All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2014 – Page 2
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News
Nissan aims to end need to wash car
Nissan has developed a self-cleaning prototype which it claims could make car washes obsolete. A Nissan spokesman said: "Washing a car can be a chore and a costly one at that. In response, Nissan has begun tests on innovative paint technology that repels mud, rain and everyday dirt, meaning drivers ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Applegreen, Petrogas, High St, Uckfield, East Sussex
LOCATION: At the southern end of Uckfield is a Petrogas Applegreen site. This was the first Applegreen to introduce a Subway store and a new store design. I was interested to see it now, after about a year of trading. FORECOURT: The pole with the distinctive Applegreen logo shows ...
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PRA attacks plain packaging
The Petrol Retailers Association has joined Priti Patel MP in her campaign to oppose the UK Government’s plans for plain packaging for tobacco products, a policy which it claims is already opposed by more than 70% of retailers. Priti Patel has warned that introducing plain packaging will have a range ...
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One million balls
To help consumers celebrate the World Cup, Coca-Cola is giving away up to one million limited-edition branded footballs in the run-up to the tournament. The ’Win a Ball’ on-pack promotion which will feature on take-home packs (1.25ltr, 1.75ltr and six, eight and 12 x multipack cans) of Coca-Cola and ...
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Money Talk: Been here long? If you’re a newcomer... read on
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that at any given time, there are always a few people who are new to this industry in fact, new to being in their own business at all. Of course, there’s some ’churn’ in petrol retailing, as in every other walk of life. People get ...
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A new beginning
They’d had their eye on it for eight years, and finally last December the Cheema family acquired their first forecourt. They bought a Texaco site just over a mile down the road from their award-winning Costcutter convenience store in Tile Hill, Coventry. It was sold to them by Top 50 ...
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Six of the best
The Nisa-branded forecourt concept is proving a great success, with six retailers fully branded and more in the pipeline, according to Nisa’s format and development director Raj Krishan. The Nisa forecourt partnership package, in which Greenergy supplies the fuel, was launched a year ago, and aims to provide retailers with ...
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Small cigars that will lead to big business
Scandinavian Tobacco Group UK (STG UK) is launching Break Little Cigars, new ’super value for money’ (SVFM) cigars that will allow retailers to offer their customers a cheaper, alternative smoke to value cigarettes.Launching later this month, Break Little Cigars consist of a small cigar with an inbuilt filter with an ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: Refining future supply
So last month the Government finally produced its report on the refining and fuel import sectors in the UK (it was due early January) and there seems to have been a collective gasp of disappointment (News Extra page 10). Chris Hunt, UKPIA director general (see column page 7) felt it ...
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Brazil in a pot
Pot Noodle is introducing new Brazilian BBQ steak flavour. Pot Noodle marketing manager, Monique Rossi, says: "Brazilian food means two things to our Pot Noodle lads steak and BBQ. By launching a tasty new flavour that epitomises typical Brazilian foods, we’re appealing to our core audience of 16-24 year ...
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Superfast breakfast
New Mornflake Superfast Pots offer the convenience of a dry, ambient product, which turns into a ready-to-eat bowl of cereal and milk, just by adding a splash of cold water. Complete with integrated spoon and bowl-shaped pot, the Superfast Pots are available in four variants: granola, oatbran flakes, fruit & ...
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in brief
Builder collapses A construction company which has been a main contractor for Esso, Shell, BP, Roadchef, and Granada/Moto has been placed into administration and made all its staff redundant. Stacey Construction, which is based at Wiveliscombe, Somerset, and was set up in 1967, said in a statement: "The redundancies have ...
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British and proud
Pork Farms has relaunched its branded chilled savoury foods, which includes cold pies, slices, sausage rolls and Scotch eggs.The new-look products have received a complete packaging overhaul to communicate to consumers that they are baked by the UK’s favourite pork pie producer.The packaging highlights that they contain 100% British meat. ...
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Analysis
Chris Hunt: UKPIA director general
As I write this column, our downstream oil industry in the UK is on the threshold of a new relationship with government, one which we sincerely hope heralds meaningful change. On April 9, the Department of Energy and Climate Change published its review into the refining and fuel import sectors ...
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Analysis
Peter Harding - Retail technology consultant
An interesting topic in retail every now and then is that of electronic shelf-edge labels (ESEL). These have been around for many, years but as yet no one in the UK has deployed them in any quantity. Historically the ESEL has been expensive and semi manual in so much as ...
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Counting for more
PepsiCo has launched a new online rewards and category management website Counts for More, which allows Walkers’ trade customers to receive incentives and tailored category advice to ensure they are stocking the right range and growing their business. The easy-to-use site www.countsformore.co.uk has been developed in consultation with ...
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Shell targets c-store growth
Shell is launching a strategy to grow its global convenience retail business and is looking to form long-term partnerships with leading category suppliers to achieve its goal. The $6bn convenience retail business will unveil its plans at a two-day event in central London in June. The Shell Global Growth Event ...
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Day in the Life: Jonathan Tout
During a normal week, I spend at least one day on one-to-ones, focusing on operations, marketing, finance and our pharmacies this provides weekly focus on KPIs and 90-day plans to drive the important numbers and make sure all our great plans are being executed well. Our operations manager, Darren Hamilton, ...
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First-class delivery
If you find that your pumps are increasingly out of action and you’re making repeat calls to your maintenance people, it may be time to consider replacing them.Sachin Jain, marketing director for fuel dispensers at Gilbarco Veeder-Root (GVR), says: "Problems with very old and obsolete pumps can be difficult to ...
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Major groups discount fuel
Supermarkets are continuing to use deep discounts on fuel in a bid to attract customers. Sainsbury’s announced that from Thursday, April 24 until Wednesday, April 30, customers who spent £60 or more would receive a voucher providing 10ppl off fuel at its 290 forecourts. Meanwhile Tesco said customers are already ...