All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2006 – Page 2
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Gantry shake up
The tobacco companies have once again been busy, bringing some new products and innovative new pack designs to the cigarette gantry.Imperial Tobacco has launched two additions to its Lambert & Butler line-up. A new Superkings range aims to provide a lower-priced, high-quality offer for smokers looking to trade down from ...
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NewsRetailers fuming over Shell stance
As the pound sign begins to break out on forecourts around the country, the running sore over Shell’s long-standing ’cut-price’ strategy is also adding to the tension felt by retailers.With price poles once again being the focus of the national media, retailers believe Shell’s cavalier approach to pricing is unnecessarily ...
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Moving into forecourts
Specialist cleaning products company Cleans UK is looking to move into the forecourt sector. Already sold in Homebase and Tesco, its product range includes a leather cleaner and rejuvenator kit, which is ideal for use on car upholstery and motorcycle leathers, as well as a new leather dye repair ...
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AnalysisPound of flesh
As BP’s Lord Browne warns motorists that filling up with petrol may soon cost £1-a-litre, diesel prices on some sites have already burst through the £1 barrier, leaving retailers to ponder the impact such prices may have on their businesses.Independent dealer Jonathan James said: "Around here we’re trying to keep ...
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Flavoursome trio
Wrigley has launched three new products across its confectionery range.Airwaves black mint is replacing blackcurrant & vitamin C. It is said to deliver a menthol kick with an aniseed and mint flavour. It comes in a 10-pellet format in a distinctive black pack.A cool breeze variant is joining the Extra ...
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grocery digest
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is expected to officially announce shortly that the grocery market is to be referred to the Competition Commission for investigation. More than 1,000 submissions have reportedly been received by the OFT since its draft ruling in March saying it was ’minded’ to refer the ...
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Eden’s daily data record
Advanced wet-stock management service provider, Edensure, has launched a ’500 times-a-day’ campaign to promote its ES3 service, which records forecourt data around 500 times a day. The company is also challenging the rest of the industry to fall in line with the high data reconciliation standards it has set.Martin ...
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’Drive-offs’ status clarified
The British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) has won its ten-month campaign to change unpopular Home Office counting rules on drive-offs.New guidelines introduced in April 2005 had appeared to down-grade the crime status of ’making off without payment’ offences - which cost the industry more than £20m every year.However, the Home ...
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Service Centre with Jac Roper
How many people are so absent-minded that they ’forget’ to pay for their petrol? In at least 99 out of 100 cases they are just plain stealing if they drive off your premises without at least a discussion about ’forgotten cards’. It’s a very sore point with a man called ...
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NewsTexaco trials new group loyalty card
Texaco is trialling a new group loyalty card at 150 sites. The We.O.U card allows holders to pool their points (Texaco stars) to benefit local schools.This means a group of customers can sign up for a card with one central account so a substantial fund can be built up quickly. ...
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NewsCandy campaign
Bendicks’ Werther’s Original brand has been rejuvenated, with new-look packs, new point-of-sale material and new product formats.The brand is also linking up with Hertz Car Rentals for a sampling programme, with 190,000 rolls of Werther’s Original Butter Candies being placed in leased vehicles across the UK between June and August.The ...
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In brief
Compass is selling its Moto service stations and Upper Crust food chain for £1.8bn. Moto is going to a consortium led by Australia’s Macquarie Bank while Compass’ fast food brands, including Upper Crust and Caffé Ritazza, are going to a private equity group in Sweden.The London Petroleum Gas Company ...
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NewsBP trials ’high-spec’ Ultimate on six sites
An ultra-premium fuel aimed at private motorsports enthusiasts has been launched on selected BP sites. Ultimate 102 costs around £2.42 a litre and is said to be the highest octane fuel available on UK forecourts.Launched on six trial sites in the South East, the unleaded fuel meets the same high ...
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NewsShop Doctor: Bonjour/Total site at Watling Street, Towcester
On an extremely busy roundabout where the Daventry/Milton Keynes A5 crosses the Oxford/Northampton A34 - on the Watling Street, Towcester side is a large Total/Bonjour site.Forecourt: The site is signalled by an informative, bright pole and poster site inviting drivers to ’fill up your tank... and your coffee cup... and ...
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Gun attack men blasted as ’scum’
A petrol station owner has branded masked men who stuck a gun in the back of his cashier in a terrifying raid as "scum."Two men wearing hoods and scarves, burst into the BP garage at Casterton Hill, Leicestershire, in a 9.30pm raid. They ordered the 45-year-old cashier to ...
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Atlantis award
Car wash company Atlantis International has been awarded UK Vehicle Cleaning Specialist 2006 accreditation by the Institute of Transport Management.The company was recognised for its consistent high standards and ’up-to-the-minute, high-quality range of cleaning solutions for the auto industry’.As well as car and jet washes, the equipment supplied by Atlantis ...
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NewsHere we go again
Coming back to Britain from Spain after Easter and finding the pump price of unleaded had crept up to more than 95p a litre (with diesel already being advertised at 99.9p on some main road sites) was something of a shock - especially since the Spanish pump price for unleaded ...
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