All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2015 – Page 7
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Forecourt operator joins Budgens retailer council
A forecourt operator is one of three new members who have joined Budgens National Retailer Council (NRC). Guy Warner, owner of Warner’s Budgens Moreton-in-Marsh, Broadway and Bidford-on-Avon as well as forecourt locations in Tewkesbury and Gloucester; Paul Gardner of Budgens of Islington; and Jamie O’Flynn of O’Flynn’s Budgens in Acle ...
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NewsJet secures Amazon delivery locker deal
Jet is working with online retailer Amazon to make its outdoor parcel lockers available to Jet dealers across the brand’s 350-plus site network. As part of Jet’s dealer package, dealers will be able to sign up to have Amazon lockers installed at a convenient location on their site (subject to ...
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UKPIA launches new tanker safety scheme
UKPIA (UK Petroleum Industry Association) has launched its new Safe Loading Pass Scheme (SLPS), a safety scheme for road fuel tankers. First established in the UK in 1989, the scheme has been revised by a cross-industry team, comprising representatives of the UK Petroleum Industry Association, the Tank Storage Association and ...
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Product news: Tic Tac introduces Happy Rewards
Tic Tac is introducing a new on-pack offer called ‘Happy Rewards’, providing a reward with every pack. Shoppers will be able to accumulate reward points with every purchase of a promotional pack of Tic Tac, and can cash-in whenever they want online. Consumers can redeem their happy reward codes immediately ...
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Euro Garages opens its first purpose-built Scottish site
Euro Garages has opened its first purpose-built forecourt in Scotland, at Lomondgate, Dumbarton. The £2m new-build service station features a Spar store, Subway, Greggs and Starbucks, and has been responsible for creating more than 50 jobs. Ilyas Munshi, commercial director of Euro Garages, said the firm was proud to open ...
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Energy Institute publishes forecourt report
The latest Retail Marketing Survey, conducted by the Energy Institute (EI) and published as a supplement to the EI’s April issue of Petroleum Review, provides more evidence that the trend for forecourt closures has flattened out. The total number of forecourts in the UK at the close of 2014 was ...
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Product news: Haribo in Minions film deal
Haribo Minions has been updated in line with Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming film Minions, which will be released at cinemas 26th June. As part of the ongoing license agreement with Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, a new range of Haribo Minions that includes new formats and a line ...
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Product news: Walkers offers chance for free lunch
Walkers has launched its biggest ever on-pack lunch promotion, giving consumers a one in six chance to win a free lunch up to the value of £4. Walkers has partnered with coupon and voucher services provider, Valassis, enabling consumers to redeem their free lunch in thousands of participating stores nationwide ...
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NewsHarvest Energy launches new Breeze sub-brand
Harvest Energy has 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 ...
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Product news: Batchelors launches Mugfull soup
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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High demand at Applegreen motorway site
Applegreen’s new service station on the M2 motorway in Northern Ireland has proved such a success since it opened on April 8 that they have had to increase staff by 25% to cope with demand. Since it opened an average of 3,500 people have visited the £6.25m development on the ...
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Product news: Ritz unveils Crisp & Thin
Ritz is aiming to shake up the snacks aisle with a new baked and light potato snack – Ritz Crisp & Thin – aimed at the growing demand for savoury snacks in the UK. Ritz Crisp & Thin will be launched in four popular flavours: cream cheese & onion, sea ...
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Supreme Court pollution ruling is fillip for alternative fuel
Producers of alternative fuels have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling on air pollution. It required the UK government to submit new air quality plans to the European Commission no later than 31 December 2015 following its failure to comply with EU law setting limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution in ...
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Product news: Heinz adds to savoury pastries
Heinz is adding four new products to its range of chilled savoury pastries, which are manufactured, marketed and sold under licence by Peter’s Food. New Heinz Beanz with chicken & BBQ sauce pastry slice joins the range of 160g slices. An eight x 60g Heinz Beanz with cheese pockets multipack ...