All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2019
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Old El Paso invents new scoop for dips
Old El Paso is hoping to “revolutionise” chips and dips with Tortilla Bowls, a bowl-shaped chip for scooping rather than dipping in sides such as guacamole and salsa. The sea-salt-flavoured product can also be customised with different fillings to create appetizers or canapés. Lindsay Hill, Marketing Manager for Meals & ...
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NewsWell known member of forecourt community dies
The directors of two Top 50 Indie companies have paid tribute to a well-known member of the forecourt community who died earlier this month. Sunil Tandon, director of Park Garage Group, and Dermot Dowling, chairman of Petrocell, said: “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our ...
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Coca-Cola celebrates launch of energy drink
To celebrate the arrival of Coca-Cola Energy, a new multi-million-pound fully integrated campaign has been launched. The campaign includes a partnership with Spotify that will allow listeners to enjoy a sponsored ‘energy boosted’ playlist and more than 300,000 samples will be given out at festivals across the country to keep ...
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Cadbury re-runs promotion with Merlin Entertainments
Cadbury and Merlin Entertainments’ partnership offering consumers free tickets for memorable days out this summer is set to roll out across Cadbury chocolate bags for a fourth year. Running throughout the summer, Cadbury promotional chocolate bags will offer a free ticket with every purchase of a full-price adult ticket to ...
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Britvic offers parents chance to shoot for the moon
Britvic’s latest on-pack promotion across its Fruit Shoot brand this summer will give parents the chance to win their kids dream ‘thing’. Available to convenience stores from early July, the ‘Fruit Shoot for the Moon’ on-pack promotion gives parents 12 opportunities to win their kids ultimate dream experience of their ...
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Boost Drinks launches chance to win trip to New York
This summer, Boost Drinks is launching a new on-pack promotion across its 250ml Original Energy and Original Sugar-Free PMP variants. Running from 10 June to 20 October, the promotion offers consumers the chance to win a trip for two to New York, along with daily and weekly giveaways including BOSE ...
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Wolf Blass gears up for summer of sport
Wolf Blass – the official wine partner of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 – is gearing up for a summer of sport. A £1m, integrated, 360° campaign to support the tournament-long partnership has launched and will include limited edition bottles, an experiential sampling event, wine tastings, social media, digital, ...
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NewsShortage of facilities blamed for risky charging practices
A majority of EV users who responded to a survey have admitted they have charged dangerously, and blamed it on an absence of local public charging points. Consumer protection charity Electrical Safety First surveyed 1,500 electric vehicle owners, including both all electric and hybrids, revealing that 74% believe that a ...
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bel’Vita introduces two new breakfast biscuits
Healthy biscuit brand, belVita is introducing two new launches to the breakfast biscuits category in June. belVita Seeds and Berries comes in two flavours - Raspberry & Chia Seeds and Blueberry and Flax Seeds – and is available in six-pack boxes with three biscuits per pack. The brand will also ...
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NewsValuation Office set to appeal over ATM business rates
A court verdict that overturned £300m of business rate bills for cash machines outside shops is set to be challenged after the Government received approval from the Supreme Court to appeal. The latest decision follows an earlier ruling from the Court of Appeal which confirmed that through the wall ATMs ...
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Nestlé Confectionery announces partnership with NOW TV
Nestlé Confectionery has announced it is partnering with online streaming service NOW TV to launch an on-pack promotion. Packs of KitKat, Aero, Yorkie, Toffee Crisp and Rowntree’s Fruit Pastilles will offer the chance to win a one-month NOW TV Entertainment Pass worth £7.99/€15, with thousands of passes up for grabs ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV after theft of large amount of cash
Detectives from Staffordshire Police are appealing for help in identifying a man captured on CCTV after a large amount of cash was stolen from a petrol filling station. Officers were called to the petrol station on Waterloo Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, at around 12:20am on Tuesday 28 May following reports that ...
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NewsACS urges retailers to prepare for refrigeration regulation change
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has produced new guidance to help retailers prepare for the F-Gas service ban, which comes into effect on 1 January 2020. The EU Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulation (also known as the EU F-Gas Regulation), will ban the use of refrigerants with a Global Warming ...
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NewsSouth Devon forecourt sold off guide price of £1.1m
A rapidly growing Southern Co-op franchise has acquired its third petrol filling station. Devon-based commercial property agent Charles Darrow sold Ashbys Petrol Station on the A379, near Kingsbridge, in south Devon, on behalf of its owners who wished to focus on other business interests. The Southern Co-op franchise, headed by ...
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NewsFerrari’s first electric hybrid provides 1,000 horse power
Ferrari has dipped its toe in the electric vehicle market with the introduction of its first series-production PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), the SF90 Stradale. The car has three electric motors, one at the rear, known as the MGUK (Motor Generator Unit, Kinetic) due to its derivation from the Formula ...
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NewsFilling station robber jailed for three years
A man who threatened a member of staff before stealing money from a service station in Wickford, Essex, has been jailed for three years. Billy Sharp forced open the doors to the BP garage in Cranfield Park Road shortly after 1.50am on April 18. Once inside he threatened a member ...
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NewsCo-op invests in new filling station and shop in Norfolk
The Co-op is developed a new petrol filling station and food store in Necton, Norfolk, in a multi-million pound re-development of a disused site. The new site is due to launch on Friday, 21 June, and has created 25 jobs. The 24-hour petrol station on the A47 sells unleaded petrol, ...
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NewsNumber of public charging sites exceeds petrol filling stations
There are now more public charging locations in the UK than petrol stations, according to data from Zap-Map, an online service for electric charger users. As of 22 May, Zap-Map reported there were 8,471 charging locations across the UK, hosting a total of 13,613 charging devices. According to Experian Catalist ...
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NewsDfT launches website to publicise fuel labelling changes
A website advising consumers about the changes to fuel labelling on forecourts has been launched by the Department for Transport (DfT). The launch follows the distribution of Know your fuel campaign toolkits, which have been sent to filling stations by the DfT. The labels, which are intended to help drivers ...
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NewsACS welcomes decision to axe charges for calls to police
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed an announcement by the Home Office’s that charges for calls to the 101 police non-emergency number will be dropped. Currently, callers to the 101 number are connected to their local police force or a force of their choice at a cost of ...