All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2003
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NewsWho’s working for you?
IT SEEMS THAT hardly a week goes by without news of another ‘round-up’ of illegal workers somewhere in the country. Following one such recent swoop in the Midlands, Home Office Minister Beverley Hughes was reported as commenting: “Illegal working will not be tolerated – it encourages illegal immigration, exploits the ...
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Valentine’s treats
Kinnerton has a launched a range of chocolate gifts for Valentine’s Day. Simpsons Heart Cards are available in two designs featuring Homer, each with a chocolate heart inside. Rrp is 99p. The chocolate Homer Love Lolly also has a rrp of 99p and comes in three different designs. Take Away ...
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Sign of the time
HL Display has launched a complete range of display components and accessories to fulfil every retailer’s need whether you wish to suspend signs from ceilings, notices on windows, clip items onto poles or assemble card structures. The product range includes freestanding and self-adhesive card holders, hang-clips for mobiles, wire spirals, ...
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Occasion stickers
Stick-a -Card has launched a range of self adhesive greetings cards for gifts.There are 12 designs of Stick-a-Card, which are ideal for sticking on chocolates, wine bottles, flowers and CDs, for all occasions including birthdays, Christmas, congratulations and anniversaries. With a rrp of 75-95p per card, Stick-a-Card comes in ...
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Selling money
Have you had a go at offering financial services yet? Automated teller machines come in many flavours – full service, self-fill, free-standing, inserted into brick walls – so there should be something to suit every shop. Andrew Clark, who runs my local garage just off London’s Southend Road/North Circular, had ...
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Meals in minutes
Cash rich, time poor consumers have no time to wait. If they want a meal they want it now and if not now, then in a couple of minutes.“Busy lifestyles dictate the need to occasionally have a ready meal as consumers are often strapped for time and have more important ...
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Mo’gas: An irreverent view from the network
‘ROLL UP, ROLL UP....closing at a location near you. Be one of the last people to buy a gallon before it shuts.’ All over Britain the shutters are going up and the fascias are coming down as the oiler’s finally concede that not only will the hypers not disappear but ...
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Sweet and sour gum
Bubble gum brand Bubblicious is now available in two new flavours – Savage Sour Apple and Blue Blowout.Developed in response to the current strength of the sour confectionery market, the new flavours have a rrp of 25p. Both products have already proved successful in other markets by bringing new consumers ...
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Why queue when you’ve got yq?
Vendlink International and brand-leading pos printer manufacturer Star Micronics, have confirmed the country-wide roll out of a self-service unit developed for pre-paid mobile telephone top up.The ‘yq?’ unit – equipped with what is claimed to be the world’s fastest pos printer, the TSP700 – has been developed to eliminate queues ...
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News’Happiness’ goes on
Following the tobacco advertising ban, Hamlet cigars are continuing its famous ‘Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet’ strapline by introducing a limited edition ‘Happiness’ pack in the run up to Christmas.Happiness is available in four pack formats: Hamlet 5s, Hamlet 10s, Hamlet Miniatures 5s, and Hamlet Miniatures 10s tin.The promotion ...
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Hovis rolls go square
British Bakeries has launched Hovis Square Rolls. The packs, which feature the beans, tomatoes and Best of Both designs, will stand upright on shelf for easier merchandising and act as a signpost for the category. There are five varieties – white medium x6, white large x4, white medium x12, wholemeal ...
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NewsWheel of fortune
Curiosities 4 Kids has introduced The Travel Wheel – an interactive travel toy, aimed at three to nine-year-olds. Answering the question ‘Are we there yet?, The Travel Wheel provides a visual representation of any car journey. It incorporates a clock with moveable hands so children can follow the passage of ...
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Festive fare
Christmas seems to come round quicker every year, and shoppers have been bombarded with festive displays in the High Street for some time. But if you’re unprepared for those extra sales in the lead up to Christmas and New Year, there’s still plenty of time.One of the key things to ...
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Words fail
Are you still selling phone top-ups? Steve Dyer, manager of Knight Bros Thornfalcon Garage at Taunton in Somerset, has sent me a rant. Cardpoint had written to say that Orange had reduced its retailer margins on e-top-ups by 0.5 per cent. “Words absolutely fail me,” writes Steve. “I have told ...
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Now Mick’s off to Europe, meet John
Shell UK Oil has confirmed that Mick McMahon, retail director for the UK & Ireland, will be moving on to a new post within Shell.McMahon joined Shell UK Retail in January 2002 with responsibility for implementing the Global Retail Strategy (GRS) across the UK Retail business. He will now be ...
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Much cleaner with gleaner
Highland-based Gleaner Oil and Gas – in partnership with Shell – is expanding its LPG refuelling facilities over the next two years – with 50 per cent of the Gleaner/Shell branded sites installed by the end of 2005. The programme will provide a major impetus to promotion of this economical ...
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NewsShowtime in Chicago
Hypermarkets are beginning to encroach on the petrol retailing business in the US in the same way they did in Europe more than 10 years ago, according to Stan Sheetz, president and chief executive of Pennsylvania-based Sheetz Inc, which runs a chain of 298 convenience and service stations in the ...
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NewsTexaco launches online credit card
A new, flexible, online credit card offering up to 1.6 per cent cashback and a balance transfer rate of 5.9 per cent for the life of the balance (14.9 per cent typical APR variable), has been launched by Texaco and credit card innovators Accucard, part of Create Services.Using Accucard’s technology, ...
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Maxol buys Connors
The Maxol Group has now completed the purchase of the remaining shareholding in Connors Fuels, following its acquisition of a controlling interest in the company in October 2000. It has since extended and re-imaged the company as Maxol Direct. As part of the move Donall O’Connor, managing director of Maxol ...