All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2007

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  • News

    Spice up your shelves

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    McCormick & Company, which owns the Schwartz brand, recently announced plans to grow the herb and spice category in 2007.As part of an ongoing innovation programme Schwartz will be introducing five new seasonings variants. Available from this month, they are: extra spicy Cajun, hot’n’ spicy BBQ, salmon seasoning, mustard mash ...

  • News

    Shelfmax website

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Shelfmax has launched a new website to help c-store retailers gain easier access to its products.Called Shopmax (www.shopmax.co.uk), the site has four components: dealmax lists exclusive offers; posmax includes pos items, which can be ordered free for direct delivery to store; catmax gives advice on 14 different categories; and shelfmax ...

  • News

    Volvic revival

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    New Volvic Revive is a water-based energy drink with no added sugar but added plant extracts including ginseng and guarana.It comes in citrus kick and berry blast flavours, in 50cl bottles with a convenient sports cap.Steve Flanagan, category strategy manager at brand owners Danone, says Revive not only hydrates but ...

  • News

    Pump stakes

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    With all the talk about profits that can be made from the shop side of the business, it could be easy for the forecourt retailer to lose sight of the one thing that sets his operation apart from all the convenience stores in his vicinity. And that of course is ...

  • News

    Mo’gas

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    So, another May, another round of local elections. As Tony prepares to ride off into the sunset (and no doubt start earning enough from the after-dinner speaker roadshow to make him the major breadwinner in the Blair household for the first time), and Prudence readies himself to get his own ...

  • News

    Trip treat from Maxol

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The most dedicated and hard-working Maxol retailers are going on an all-expenses-paid luxury weekend to Barcelona.The independent Irish fuel chain is rewarding 68 of its retailers as part of its annual Retailer Business Awards Scheme, which promotes day-to-day excellence in site standards and customer care.

  • News

    Summer lovin’

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    It looks like we’re in for another hot one as the latest seasonal forecast from the Met Office reveals that this summer is likely to be warmer than normal. Indeed seasonal forecasters say the chances of temperatures similar to those experienced in 2003 and 2006 are around one in eight. ...

  • News

    Win with Husky

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Anyone buying a Husky chiller during this month or next will be entered into a prize draw where they can win tickets to a top cricket match.The luxury hospitality tickets are to the Nat West Series International England versus India match on August 21, 2007.The event at the Rosebowl, Hampshire, ...

  • News

    How to be a winner

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Past winners of the Forecourt Trader of the Year awards obviously know a thing or two about running a service station business. But they also know how to enter awards - and get themselves noticed.If you’ve been a winner at the Forecourt Trader awards then you’ve obviously done the ...

  • News

    Game on with Sprite

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The latest on-pack promotion from Coca-Cola Enterprises gives consumers the chance to win ’The Ultimate Nintendo Wii Games Room’. Ten prizes are up for grabs every day throughout May and June. The prizes comprise a Nintendo Wii, a sports game, plasma screen and a mini fridge full of Fanta, Sprite ...

  • Fuel for thought
    News

    Fuel for thought

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Virtually every business - and that includes petrol retailers - claims back the VAT on the petrol/diesel that it buys for its own consumption. Naturally HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has always assumed that at least some of that fuel is actually used for ’private’ mileage. After all, travelling between ...

  • loadsa lolly from fruitini
    News

    loadsa lolly from fruitini

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Frederick’s Dairies is continuing to add to its popular range of Del Monte kids’ ices with the launch of a new Fruitini blackcurrant & apple lolly. Each Fruitini lolly contains 60% real fruit juice, making it a popular choice for mums and the more health-conscious consumer. The ...

  • News

    Pots of real food

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Heinz has launched a rival to Pot Noodle. Called Big Eat, the range of microwaveable pot snacks - rrp £1.39 - are targeted at teenagers after ’real food, real fast’.There are five varieties: spicy chicken tortellini, tomato & roasted vegetable penne, creamy cheese pasta, chunky vegetable & tomato hotpot and ...

  • News

    Fluid thinking

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    When it comes to soft drinks, forecourts are different to every other retail channel. In multiples grocers, multiple convenience stores, independents and symbols, colas reign supreme, outselling every other type of soft drink. But in forecourts it’s the functional beverages that do best. Think Red Bull, Lucozade and Relentless to ...

  • In the surgery this month - Westbridge Motors Filling Station
    News

    In the surgery this month - Westbridge Motors Filling Station

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Following Westbridge Motors of Northampton winning the Forecourt Trader of the Year 2006 award, I visited its website to find out more about the business. It’s an informative website and gives focused details of a many-faceted business. Each part of the business - taxis; recovery; repair and maintenance; forecourt and ...

  • News

    Yummy new drinks

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    An indulgent dessert in a bottle is how best to describe Yum, a new drinks range from Vimto.The range is targeted at 18 to 40-year-old professional women who are after a guilt-free treat.There are six pudding flavours including rhubarb & custard, cherry pie, summer fruit trifle and lemon cheesecake.The drinks ...

  • Analysis

    Crime by numbers

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Fuel buyers could be forgiven for feeling uneasy next time they hand over their plastic at the filling station.Last year 60% of the 250 credit card fraud ’hot spots’ in the UK were petrol forecourts, according to APACS, the UK payments association, and the problem was recently highlighted when an ...

  • News

    Service Centre with Jac Roper - Ground zero, where you don’t want to be

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    This story has worrying implications, possibly, for quite a few retailers. So do you know what ’zone’ your forecourt is in, water-wise?This quandary came to light when Keith Terry, who used to work for Jet, decided to come out of retirement and set up a new business partnership and buy ...

  • News

    Cashless shopping proves convenient

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Electronic payment and ordering will play a much bigger part in the convenience sector in the next five years, according to grocery industry body, IGD.Its latest report, Global Convenience Retailing 2007, says more retailers will use cashless ’wave and pay’ cards and mobile phone-based electronic settlement systems.It points to ...

  • News

    Securing your cash

    2007-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Tidel’s Sentinel BCD cash management system, which was unveiled at IFFE, is being used by Esso. The first UK site to adopt it is Kings Croft, Leatherhead, Surrey.Tidel sales director Godfried Hendriks said: "The Sentinel BCD will help reduce internal theft and robbery risk and at the same time save ...