All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2019 – Page 3
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NewsEG Group awards five-year global contract to Dover Fuelling Solutions
Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) has been awarded a five-year global contract with EG Group, which operates as Euro Garages in the UK, for the provision of its ClearView and Fairbanks wetstock management services. Sites within the EG Group global network – including those in Germany, the USA, Australia, France, the ...
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NewsSainsbury’s and Asda confirm fuel price strategy commitments to CMA
Sainsbury’s has confirmed that it will cap its fuel gross profit margin to no more than 3.5 pence per litre for five years, while Asda will guarantee its existing fuel pricing strategy, in a strong rebuttal to the findings of the Competiton and Markets Authority (CMA). Last month the CMA ...
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NewsMFG agrees maintenance contract with The Premier Group
The Premier Group has been contracted by the Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the UK’s number one Top 50 Indie, to provide pump maintenance services across the MFG service station estate. Like other independent fuel retailers, MFG has a diverse range of pumps of various makes, models and ages, which presents ...
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KP Snacks expands its range of PMPs
KP Snacks is adding to its £1 PMP range with the addition of Wheat Crunchies and the latest NPD, McCoy’s Muchos. Pom-Bear will also be available in a 2 for £1 format for the first time. Matt Collins, trading director at KP Snacks, commented: “PMPs encourage impulse purchases as they ...
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Nayax integrates latest Visa cues into mobile payment solution
Cashless payments and telemetry solution provider Nayax is claiming to be the first partner to integrate Visa’s suite of sensory branding cues globally in the latest version of its mobile payment application. Monyx Wallet was created by Nayax to enable digital payments at unattended automated machines. The application offers operators ...
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Nestlé UK introduces on-pack promotion using QR code
Nestlé UK and Ireland is introducing ’80 Awesome things to do’, a new on-pack promotion on some of its leading confectionery brands, which gives families fun and engaging activity ideas to do together. Small packs with less than 100 calories of Nestlé’s Milkybar, Smarties, Animal Bar and Rowntree’s Randoms will ...
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NewsPolice say fire that has closed forecourt was deliberate
A fire which has forced the temporary closure of an unmanned 24-hour Gulf filling station near Loch Lomond in Scotland was started deliberately, say police. Luss Filling station was developed by Certas Energy and Tokheim Solutions for the Luss Estates Company, and opened in July 2016 offering Gulf diesel and ...
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NewsCouncil tightens up controls for hand car washes
Cheshire East Council is to draw up clearer rules for dealing with planning applications for hand car washes – following concerns around a number of operation issues. The local authority will work with partners, including the Environment Agency and water utilities companies, to discuss a wide range of concerns that ...
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NewsBurglar steals cash from Hampshire service station
A burglar broke into a Hampshire petrol station and filled a bag for life with cash before fleeing, according to police. The break-in was at Hinton Service Station, on the A35 Lyndhurst Road at around 2.45am on Monday March 11, when the burglar entered the Best One shop and stole ...
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DRB UK Maintenance Services become Emtec Petroleum
DRB UK Maintenance Services has announced that it is now trading under the new name of Emtec Petroleum. Managing director, Robert McArthur, explained: “It makes sense that since we have been part of the Emtec Group for more than 11 years that we fall into line with our sister group ...
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NewsRobbers threaten female forecourt assistant with machete
Detectives from Wiltshire Police are investigating a knife-point robbery at a petrol station in Swindon on Tuesday March 12. At approximately 10.20pm, two men entered the Applegreen petrol station on Great Western Way and demanded money from the cashier. One of the men was carrying what is believed ...
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NewsChancellor announces review of National Minimum Wage
Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed that the Government will launch a review into the future of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage after 2020. In his Spring Statement on Wednesday March 13, he said the review of the international evidence relating to the employment and productivity effects of ...
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Kepak aims to position Rustlers as ideal hot lunch option
Kepak Consumer Foods is rolling out a nationwide campaign to position Rustlers as the ideal hot lunch option. The Construction Games ‘Lunch – Nailed It’ campaign will centre around a series of videos hosted by TV personality Vogue Williams, where the best from the industry go head-to-head in a series ...
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JUUL Labs UK agrees partnership with MFG
Vaping company JUUL Labs UK has signed its first major retail forecourt partnership in the convenience channel with the announcement that MFG will be stocking its range of products. The deal will initially see 534 MFG sites stock the core JUUL range with other stores in the estate joining later ...
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New advertising for Capri-Sun celebrates free from credentials
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has unveiled a new advertising campaign for Capri-Sun original to highlight that the brand contains no preservatives, colours or artificial sweeteners. The campaign follows Capri-Sun original’s 50% reduction in sugar, which took place in 2018. The new advertising campaign runs from the 11 March until the ...
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JTI adds value e-liquid range under its Logic brand
JTI has announced the launch of a new value e-liquid range under its Logic brand. Rolling out from March and exclusive to independent retailers via wholesale for the first three months, the Logic EPIQ range joins the Logic vaping portfolio. With over half of e-liquid sales in the independent and ...
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NewsMoto installs additional Changing Places toilets
Moto has opened two more Changing Places assisted accessible toilets, at its Medway and Leigh Delamere services, which takes the total of Changing Places at the UK motorway services network to more than 30. The facilities provide people with disabilities who need help to toilet, and their carers, the appropriate ...
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NewsFastned to add five further rapid charger hubs in North East
Fastned, which is building a European network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles, has won a second tender in the UK led by the North East Joined Transport Committee. Fastned will build and operate five fast charging stations (hubs) for electric vehicles across the region. Each station will ...
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NewsLincolnshire Co-op reopens site after £1.6m redevelopment
Lincolnshire Co-op has reopened Whaplode Food Store and Filling Station after a £1.6m redevelopment. The site on Main Road has been given a major overhaul including the creation of a new, larger food outlet to replace the former kiosk on the site.It has doubled the retail area, creating room for ...
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NewsCCTV footage shows staff member hit and run on forecourt
Dramatic CCTV footage of a forecourt staff member being knocked down by a driver who failed to pay for their fuel has been released in a bid to identify her attacker. In footage released by the Texaco garage in Leicester Road, Lutterworth, a man can be seen filling an Audi ...