All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2020 – Page 4
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NewsEx-McDonald’s director joins Engenie to enhance EV charging
Rapid electric vehicle charging specialist Engenie, has appointed former global product director at McDonald’s, James Wehner, as its new chief technology officer (CTO), to make EV charging as easy as possible. During his five years at McDonald’s, Wehner was responsible for designing and introducing McDonald’s’ revolutionary digital self-service kiosks, dubbed ...
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NewsPRA calls for clampdown on ’non-compliant’ hand car washing
The PRA has called on the government for an urgent clamp-down on the re-opening of “endemically non-compliant” hand car washes (HCW) following the lockdown. Earlier this month chairman Brian Madderson wrote to Secretary of State Alok Sharma about the “reliability of this sector to adhere to the clear guidance and ...
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NewsCertas Energy launches online support for Gulf and Pace dealers
Certas Energy has launched Certas Energy Dealer Rewards, a new online resource that offers free access to personal wellbeing tools, learning courses and discounts from leading brands. Certas Energy Dealer Rewards provides tailored wellbeing programmes to help forecourt retailers and their employees to improve their personal wellbeing. The platform’s online ...
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NewsMoto starts to reopen Burger King restaurants for takeaway service
Motorway service area operator Moto is to re-open 27 of its Burger King restaurants for take-away service only.Eight sites opened on Thursday (14 May), initially just for HGV drivers, to give Moto an opportunity to ensure safe working practices for restaurant teams and customers.A further 17 restaurants are planned to ...
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NewsMFG displays “Thank You NHS” banner at all of its sites
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is visibly showing its support for the NHS, carers and all essential workers by displaying a big “Thank You” banner at all of its 900-plus forecourts throughout the UK.William Bannister, MFG’s chief executive officer, said: “MFG is very proud of the role our stations are playing ...
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NewsApplegreen reveals it is trading above its expectations
Applegreen plc has revealed that all its sites have remained open during the Covid-19 lockdown, and current trading levels are ahead of its expectations for the second quarter. It added that the recent easing of movement restrictions in each of its markets has resulted in increased traffic volumes. The trading ...
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News58.9% fall in spending on fuel in April recorded by Barclaycard
A 58.9% reduction in spending on fuel in April has been recorded by Barclaycard, which claims to handle nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions. The slump in fuel transactions was the main factor in an overall 7.5% decline in spending on essential items. Supermarkets, meanwhile, continued ...
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NewsMoto gives away 4,000 meals to HGV drivers parking overnight
Motorway service area operator Moto has given away more than 4,000 meals to HGV drivers during the coronavirus lockdown. The scheme, for HGV drivers parking overnight, was launched two weeks ago and is now averaging more than 250 meals a day from the 24 sites taking part. Drivers get a ...
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Trolls treats
Calbee has launched new Trolls World Tours vegetarian/vegan products to tie in with the release of the new Trolls film, which is available to buy on Sky.
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Tokheim Solutions renamed as TSG UK Solutions
Tokheim Solutions UK has changed its name to TSG UK Solutions and appointed Henry Simpson as UK managing director.Simpson joined TSG UK in September 2019 as interim managing director after more than 20 years as commercial director at Adler and Allan.TSG emerged out of the Tokheim Group after a management ...
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Menthol’s stubbed out
From May 20, the sale of menthol cigarettes is banned. This ban applies to capsule, click on, click & roll, crushball and dual menthol cigarettes but not to heated tobacco products or e-cigs. This means you need to sell through any remaining stock of menthol cigarettes before May 20 and ...
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Marmite in sixes
The 125g jar size of Marmite is available in a smaller, shelf-ready outer of six. The ’Love It or Hate It’ brand is currently backed by a £2m marketing spend.
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Nozzle know-how
You know your pumps need replacing when the dispensing rate slows down, caused typically by the pumping unit wearing out and reducing suction. Then there’s the problem of meter drift, which can again happen over time, and means you’re giving your fuel away."Typical life cycles of fuel pumps can be ...
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NewsMoney Talk: Yes, petrol retailers are open, but it’s a struggle...
Over a month into ’lockdown’ and we’re used to the new ’normal’: only essential public-facing businesses remaining open, meanwhile those that can operate without visitors try to do so by phone and online. Roads much quieter than anyone can remember and more people on bikes or on foot than there ...
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The inside scoop
Typically at this time of year, the ice cream season is under way. Warmer weather means more people out and about buying things like ice cream and cold drinks. Except this year is different. At the time of writing, the UK is still in lockdown with people staying indoors for ...
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Let the good times roll...
In these unusual and challenging times, it’s even more important that we recognise and reward the amazing work that goes on within our industry. That’s why this month sees the launch of the Forecourt Trader Awards 2020 delayed but still the most prestigious and respected awards in the UK’s petrol ...
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Fuelling the front-line services
Petrol filling stations up and down the country have helped to keep the nation’s emergency services working during the coronavirus lockdown, despite facing some major challenges. Keeping sites open has been vital to provide the fuel for emergency service staff to get to work, and to maintain deliveries to hospitals, ...
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Perfect fit
Cathedral City Mature and Lighter Mature slices are being relaunched as bigger Sandwich Slices, designed to perfectly fit a slice of bread.
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Stephen Marcos Jones: director general, UKPIA
As nations have been forced into lockdown due to Covid-19, we have seen the mightiest of governments, central banks and corporate titans laid low by a virus approximately 0.125 microns in diameter something so small as to be dwarfed by a red blood cell. While the virus is invisible, the ...
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NewsPulling together in time of crisis
The strength of the convenience offer in the majority of service stations means the forecourt sector should have a good chance of surviving the present pandemic crisis more or less in one piece, according to PRA chairman Brian Madderson. He says everyone is pulling together and has praised the government ...