All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2024 – Page 5
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Penny Petroleum enters new long-term partnership with Bestway Retail
Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum has entered into a new long-term partnership with Bestway Retail.
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Category first for Mentos
Perfetti Van Melle is launching Mentos Discovery, which offers a category-first 14 different flavour sweets in one roll.
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MFG seeks to add EV charging at Knutsford site
MFG has applied for planning permission to add EV chargepoints at its Mobberley Road Service Station in Knutsford.
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Red Bull’s new Summer Edition is Curuba Elderflower
The new Red Bull Summer Edition aims to tap into the growing demand for flavoured energy, with 41% more flavoured energy drinks sold per store in the last two years alone (Nielsen).
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Two more limited editions for Irn-Bru Xtra
Irn-Bru Xtra is rolling out two limited edition flavours, following the success of last year’s Tropical and Ice Cream products, to help retailers drive demand and build excitement ahead of the summer.
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Cheesy Specials from Pladis
Pladis has added new limited editions to its £82m Jacob’s Mini Cheddars brand (Nielsen data).
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Consumers can win with Carling
Carling hopes to build excitement, as the final stages of the FA Cup approach, with a new on-pack promotion and marketing campaign.
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Win £1,000 towards your energy bills with Britvic
Britvic is giving retailers the chance to win £1,000 towards their energy bills this year, alongside a bespoke planogram for their store to help power up their soft drink sales.
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Coke gets a lemon twist
Coca-Cola is adding a twist to its ‘Real Coke’ taste with the launch of two new lemon flavours.
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Redbeck to knock-down and rebuild Sandgate Services
Redbeck Group has won planning permission to redevelop one of two forecourts it operates in Greater Manchester.
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Forecourt operators broadly welcome Budget
Forecourt operators broadly welcome today’s Budget which has delivered no nasty surprises, some wins and some missed opportunities for the industry.
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RAC says February fuel prices rose at fastest rate in five months
The average price of petrol rose by 4p a litre in February, and diesel by 5pm, in the biggest monthly rise in the price paid by consumers in five months, according to the RAC’s latest Fuel Watch data report.
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EG Group continues to pay down debt in 2023
The co-founders of EG Group say restructuring moves “strengthened the balance sheet” of the indebted forecourt and foodservice giant in 2023, despite a slip in full-year profits largely because of “oil volatility”.
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Gridserve electric charging hub opens at Slough Retail Park
Gridserve, which has identified electric retail hubs as an area of expansion, has opened eight medium powered bays at Slough Retail Park.
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Gatwick deploys vegetable oil to cut carbon emissions
London’s Gatwick Airport claims to have cut carbon emissions from its diesel vehicles by 90% after swapping the fuel for hydrotreated vegetable oil or HVO. Gatwick says the move will save it more than 950 tonnes of carbon emissions a year.
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MoD begins hydrogen-powered chargepoint trial with GeoPura
As part of a Ministry of Defence plan to operate a zero-emission non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2027, the Army’s Colchester Garrison has begun a two-month trial of electric vehicle charging powered by hydrogen fuel.
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Central Bedfordshire launches trial with Kerbo under-pavement EV charging system
A business backed by Deborah Meaden of Dragons’ Den has begun trialling an innovative domestic electric vehicle charging system with its latest local authority partner.
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Operators secure funding for better truckstops
Exelby Services and Ron Perry & Son are two of the companies to receive funding to make truckstops better for HGV drivers.
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Campaign to keep HGVs safe at service stations
Crimestoppers, together with the Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Stephen Mold, are running a campaign to help keep vehicles safe when they are parked in the county’s service stations.