All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2011 – Page 2
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Sugar rush
Media reports that Prince William’s bride Kate Middleton has a hankering for Haribo must have been music to the ears of the gums and jellies company. After all, publicity like that is priceless. Apparently Kate’s favourites are Starmix and Tangfastics both of which are selling well. What is more, ...
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Peregrine’s shop switch
Peregrine Retail has opened its first redeveloped forecourt at Ringwood, Hampshire. The Budgens of Blashford BP-branded site has been redeveloped with the store size increased from a 400sq ft Spar to a 2,300sq ft Budgens. Opening special offers included discounted fuel and a free top-up car ...
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Retailers see red over ’unfair pricing’ tactics
Growing evidence of suspected predatory or unfair pricing by certain oil company and supermarket sites is being gathered by RMI Petrol. RMIP chairman Brian Madderson has written to the government calling for an investigation into what are being described as ’unfair practices’. He wants forecourt retailers to send ...
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P&G supports mums
P&G is running a ’Proud Sponsor of Mums’ advertising campaign communicating the fact that it is the company behind 50 of the world’s best-known household names including Ariel, Duracell, Fairy, Gillette, Pampers and Olay. Data from the US, China, France and Brazil reveals that purchase intent can be increased by ...
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Queue jump
As the UK forecourt network continues to shrink, pressure on the remaining sites will undoubtedly mount and, according to a new report by Datamonitor, motorists will face increasingly long queues unless retailers install more outdoor payment systems.The Payment Behaviour and Technologies in European Service Station Retail report says fuel retailers ...
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Jet wash monitoring
New technology developed by PSD Codax to monitor the operation of jet wash equipment is being launched at Asda sites nationwide following a deal with Kärcher Vehicle Wash.The Codax Forecourt Monitor alerts Kärcher maintenance staff instantly if there are problems with car wash equipment or unusual periods of inactivity ...
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P&H’s new indie offer
Palmer & Harvey has introduced a new hot and cold food-to-go and drinks offer exclusively for its independent retailers.The wholesaler has piloted the Fresh Express scheme in a Mace store in Durham, delivering a 35% increase in food-to-go sales. The range, which has been created in partnership with food specialist ...
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NewsMcVitie’s Medley up for grabs
To support the launch of McVitie’s Medley’s first-ever TV campaign and the product’s move into the convenience channel, UBUK is giving readers the chance to win £50-worth of McVitie’s Medley products. There are five prizes. The £2m campaign aims to build awareness of the range’s new 40g on-the-go ...
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Wilcomatic gets heavy
Car wash supplier Wilcomatic has completed the integration of the recently-purchased Wickham Gensol into the company and is relaunching the brand with the added strength of the nationwide Wilcomatic sales and support network.Wickham Gensol is a manufacturer and supplier of heavy-duty vehicle washing systems for waste sites, local authorities, civil ...
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Ribena gets sales sparkling
Ribena is injecting sparkle into the soft drinks category with the launch of new Ribena Sparkling. The lightly sparkling fruit drink is available in a 500ml bottle format in two flavours: blackcurrant and raspberry. Brand owner Glaxo-SmithKline says Ribena Sparkling is a refreshing drink which is perfect for ...
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NWF Fuels signs with Murco
Murco Petroleum has signed a five-year retail-branded distributorship agreement with NWF Fuels, one of the UK’s leading fuel distributors with a dealer network of around 80 forecourts. NWF Fuels will be Murco’s non-solus distributor to forecourts that have entered into their own arrangements for motor fuels supply with NWF. These ...
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Soft focus
When it comes to selling soft drinks, forecourt retailers are doing a pretty good job. So says Kate Fletcher, business unit director for the convenience and impulse channel at Britvic. She points to Nielsen data that reveals the forecourt sector’s sales of soft drinks have risen by nearly 11% in ...
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Gulf site named oldest in Europe
Riddelsdell Bros service station in Boxford, Suffolk has been named Europe’s oldest recorded working garage. The 110-year-old site may not offer all the mod cons of a modern forecourt but it continues to offer attended service, and the fill-up and checking of oil, water and tyre pressures come ...
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GET YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW!
With the newly re-structured Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards 2011 under way, retailers are busy filling in their entry forms in the hope of being one of this year’s winners. Retailers big and small will have the chance for recognition with the new regional and fuel volume structure. See ...
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Extra energy from Powerade
This month Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is launching Powerade Energy, which it says is the first soft drinks product that is positioned to provide ’dual energy’. The current energy offering in this country consists of two main types of products stimulate energy drinks and revive energy drinks. Powerade’s new ’dual ...
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This month - help for Horizon victims plus a happy ending for one retailer
Justice is on the Horizon I’ve reported dozens of times (in Forecourt Trader’s sister paper Convenience Store) on the misfortunes of subpostmasters who found themselves victims of glitches in their Horizon accounting systems. ’Glitches’ is such an oops-’scuse-me sort of word isn’t it? Like ’blip’ or ’hiccup’. Nothing too serious. ...
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Levi takes soft drinks route
To celebrate the launch of the first-ever Levi Roots’ soft drinks range, Forecourt Trader readers have the chance to win packs of the product in a giveaway worth £250. The Levi Roots range of fruit juice and fizzy drinks features a selection of fruit flavour blends that have ...
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Demi-slim debut
British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched Vogue Perle which it describes as the "first demi-slim cigarette" in the UK. The company says it is a modern format for the UK’s 4.7 million female smokers.It is slender and taller than king size but slightly shorter and broader than Vogue Signature Super ...
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Gadgets and technology ease Phil through his day
Since leaving Morrisons as director of forecourts 18 months ago and joining Brulines plc to run its newly-created Fuel division, not one day has been the same. Last year the Edensure wet-stock business (acquired by Brulines in 2008 with its team of just five) was augmented to what is now ...
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Fuel-only customers on the rise
The proportion of fuel-only forecourt shoppers continues to rise. According to findings from HIM’s Convenience Tracking Programme (CTP) 2011, 52% of people who visit a forecourt only buy fuel up from 43% in 2009. However, one in five forecourt shoppers are only buying shop items. From those ...
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