All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2015
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product news: Skittles teams up with Xbox
Skittles is teaming up with Xbox to offer consumers the chance to win an Xbox One with every promotional bag sold from early June until the end of the year. An Xbox One console will be given away every day during the promotion period, as the brand aims to capitalise ...
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product news: Smirnoff revamps packaging
Smirnoff Vodka is rolling out enhanced and redesigned packaging for its No. 21 bottle, to increase on-shelf standout and deliver a more premium and modern experience for consumers. The new design is intended to provide a clear and impactful new look for the brand while keeping true to its heritage. ...
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product news: Reinvention produces Softies range
Tangerine Confectionery, the manufacturer of Wham, Refreshers and Fruit Salad, has reinvented them into soft gum formats with the launch of its Softies range. Available under the Candyland brand, Softies are available in three flavour variants and two pack sizes. Candyland Fruit Salad Softies (160g, MRP £1.49 and 120g, £1) ...
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product news: Rowntrees offers great escape
Rowntree’s has announced a new summer promotion that will offer families the chance to win one of 85 Great Escapes. In a first for the brand, the promotion will run across the full Rowntree’s portfolio of singles and sharing bags, including favourite products such as Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles, Rowntree’s Fruit ...
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Glasdon tests durability of storage unit
Glasdon has gone to extreme lengths to prove the durability of its Orion Storage Unit posting a video of it surviving unscathed as a member of staff attacks it with a steel baseball bat. The Orion Display Unit has been designed to sit outside the shop against the front wall ...
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product news: Costa unveils first vegetarian option
Costa is launching a Free Range Egg and Slow Roasted Tomato Gluten-Free Wrap as part of its new Summer food and drink range. The wrap, which has been especially created for customers who are coeliac and gluten-intolerant, is the first vegetarian option in Costa’s growing gluten-free range. The wrap is ...
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product news: Capri-Sun launches on-pack promotion
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is supporting its customers’ summer sales with the launch of a Capri-Sun ‘Squeeze the Day’ on-pack promotion. Building on last year’s campaign, the promotion is designed to increase the appeal of 330ml packs of Capri-Sun to its target 20-35 year old ‘millennials’ demographic, by offering consumers the ...
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product news: Tango gets new marketing campaign
Britvic Soft Drinks has launched a new marketing campaign for Tango on TV and online to reinforce the message that ‘Tango is back’. The campaign focuses on the unique experience that every sip of Tango provides with a Tango fan describing the taste sensation as ‘the five stages of tang’. ...
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Blakemore rolls out contactless payment
Blakemore Trade Partners has announced a plan to roll out Verifone Vx820 contactless payment technology across its independent Spar estate following a successful trial. The business will introduce contactless payment kit to all EPOS stores over the coming months, with the rollout expected to be complete by autumn 2015. AF ...
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Retailer groups welcome measures in Queen’s Speech
Local retailers trade bodies have welcomed measures outlined in the Queen’s Speech which they say support the growth of local shops. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “The new legislative agenda has a clear vision to support small stores through the Enterprise Bill so that they can make essential ...
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Chartman Group celebrates Winning Post anniversary
Chartman Group has celebrated the first anniversary after its flagship Winning Post site reopened following a major redevelopment of the site. Chartman director Clive Shappard said the anniversary festivities included an open evening attended by some of those who have had a significant input on the business, including suppliers, ...
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JTI rolls out campaign against illegal tobacco
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is rolling out a nationwide media campaign to combat the sale of illegal tobacco in the UK. Running across more than 70 regional newspapers on the 29th May, full page adverts reaching almost five million people aim to help protect legitimate local businesses against the criminals ...
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New regulations affect zero hours contracts
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has alerted members that new regulations have come into force banning the use of exclusivity clauses in zero-hour employment contracts. The ban on these contracts, which prevent employees from working for another employer even though they themselves do not guarantee any hours of work, ...
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NewsPetrogas floats to accelerate growth
Petrogas has announced that it intends to float with the aim of raising £50m to fund expansion of the business and upgrades of existing sites. It also revealed that it will be renaming the company, using its Applegreen brand name instead, so Petrogas Global Limited will become Applegreen plc. The ...
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NewsSainsbury’s opens 300th petrol station
Sainsbury’s has opened its 300th petrol station, at Livingston, in Scotland. The site, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is also the retailer’s third remote manned petrol station, offering six filling positions that use a pay-at-pump system. Sainsbury’s head of fuel, Avishai Moor, said: “We’re ...
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Tobacco worth £2,500 stolen from Tesco forecourt
Cigarettes and tobacco products worth about £2,500 have been stolen from the Tesco petrol station in Angel Drove, Ely, in Cambridgeshire. Offenders forced entry to the garage forecourt shop by removing a rear window at about 3.30am on Monday, May 25. They then forced open the shutter to ...
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HMRC uncovers contraband at retail premises
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of suspected illegal tobacco and alcohol in Derby uncovered almost 20,000 cigarettes, nearly 10 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco and 123 litres of alcohol. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Derby City Council Trading Standards visited six retail premises in ...
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Attack on station manager featured in Crimewatch
An attack on the manager of a petrol station in which more than £4,000 takings were stolen was featured in BBC’s Crimewatch on Tuesday night. The attack occurred at 11am on Saturday 7 February as Kuventhiran Sithambaranathan was on his way to the Post Office on Hall Street in Darlaston, ...
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Warning to service stations after burglaries
Staffordshire Police have issued a warning to petrol stations, and are appealing for witnesses, after three reported burglaries in the Uttoxeter area. The incidents all happened on Thursday 21 May around lunchtime (between 11am and 1.15pm) when two men entered the Shell petrol station in New Road, the Esso petrol ...
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product news: Mars offers Hazlenut Snickers
Mars Chocolate UK has unveiled its Snickers and Hazelnut bar, a new permanent addition to the Snickers brand. It is launching the new variant as a single and four count multi-pack from 25th May, with green packaging designed to increase standout on shelf and differentiate from the standard bar. ...