All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2015 – Page 5
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Celebrate like royalty
Maynards is giving consumers the chance to ’Celebrate Like Royalty’ this summer with once-in-a-lifetime banqueting prizes to be won via new promotional packs. Prizes include a banquet on a private jet, worth £20,000, or one of 250 sumptuous banquets in locations including the underwater Al Mahara restaurant in Dubai.The promotion ...
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NewsPetrogas UK leases Castleford forecourt
Top 50 Indie Petrogas UK has leased a former Shell service station near Castleford from Colliers International’s Automotive and Roadside team, acting on behalf of a private landlord. Located in Glasshoughton, 11 miles south-east of Leeds, the site extends to 0.35 acres and includes a petrol filling station with three ...
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Traffic management system gets green light from Carsley
Carsley Group is trialling a new traffic management system, Gazzign, at its BP site on the A1 at Cromwell, near Newark.The system comprises LED signs above each pump which indicate the availability of each grade at the pump. It does this by listing each grade at the pump and displaying ...
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Shell planning to revamp Cannock service station
Shell has applied for planning permission for a knock down rebuild of its service station at Cannock in Staffordshire. The plans include the demolition of a neighbouring bath showroom and using the extra space to build a bigger service station and a shop. The new service station would include 10 ...
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News in brief
MFG profits recognised Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has been ranked 9th in a league table of British private companies with the fastest-growing profits, in the 16th annual Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100. Forecourt arsonist jailed A man has been jailed for 15 months after ...
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Brekkie offer grows
Ginsters is expanding its portfolio with the launch of its first microwavable breakfast range. The initial two SKUs bacon roll and breakfast wrap are available now. The bacon roll has bacon with tomato sauce in an English muffin while the breakfast wrap has sausage pattie, egg omelette, cheese, bacon, ...
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Life’s a Breeze for Harvest
Last month Harvest Energy launched a new sub-brand Breeze on a redeveloped site at Holmer Green, near High Wycombe. The company describes it as the first ’virtually attended’ filling station in the UK. The ’attendants’ are 100 miles away in Peterborough, remotely operating the forecourt as if they were on ...
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Merrril Boulton: Indies in overdrive
Yet another month of intense activity in the sector, and I don’t just mean all the trade exhibitions that were held last month including our own very successful Forecourt Show at the NEC. The head offices of MFG and Euro Garages must have been and will continue to be operating ...
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Skittles in a bottle
Skittles is launching a new bottle format for its original fruits flavour, as it taps into growing consumer demand for confectionery products to enjoy on the go. The red container is designed to stand out on shelf, with an easy-to-open, resealable lid to ensure people can enjoy Skittles when they’re ...
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Blakemore expands team supporting retailers
Blakemore Trade Partners has announced new investment in its development team to help recruit new retailers. Six new members of staff have joined the business’s store development team since the beginning of January, increasing numbers from 15 to 21. Blakemore Trade Partners development director Louis Drake said: “Blakemore ...
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Big football giveaway
Building on last year’s England shirt giveaway, this year Mars is giving footie fans the chance to win exclusive England merchandise, with one million England-designed footballs being given away as part of a ’Win 1 of 1 million’ promotion.Three exclusive football designs, fronted by top England team players Wayne Rooney, ...
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Let battle commence
Is your forecourt business a force to be reckoned with? Are you ready to battle it out with the other stars in the forecourt universe for the supreme victory? The Forecourt Trader of the Year Award will be presented at a glittering ceremony at the London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane ...
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Boost for Batchelors
Batchelors has launched Mugfull, a new range of low fat, filling soups containing either rice, noodles or pasta. Flavours include chicken & mushroom noodles, bolognese flavour pasta, tikka flavour rice and chilli con carne flavour rice. All are MSG free, low in salt, with less than 2% fat. The range ...
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Money in the bank?
Money makes the man, money talks. And there is no doubt that it ticks a lot of boxes on the how-to-impress scale. Money, and banks by association, represents power. It is probably how you measure your business as well your bottom line tells you whether you are a success or ...
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Harvest is back with a competitive dealer offer
Harvest Energy is back on the dealer trail following an 18 month review, and is supplying fuel at better prices than its major competitors, according to Ian Woodcock, the company’s head of retail and branded wholesale, speaking at last month’s Forecourt Show in Birmingham. "The review probably took longer than ...
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Forecourt sites win two Londis awards
Two forecourts picked up awards when Londis announced the winners of its annual Store of the Year awards. The award for the Londis Forecourt of the Year 2015 was presented to Brian and Joan Charlton of Londis Middleton Service Station, Pickering, North Yorkshire. In addition Certas Energy won the award ...
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Pembrokeshire site wins UK Best Forecourt Loo award
Welsh forecourt retailer Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, in Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, was announced as the winner of the UK’s Best Forecourt Loo award at the Forecourt Show held at the NEC in Birmingham. Asif Ayub, managing director of pump-top promotions specialist Fast Trak, which sponsored the competition, presented the award and ...
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Station wins P&H award
Stuart Mackie of Buchandyke Filling Station in East Kilbride, Scotland, won the Retailer of the Year Award at last month’s annual Pro-retail Awards in Telford, organised by wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. The award was presented by managing director Martyn Ward. Stuart emerged the winner having increased in-store sales by 14.6% ...
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Attempted robbery at Northampton forecourt
Northamptonshire Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery at the BP Service Station, Grange Park, Northampton, in the early hours of Tuesday 5 May. At about 1.50am, three men entered the shop and demanded staff give them access to the safe. After trying to force open an ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV of Leeds attackers
Police in Leeds have this week released CCTV stills following a robbery at the Shell Filling Station on Wakefield Road, Stourton. Detective constable Darren Young, from Leeds District CID, said: “The incident occurred in the early hours of Good Friday (3 April) when two male suspects, who were both wearing ...