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    High Noon Stores’ Symonds Yat site snapped up by MFG

    2017-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired a site from former Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores, which ceased trading in January.Symonds Yat Service Station in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, is on the busy northbound carriageway of the A40 near Whitchurch, and offers customers a Londis shop, a café and extensive ...

  • MFG acquires High Noon Stores forecourt site
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    MFG acquires High Noon Stores forecourt site

    2017-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired a site from former Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores, which ceased trading in January this year. Symonds Yat Service Station in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, is on the busy northbound carriageway of the A40 near Whitchurch, and offers customers a ...

  • MFG recruits Applegreen’s UK head of food operations
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    MFG recruits Applegreen’s UK head of food operations

    2017-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has recruited Paul Deary from fellow Top 50 Indie Applegreen to be its new head of food services. At Applegreen he was UK head of food operations, responsible for every new branded food development site opening with Subway, Greggs and Costa, alongside managing ...

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    MFG buys two Top 50 firms

    2016-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has agreed deals to buy two fellow Top 50 Indies which will add a total of 29 sites to the group. The largest deal was for Bolton-based Synergie Holdings Limited, which has a network of 19 forecourts situated throughout the north-west of England, ...

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    Foodservice role at MFG

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed Jackie Ledwich as its new food services development manager.She has joined MFG from the Kout Food Group where she was responsible for rolling out the Little Chef, Subway and Burger King brands across 30 of its roadside restaurants.Richard Baker, ...

  • MFG buys second Top 50 Indie in a week
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    MFG buys second Top 50 Indie in a week

    2016-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has agreed to purchase fellow Top 50 Indie operator Roadside Group, just four days after announcing the signing of an agreement to purchase the Bolton-based Top 50 Indie Synergie Holdings. Roadside Group operates 10 stations throughout the north-east of England, with its flagship forecourt being located ...

  • MFG to buy fellow Top 50 Indie Synergie
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    MFG to buy fellow Top 50 Indie Synergie

    2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed an agreement to purchase fellow top 50 Indie Synergie Holdings Limited. The transaction is scheduled to close early September, 2016. Commenting on the agreement, Jeremy Clarke, chief operating officer at MFG, said: “We are delighted with this exciting transaction. The signing ...

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    MFG makes food services appointment

    2016-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced the appointment of Jackie Ledwich as its new food services development manager. She has joined MFG from the Kout Food Group where she was responsible for rolling out the Little Chef, Subway and Burger King brands across 30 of ...

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    Former Tesco man installed at MFG

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed former Tesco director Richard Baker to the new position of retail director. Baker had a 37-year career with Tesco, after joining them in 1978 as a part-time student. He quickly progressed through the business in the UK, Northern Ireland and overseas, ...

  • MFG appoints former Tesco man as retail director
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    MFG appoints former Tesco man as retail director

    2016-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed former Tesco director Richard Baker to the new position of retail director. Baker had a 37-year career with Tesco, after joining them in 1978 as a part-time student. He quickly progressed through the business in the UK, Northern Ireland and overseas, ...

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    MFG signs supply deal with Booker for 300 stores

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a new shop supply agreement with Booker Retail Partners (BRP), commencing on July. Some 300 of MFG’s 374 station network will start to be supplied by BRP from this date and, at the same time; a major rebranding programme ...

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    MFG buys two Morrisons forecourts

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie MFG has bought two petrol filling stations from Morrisons for an undisclosed price. Property and planning consultancy Rapleys acted on behalf of Morrisons in the sale of the sites on Trafford Road, Salford, and Old Church Road, Clevedon in Somerset, on a freehold basis. Sarah Lucas, senior ...

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    MFG pilots Morrisons

    2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

    The first Morrisons convenience store on a Motor Fuel Group (MFG) site has been launched in Crewe the first of five pilot stores. The shop will be branded with a new fascia, ’Morrisons Daily’ using a logo that has been trialled in two of Morrisons’ Leeds stores. It will receive ...

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    Morrisons pilot on MFG site opens

    2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

    The first Morrisons convenience store on a Motor Fuel Group (MFG) site has been launched in Crewe. The store is the first of five pilot stores which are planned for MFG sites. The shop will be branded with a new fascia, ‘Morrisons Daily’ using a logo that has been trialled ...

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    Davis heads to MFG

    2015-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed Simon Davis as its new fuel operations director. Davis, who was most recently head of sales and logistics for Harvest Energy, will be responsible for the on-going business relationships with MFG’s fuel suppliers, all fuel operations and for the ...

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    Morrisons in MFG site pilot

    2015-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is to partner Morrisons with a pilot a convenience food offer in five of its forecourts. The pilot will start by the end of the year and will involve Morrisons supplying branded and own-brand food to the forecourt stores. The shops, all above ...

  • Morrisons to pilot shops on MFG sites
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    Morrisons to pilot shops on MFG sites

    2015-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is to partner Morrisons with a pilot a convenience food offer in five of its forecourts.The pilot will start by the end of the year and will involve Morrisons supplying branded and own-brand food to the forecourt stores.The shops, all above 1,200 sq.ft, ...

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    MFG in Sunday Times top 250 ranking

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is ranked 40th in the 11th annual Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 league table which ranks Britain’s private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales. The league table is sponsored by Grant Thornton and Barclays and all the ...

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    MFG recruits Harvest Energy director

    2015-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed Simon Davis as its new fuel operations director.Davis, who was most recently head of sales and logistics for Harvest Energy, will be responsible for the on-going business relationships with MFG’s fuel suppliers, all fuel operations and for the implementation ...

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    MFG signs with Fairbanks for three more years

    2015-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuels Group (MFG), the second-placed company in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has committed to Fairbanks fuel management service for another three years. MFG, which operates 373 company sites, has opted for the premium service level which includes: Full data analysis by the Fairbanks team; Night-time loss alerts; Remote ...