All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2017 – Page 5
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News
Istobal’s new brand look
Istobal has redesigned its brand to support its expansion plans, which includes international growth, technology focused on product quality and reliability and being close to consumers with efficient solutions and a pleasant user experience.Yolanda Tomás, the company’s CEO for product development and marketing, explained that the change responds to the ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: editor
It was something of a welcome relief for many that the government’s draft Air Quality Plan (see News Extra, page 10) seemed to have taken the heat out of the intense focus on ’dastardly diesel’ vehicles and their drivers. With threats of financial penalties and the suggestion that the use ...
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Blood, sweat and hopefully no tears
Regular readers of Forecourt Trader will be familiar with the long-running saga of Tollgate Services, a Shell site just off the A2 at Gravesend. They will also therefore be familiar with the determination of its owner, Simon Privett, to defy plans by BP to build a service station and drive-thru ...
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St Blazey chooses Gulf for five more years
Barrie Richards, proprietor of St Blazey Service Station, Cornwall has selected Gulf as his fuel brand for a further five years. The family business, which he operates with his wife Jean and son Charles, pumps 4.5mlpa and includes a convenience store, off licence and Cornwall’s premier car wash centre comprising ...
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Analysis
Ray Blake: technical manager PRA
Before joining the Petrol Retailers Association, I spent 35 years ensuring the safety of petrol filling stations within London. During this time, I also implemented and managed 10 Primary Authority Partnerships (PAPs) that had influence over 25% of UK petrol filling stations. Having done this, I knew the benefit of ...
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Bikinis and trunks for summer Orangina bottles
Orangina is gearing up for summer with new ’Bikini and Trunk’ packaging for its 420ml bottles. Sporting eye-catching beachwear, the limited-edition designs are rolling out now. Already worth £9.8m (IRI data), Orangina continues to go from strength to strength, growing by 46.7% in the past 52 weeks.From August onwards Orangina ...
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New benchmark tool
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has launched a new forecourt crime index to help retailers benchmark their performance against quantified national averages.To set up the index, BOSS analysed data from thousands of incidents that it has recorded as part of its Payment Watch activities since 2014. The start point ...
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Baywatch boost for Rockstar Energy
AG Barr is backing Rockstar with an on-pack promotion linked to the new film version of iconic TV show Baywatch. Running through to June, it gives shoppers the chance to win the Ultimate VIP Miami Experience, including pool party and luxury yacht trip, as well as daily prize bundles, via ...
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Wayne holds tech summit in Austin, Texas
Wayne Fueling Systems’ 2017 Technology Summit in Austin, Texas, brought nearly 300 of its customers, distributors, and suppliers together. Session topics included: Payment, the Future of Fueling, Retail and the Internet of Things, with speakers from Google, Intel, Dell/EMC, PayPal, and other companies sharing their expertise.Additionally, a Partner Showcase area ...
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IT upgrade for Applegreen courtesy of Auxilion
Applegreen is implementing a major IT transformation programme with cloud computing specialist Auxilion. The cloud-based investment of £435,000 has facilitated the move from legacy IT systems across more than 200 global sites and will support the company’s expansion internationally.Auxilion has worked in partnership with Applegreen to manage the implementation of ...
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Analysis
Charlotte Blum: analysis editor, Argus Media
The international crude and petrol markets that underlie fuel prices in UK forecourts are tightening for separate reasons, keeping prices at the pump well supported. Crude production cuts by Opec members and other producers are starting to achieve what they set out to do, namely rebalance the market by reducing ...
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Analysis
Clearing the air
After hordes of headlines suggesting owners of diesel cars were about to be clobbered with huge pollution charges, there were fears that the surge in demand for diesel would suddenly shudder into reverse, but new proposals from the government have eased some of the anxiety at least temporarily.The government ...
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New Lucozade app aims to get more people moving
Lucozade Sport is launching a new app as part of its Made to Move initiative. This is being used to encourage the nation to get more active through prize incentives.Live now until July 31, the free-to-download Made to Move app rewards every user with a free Pure Gym Day Pass ...
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A crazy new addition to the Maoam range
A new addition to the Maoam range is Crazy Roxx, a bag full of irregular shapes in blue raspberry, strawberry, orange, lemon and apple flavours.The combination of Maoam’s unique, soft texture and full-on flavours with a mix of shapes and sizes means no two Crazy Roxx chews are the same.On ...
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Top 50 Indie Javid Iqbal signs up five sites to Essar
Top 50 Indie Javid Iqbal has signed up five of his sites to the Essar brand.The sites, which were previously with Esso and are located in Staffordshire and Derbyshire, opened under their new livery on March 30. The following day, a new Essar-branded station was commissioned in the West Midlands. ...
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Despicable Me 3 eggs from Kinder Surprise
Kinder has joined forces with Universal’s forthcoming summer blockbuster Despicable Me 3 for its latest range of Surprise eggs. Available later this month, they will contain the instantly recognisable Minion characters until August. Rrp is 92p. They will be supported with in-store activation, kicking off mid-May for eight weeks. Retailers ...
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Central C-Stores opens its 16th forecourt site
Palmer and Harvey-owned Central Convenience Stores has acquired its 16th forecourt with the purchase of Combe Martin Petrol Station in north Devon. The acquisition takes its total estate of stores to 116.Commercial estate agent, Charles Darrow, sold the business on behalf of Andy West, who is now concentrating on his ...
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Jos Richardson marks 125 years with new-look site
East Yorkshire-based Jos Richardson and Son marked 125 years in business with the official opening of its new-look service station and truck stop development at Goole on May 5.The family-run firm has invested in excess of £4m in the redevelopment of its flagship Goole site during the past four years, ...
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Blaze guts shop at MRH Mildenhall forecourt on A11
A shop has been gutted by a major fire on a site owned by Top 50 Indie MRH. The blaze broke out on April 8, at the Esso station on the A11 near Mildenhall, and the trunk road had to be closed while it was brought under control. MRH company ...
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product news: Walkers repositions Sensations
Walkers is aiming to inject multi-sensory excitement into the savoury snacks category this year by re-positioning its Sensations range. The new positioning of “Sensations. A Feast For The Senses” will be supported with new products, new packaging and investment behind a new TV advert and experiential and digital communications campaigns. ...