All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2013 – Page 3
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NewsLeicester forecourt shop wins award
A Leicester forecourt shop has won a prize at the 12th annual Retail Development Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. Kalpesh and Meeta Raja, who run the shop at Parker Drive Service Station in Beaumont Leys, won the category award for beer and cider and £750 ...
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Forecourt sales assistant wins Community Hero award
Forecourt sales assistant Tracy Hackett was presented with the Community Hero award as well as the prize for winner of the forecourt category at the Sales Assistant of the Year Awards 2013, organised by Forecourt Trader’s sister title, Convenience Store magazine. Tracy has worked for Henderson Spar Brackenvale in Belfast, ...
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£300,000 makeover doubles size of store
A Shropshire forecourt store has been re-launched after a £300,000 makeover that almost doubled its size. The four-week renovation and expansion project has increased the size of Blakemore Retail’s Bishop’s Castle forecourt store from 1,500sq ft to 2,960sq ft. The former Co-operative Group site, which was recently acquired by Blakemore ...
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Winter whirls in
Mr Kipling’s Christmas range includes Winter Whirls in a new winter spiced variant and deep-filled mince pies in a new pack design. Other lines with refreshed packaging include Frosty Fancies and Festive Bakewells.In the Cadbury range there is a new Snow Star Gateau, which builds on the success of the ...
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Stop... thief
When it comes to forecourt security, the most expensive and vulnerable commodity is the fuel itself.Gareth Jenkins, business account manager at Fairbanks, comments: "In an age of soaring fuel prices and recession-weary customers, wet-stock theft is alive and well, yet there are seldom any services that can warn you of ...
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Special pricing
Jack Daniel’s is available in its first-ever price-marked pack a 35cl bottle for £12.49. It is designed to help retailers capitalise on the demand for smaller spirit formats.
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Pole position
A Pole of Jaffa Cakes is once again available this Christmas. Perfect for all ’Jaffaholics’, it has a rrp of £6 and makes an eye-catching addition to any in-store seasonal display.
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Petroman proves its worth at redeveloped sites
Top 50 Indie George Hammond has decided to install the Petroman Vapour Management Control system in all its new developments after trials at three sites demonstrated how much money it was saving. The company estimates its stock losses due to vapour loss have reduced by 0.15% since installing the Petroman ...
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Hot to trot
Research company Him’s Convenience Tracking Programme 2013 has revealed that "more hot food-to-go" would encourage people to use forecourt stores more for breakfast and lunches.But over the years, many convenience retailers have got their fingers burnt with hot food perhaps because they’ve been too ambitious. However, today there are ...
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Government selects rural rebate towns
The UK government has submitted an application to the European Commission (EC) to extend the rural fuel rebate scheme to 10 new towns.Following a call for evidence from fuel retailers in July, three towns in England and seven in Scotland were judged to have met criteria such as exhibiting pricing ...
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Good sports
Molson Coors is offering free Now TV Sky Sports Day Passes worth £9.99 inside 10-, 12- and 15-packs of 440ml cans of Carling in the run-up to Christmas.
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Hamlet goes manly
JTI is introducing four limited-edition tins for its cigar brand Hamlet, designed to help retailers grow their cigar profits in the run up to the festive season. Available nationally now, while stocks last, the four ’Manly Knowledge’ designs are printed directly inside the inner lids of Hamlet Miniature 10s. The ...
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HTEC opens gateway
HTEC has won the first order resulting from the integration of its epos and back-office solution with the Bestway gateway. The system has been installed at Oldham Service Station and features real-time stock control, integrated camera technology and all of the links to Bestway Wholesale Group. Imran Naru of Oldham ...
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Trial for fuel price signs on motorway
The Government is going ahead with a trial of motorway signs showing the price of fuel at service areas in a bid to generate competition and reduce prices.Announcing the move, roads minister Robert Goodwill said: "We want to make it easier for people to get a better deal on fuel ...
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High voltage hazard halts forecourt valet
A site engineer about to valet a forecourt in Staffordshire had a narrow escape after he discovered high-voltage overhead cables less than three feet from a price sign.Gary Green, who works for Xmo Strata, spotted the hazard during a last-minute risk assessment, aborted the work and posted warnings on the ...
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New Simply Fresh on a forecourt
The second Simply Fresh store on a forecourt, and the 45th overall, has been launched at Grafton, Bolton.The community launch day event was held by Asif Patel who, together with his family, runs a string of shops in the Bolton area.Asif said: "I joined Simply Fresh because of the brand’s ...
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Money Talk: Latest forecourt hourly pay rates revealed
There are several ways of trying to establish average pay rates in an industry or area. You can ask employers what they pay their staff; you can ask employees what they receive. Or you can do what we’ve been doing every year since 1998 examine the payroll data that PAYEPeople ...
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HMRC raids fuel facility
A laundering plant capable of producing more than 9.1 million litres of illicit fuel a year and potentially evading around £5.9m in taxes and duty has been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).Officers from HMRC and the Police Service of Northern Ireland searched premises in the Kilnasaggart Road area ...
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Party season drink
Limited-edition J2O Glitter Berry is back for the party season.To celebrate its return, each bottle and can across the full range of J2O flavours will be ’dressing up’ with gold crowns.There is also a competition where consumers have the chance to win one of three ultimate parties each worth up ...