All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2018 – Page 6
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Drink Differently
Britvic’s new category vision Drink Differently reveals a £2.6bn soft drinks sales opportunity over the next five years. The company believes this sales growth can be achieved by "adapting to the evolving consumer landscape and ensuring soft drinks remain relevant to all consumers and all occasions, across ...
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Analysis
Stephen Marcos Jones: director general, UKPIA
The eighth high-level meeting of the EU Refining Forum was held in April in Brussels. The Refining Forum was first established in 2013 in recognition of the need to address the cumulative impact of policies on the EU refining industry. This important annual meeting brings together representatives from industry, Member ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - New Hall Lane Services, New Hall Lane, Preston
Location: New Hall Lane is a major gateway into Preston. The area has recently been the subject of a massive redevelopment scheme. Forecourt: The site is easy to find on a very busy road thanks to an illuminated pole sign. It’s an impressive forecourt that looks brand new. It’s well ...
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Drinking up... and up
The figures are in and, if this was a school report card, the forecourt sector would be getting 10/10 for effort when it comes to selling soft drinks. First up, a bit of perspective. According to Britvic’s Soft Drinks Review 2017, the total value of soft drinks sales across the ...
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Understanding the new soft drinks Sugar Levy
The ’sugar tax’ on soft drinks is in force but although retailers are being charged more for sugary drinks, not all of them are passing on the tax to their customers. According to Britvic, if you sell 200 x 500ml bottles of full-rate levy products per week, the increased cost ...
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EasyCoffee’s PFS push
EasyCoffee is keen to push its coffee offer to forecourt retailers following a successful pilot stage and eight store openings across the UK. The company’s CEO and co-founder Nathan Lowry said there had been considerable interest from potential franchisees, with the brand planning to open another 200 coffee shops in ...
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NewsTeenage robber uses machete in robbery from forecourt shop
A boy thought to be as young as 14 and armed with a machete has robbed a petrol station in Leicester. The youth threatened a member of staff at the BP service station in Aylestone Road just before 3am on Friday 18 May. Leicestershire Police said: “Officers were called just ...
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Looking to the future
Jet dealers were welcomed in glamorous Cannes last month to one of the regular gatherings held by Phillips 66, which enabled the company’s staff (including its senior executives) to network in an informal setting with its retail and wholesale customers. There’s been a lot of change since the last customer ...