All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2018 – Page 3
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News
Deposit scheme
A bottle and can deposit scheme in England to help boost recycling and cut down on rubbish is currently being considered by the government. It is expected to cover single-use glass and plastic bottles as well as steel and aluminium cans. Scotland has already announced plans for such a scheme ...
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NewsGreenergy extends service with Forecourt Eye deal
Under a new agreement with Greenergy, Forecourt Eye’s crime prevention and loss recovery service is to be offered as an extension to Greenergy’s fuel offer to dealer forecourts across the UK and Ireland. Forecourt Eye provides a digital service to forecourt retailers to combat no means of payment instances and ...
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Two Scottish sites join Jet under Highland Fuels deal
Jet has strengthened its Scottish presence with two new sites joining its network. Both sites Lochbroom Filling Station in Ullapool and Contin Filling Station in Strathpeffer are owned by independent dealer, Alistair Fraser Highland Fuels, a long-standing Jet-branded authorised distributor in Scotland, has won the contract to directly supply Phillips ...
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Suresite offers low-cost wet-stock management deal
dealers needing to cope with new wet-stock management requirements is being offered by Suresite in partnership with Leighton O’Brien. The update of The Blue Book by the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA) and Service Station Panel of The Energy Institute (EI), released this month, states that it will ...
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Analysis
Tracy West: retail commentator
With plastic currently ’pubic enemy number one’ it was interesting to read about eco brand Ecover’s recent pop-up Rubbish Cafe in London. If you wanted to go inside, you had to ’pay’ with recyclable plastic rubbish but once inside, you could savour goodies from a zero-waste menu from eco chef ...
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Merrydown Dry makes a welcome comeback
SHS Drinks is reintroducing Merrydown Dry to its cider range following demand from retailers and consumers after it was discontinued last year. Packaged in the distinctive Merrydown 750ml glass sharing bottle and with a fresh label design in line with the one introduced across the whole brand in 2017, new ...
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Prep Co delivers healthy, convenient lunch option
been created to give consumers a healthier lunch option in a handy pot format. Made with natural ingredients and a blend of herbs and spices, each pot contains enough vegetables to fulfil one of the recommended ’five a day’ and provides a source of fibre and protein, while being low ...
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Popcorn comes out of the cinema and into the mainstream
Upmarket and trendy brands have dragged popcorn out of the cinema foyer and into widespread distribution in supermarkets and convenience stores. The segment ticks plenty of boxes: it’s cheap and easy to make, can be produced to be relatively cheap and meets the requirements of consumers looking to cut out ...
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choos-E these
Swizzels has entered the soft chew hanging bag category with Choos, available in Drumstick and Refreshers variants. They come in 150g sharing bags.
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Signature Chocolate joins Starbucks’ range
Starbucks has added a non-coffee variant to its Chilled Classic range for the first time. New Signature Chocolate is a blend of Fairtrade cocoa and creamy milk. Packs feature a distinctive melted chocolate-patterned design and black lid. The launch will be supported by an out-of-home marketing campaign, digital and mobile, ...
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sweet chilli dunkers
New Dunkers Sweet Chilli Baked Bites combine tomato salsa-flavoured mini tortilla chips with creamy Dairylea cheese. Rrp is £2.71.
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Consumers say ’yes’ to cheese
Dairy Crest is aiming to raise the profile of single-serve cheese as a snacking option with the launch of its Cathedral City Snack Bar, which comes in Mature and a 99-calorie Lighter Mature variant in 30g single packs and four-bar mutlipacks. Cathedral City snacking brand manager Anca Lazar says that ...
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NewsPlan for “world’s largest rapid charging network” unveiled
Pivot Power has unveiled plans to build a network of grid-scale batteries across the UK, which it claims will power the largest network of electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging stations in the world. It says the £1.6bn programme will provide infrastructure to support the rapid adoption of EVs, while introducing ...
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Electric charging locations will soon out-number PFSs
The number of electric charging locations will outnumber PFSs within four years, according to Nick Bywater, associate director of Christie & Co. He says that while sales of EVs currently represent only a small percentage of new car registrations, he believes it is the lack of public rapid charging infrastructure ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on fuel contract confusion and finding the right symbol group
It was a bad split up Just before Easter I got a call from Akbar Aras who runs Top Stop Services in Cannock, Staffordshire. He was about to come out of his contract with Jet but, with just four days to go he received a call from the Phillips 66 ...
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Analysis
UK Hand Car Wash Market - Key Fact
Size >10,000 hand car washes (7,000 mechanical washes), around 60% of total>110 million washes per year (45 million mechanical washes), >70% of total>80% share of total car wash income (including valeting)>£200m potential annual loss to HMRC in unpaid taxesTrade EffluentOver 99% of solids entering surface water drains (SWDs) and groundwater ...
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NewsUnion calls for support to transition to electric vehicles
The environment secretary Michael Gove’s plan to phase out the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 risks being a “car crash” for jobs and skills, unless it is part of an industrial strategy that secures a “just transition” to electric vehicles, according to the UK’s largest union Unite. ...
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Water buddies
Nestlé Waters is adding emoji bottles to its Nestlé Pure Life range, to inspire children to drink more water. They can now choose their favourite ’water buddy’
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News in brief: Euro Garages’ US expansion
Euro Garages parent EG Group has announced the completion of its acquisition of 762 c-stores in the US from Kroger Co. The acquisition, which includes 66 franchise operations, operates in 18 states and employs 11,000 people under the following fascias: Turkey Hill, Loaf ’N Jug, Kwik Shop, Tom Thumb and ...
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BP claims ’first’ with self checkout fuel and food
BP is claiming a world first with a trial for self- checkout tills which handle both food and fuel.After just four months of development and testing, in partnership with NCR, it has begun the first pilot of self-checkout (SCO) tills in the UK, opening initially in three sites: Bedford, Nodeway ...