign ‘Anywhere for Tennis’. Building on last year’s ‘Everyone for Tennis’ campaign, the new campaign will include an on-pack promotion giving consumers the chance to win thousands ...
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product news: blu revamps brand
E-cigarette brand blu is launching a product and packaging upgrade for its closed system e-cigarettes that will begin rolling out from this month. Featuring “enhanced technology and sleek new design”, the closed system products have been designed to deliver an “improved vaping experience for consumers and greater stand-out on-shelf”. Jennifer ...
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product news: Ribena launches Very Berry variant
Ribena is launching a new Ribena Very Berry 500ml drink. Ribena Very Berry combines blackberries, raspberries and strawberries, to create a summer drink. Ribena Very Berry will be available exclusively within impulse channels from 28 March, and the launch will be supported by in-depot activation throughout April, which runs alongside ...
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product news: Nestlé launches mini bars
Milkybar and Smarties are launching new mini size bars. Milkybar Milk & Crunchy (21g) is a fun cow-shaped, white chocolate bar with a milky, creamy centre and crispy pieces. Smarties Little Bar (20g) is a milk chocolate bar with colourful mini Smarties embedded into it. Both will be available as ...
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product news: Country Choice unveils new savoury bar
Country Choice has launched a new savoury bar in steak and cheese flavour. It features steak chunks in gravy, mixed with mature Cheddar and Regato hard cheese, wrapped in flaky puff pastry. The company says the 160g Steak & Cheese Bar offers an “adventurous alternative” to the more traditional sausage ...
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NewsArmed robber strikes in Trowbridge
Wiltshire Police are appealing for information after an armed robbery at Yarnbrook Filling Station, in Trowbridge. Police received a call at 11.55pm on Tuesday 15 March reporting a robbery at the site. A man, who was wearing a balaclava and carrying what appeared to be a black handgun, approached ...
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product news: Doritos unveils new advert
Doritos is returning to TV screens on Monday, 21 March, with a new advert that builds on its ‘bold’ global positioning. The new advert sees three young men land at the airport as they start their holiday; they then go on to make a series of bold choices, ending up ...