All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2019 – Page 5
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NewsFORECOURT SHOW SPECIAL NEWSLETTER
THE KEY TO FORECOURT FURNITURE INSTALLATION The NAL Retention Socket system is a patented range of fittings developed to secure all types of illuminated and non-illuminated forecourt furniture, enabling a quick installation and removal with a key and a spanner. All Retention Sockets are manufactured with a cast steel or ...
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Veggie first
Fray Bentos has launched its first vegetarian pie comprising red pepper, tomatoes, peas and carrots, all covered ina spicy balti sauce.
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Experience this
Kettle has launched a promotion on its singles packs, giving away experiences via Virgin Experience Days. All entrants will receive a 20% discount code.
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New Pringles are full of Eastern promise
Pringles is launching its biggest innovation in four years, with a new rice-based chip created to carry Eastern-inspired flavours. Pringles Rice Fusion comes in Malaysian Red Curry, Indian Tandoori Chicken Masala and Peking Duck with Hoisin Sauce flavours. Rrp is £1.99 per 160g can. Rice Fusion chips have a lighter ...
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Displays that pay
If you’re looking to make changes to your forecourt perhaps by investing in new equipment or are considering a move to a different fuel brand, then a trip to The Forecourt Show 2019 is a must. The Show takes place at the Birmingham NEC from April 8-10 and will feature ...
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Under the spotlight: Dave Morris
01 Career history: I graduated from the University of the West Of England with a law degree. I started my property career with estate agents, Countrywide Plc. After working with them for four years, I moved to Christie & Co as a retail business agent, specialising in the sale and ...
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Recyclable cups made from recycled paper
Forecourts are being encouraged to offer hot beverages in environmentally friendly recyclable cups. Frugalpac, which claims to manufacture the first fully recyclable coffee cup made from recycled paper, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Wrexham, north Wales, to produce Frugal Cups. Frugal Cups will be available in three sizes ...
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They Score - You Win with Walkers crisps
Walkers is celebrating its continued sponsorship as the official snack partner of the UEFA Champions League (UCL), with a new on-pack promotion. They Score You Win gives football fans the chance to win prizes by predicting when a goal will be scored during a UCL football match. If they guess ...
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Keeping track of energy costs
Energy costs always seem to go up, and never come down. This is where Energy Management’s new bespoke EM-Powered portal comes in as it gives you an instant overview of your organisation’s actual energy consumption, predicted energy consumption and peak loads in an easily downloadable report. As such, it can ...
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Forecourt owner partners with Co-op for new site
Forecourt owner Visvanathan Ragunathan has partnered with Southern Co-op for the opening of his new site at Southwater in West Sussex. The store at the Texaco fuel station is trading under Southern Co-op’s Welcome franchise brand. He said: "Our customers love the Co-op own-label range and promotions. They love our ...
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Tracy West: retail commentator
If thousands of your customers were asked to rate your store for things like appearance, queuing time, range of products and value for money, how do you think you’d do? Well, Which? has just published a survey where 12,000 consumers had to rate supermarkets across those categories and more. Asda ...
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Shell replaces Driver’s Club with Shell Go+ rewards
Shell is updating the way it rewards customers for the business they bring to Shell service stations with a new rewards programme Shell Go+, officially launched on March 11. The new programme will replace the existing Shell Drivers’ Club scheme. Michael Hominick, marketing manager for Shell Retail UK, said: "We ...
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Top of the class
winner Shell Go Home Well Staff research gave Shell a real understanding of just how ’health and safety’ was being perceived on its forecourts, and the negative connotations that came along with it. The company recognised that the phrase health and safety had become synonymous with red tape, strict rules ...
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Counting your cash
Volumatic offers a comprehensive range of forgery detectors. You can see just some of them on stand S127. For example, the BV30 is a compact, portable, multi-currency forgery detector with advanced forgery detection technology. The BV30 has passed the Bank of England’s Framework test for banknote machines, which means it ...
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Money Talk: VAT returns are changing very soon: is your business prepared?
You may have heard the phrase Making Tax Digital (MTD) a few times in the last couple of years. Admittedly not the catchiest of terms, so far it hasn’t had much impact outside the accounting journals in fact it’s hardly caused much in the way of comment even in the ...
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Unilever brings ice cream Joy to the UK market
ollaboration with Ferrero to bring Kinder and Kinder Bueno ice creams to the UK, following a phenomenal launch in Europe last year. Kinder Ice Cream Stick, Ice Cream Sandwich and Kinder Joy Ice Cream all contain 100 calories or less and are made with high-quality ingredients. Each variant comes in ...
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in brief
profits rise at rontec Top 50 Indie Rontec has revealed it increased pre-tax profits by 8% to £28.8m on turnover of £1.2bn in its accounts for the year to September 30, 2018. In his chairman’s statement, Gerald Ronson said that although fuel volumes had been under pressure, shop sales increased ...
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Brian Madderson: chairman, PRA
There is no doubt that as we head towards Brexit Day on March 29, our politicians and political commentators are ensuring that the outcome continues to be very uncertain. No one can forecast with any real confidence where the country will be in three month’s time. This is much the ...
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Phoenix Service Station rises with new BP branding
A newly rebuilt forecourt in the centre of Bradford has been added to the BP dealer network. Phoenix Service Station, which is run by brothers Ismail, Nazir and Mohammad Bismillah, has been converted from Gulf branding, and has undergone a full knockdown and rebuild in partnership with forecourt solutions company, ...
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Merril Boulton: editor
So it’s already March and at the end of this month, who knows what will have happened re what’s become the dreaded Brexit situation. But one thing is for certain, and that is the success of the Top 50 Indies, which is clear to see in our latest report published ...